List of The Andy Griffith Show characters

The following is a list of characters of The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom television series, starring Andy Griffith. The series ran for eight seasons on CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Episodes 1–159 (1960–1965) were broadcast in black-and-white, while the last 90 episodes (1965–1968) were in color.

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Character	Actor	Brief Description	Seasons								Episodes
Character	Actor	Brief Description	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Episodes
Andy Taylor	Andy Griffith	Sheriff of Mayberry; father (widowed) of Opie	Main								249
Opie Taylor	Ronny Howard	Son of Andy Taylor	Main								243
Barney Fife	Don Knotts	Deputy Sheriff of Mayberry	Main					Guest			162
Aunt Bee	Frances Bavier	Andy's paternal aunt	Main^{[lower-alpha 1]}								188
Emma Watson^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Cheerio Meredith	A townsperson	Recurring		Does not appear						6
Jud Fletcher	Burt Mustin	Elderly citizen of Mayberry	Recurring	Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	8^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Otis Campbell	Hal Smith	The town drunk who lets himself into the jail to sleep it off	Recurring					Guest		Does not appear	32
Mayor Pike	Dick Elliott	Mayor of Mayberry	Recurring		Does not appear						11
Ellie Walker	Elinor Donahue	Pharmacist, Andy's girlfriend	Main^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Does not appear							12
Floyd Lawson^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Howard McNear^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Town barber	Recurring							Does not appear	80
Thelma Lou	Betty Lynn	Barney's primary girlfriend	Guest	Recurring				Guest	Does not appear		26
Clara Edwards^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Hope Summers	Aunt Bee's best friend	Guest	Recurring						Does not appear	31
Ben Weaver	Will Wright/Tol Avery/Jason Johnson	Miserly old landlord and department store owner	Guest^{[lower-alpha 8]}		Does not appear	Guest^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Does not appear	Guest^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Does not appear		6
Rafe Hollister	Jack Prince	Local farmer and moonshiner	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear					3
Leon	Clint Howard	Toddler in a cowboy outfit; never speaks in any of his appearances	Does not appear	Guest			Does not appear				5
John Masters	Olan Soule	Choir director and hotel manager	Does not appear	Guest				Does not appear			5
Mayor Roy Stoner	Parley Baer	Mayor of Mayberry	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear					7
Peggy McMillan	Joanna Moore	County nurse and Andy's girlfriend	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear					4
Daphne	Jean Carson	One of "The Fun Girls"	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear			3
Skippy	Joyce Jameson	One of "The Fun Girls"	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear			3
Wally	Norman Leavitt/Trevor Bardette/Cliff Norton	Owner of the filling station where Gomer and Goober work	Does not appear		Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear		4
Gomer Pyle	Jim Nabors	Mechanic at Wally's Filling Station	Does not appear		Recurring		Does not appear				23
Asa Breeney	Charles P. Thompson	Elderly, sleepy security guard / hotel clerk	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear			5
Reverend Hobart M. Tucker	William Keene	Pastor of All Souls Church	Does not appear		Guest				Does not appear	Guest	6
Helen Crump	Aneta Corsaut	School teacher and Andy's girlfriend	Does not appear		Recurring						66
Johnny Paul Jason	Richard Keith	Opie's best friend	Does not appear		Guest	Recurring		Guest	Does not appear		11
Briscoe Darling	Denver Pyle	Head of The Darlings	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	5
Charlene Darling	Maggie Peterson	Briscoe Darling's daughter. Had a crush on Andy.	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	5
The Darling Boys	The Dillards	Musical brothers	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	5
Ernest T. Bass	Howard Morris	A troublemaking mountain man	Does not appear		Guest				Does not appear		5
Malcolm Merriweather	Bernard Fox	English valet	Does not appear		Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear		3
Trey Bowden	David Alan Bailey	Opie's friend	Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear				3
Goober Pyle^{[lower-alpha 11]}	George Lindsey	Auto mechanic and cousin of Gomer Pyle	Does not appear			Guest	Recurring				86
Deputy Warren Ferguson	Jack Burns	Floyd's nephew; replaces Barney as deputy	Does not appear					Recurring	Does not appear		11
Flora Malherbe	Alberta Nelson^{[lower-alpha 12]}	A waitress at the Mayberry Diner, Goober's girlfriend	Does not appear					Guest	Does not appear	Guest	3
Howard Sprague	Jack Dodson^{[lower-alpha 13]}	The milquetoast county clerk	Does not appear					Recurring			37
Emmett Clark	Paul Hartman	Fix-it shop owner	Does not appear							Recurring	16
Martha Clark	Mary Lansing	Emmett's wife	Does not appear							Recurring	3
Sam Jones	Ken Berry	Widowed farmer and father of Mike Jones	Does not appear							Recurring	4

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Characters are listed in order of their initial appearance. Only characters who appeared in 3 or more episodes are listed. For other characters, see The Andy Griffith Show guest stars.

Legend: = Main cast (credited); = Recurring cast (3+ episodes per season); = Guest cast (1-2 episodes per season)

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