After suffering a stroke in 1963, he left The Andy Griffith Show, though Helen and Griffith himself convinced McNear to come back as Floyd and made every possible accommodation for shooting that ...

He's also a character in the spinoff series, Mayberry R.F.D. Aneta Corsaut and Andy Griffith embracing, November 16, 1964.

A draft bill in the NC House calls the Mayberry TV classic a “must-see” for its positive character values and awareness of ...

The day of the town picnic, Barney watches as Andy and Helen go wandering into a cave just before the entrance collapses. He quickly rallies the town to their rescue, not realizing Andy and Helen ...

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired ... a tough teacher like Helen Crump and a nosy neighbor like Clara Edwards, and whereas, most importantly, everyone ...