Andy Griffith
American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926-2012) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television.
Andy Griffith is read about 2,661 times a day, in 44 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Play the GameFilm, Grandpa Joe2006
The Very First NoelFilm, Melchior (voice)2005Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1999
Family LawSeries, Colin Sawyer
A Holiday RomanceFilm, 1999Jake Peterson1997Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel AlbumAward1996
Spy HardFilm, General Rancor1994
The Gift of LoveFilm, Phil Doucet1993
Diagnosis: MurderSeries, Ben Matlock1991Television Hall of FameAward1985
Crime of InnocenceFilm, Judge Julius Sullivan1984North Carolina Award for Fine ArtsAward1982
HotelSeries, J. Scott 'Scotty' Foreman
For Lovers OnlyFilm, 1982Vernon Bliss1977
Deadly GameFilm, Police Chief Abel Marsh1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries, Andy Taylor (uncredited)
Hearts of the WestFilm, 1975Howard Pike1973
Go Ask AliceFilm, Priest1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Arnold Lovejoy
Angel in My PocketFilm, 1969Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead1968
Here's LucySeries, Andy Johnson1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Series, Andy Taylor1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries
The Second Time AroundFilm, 1961Pat Collins1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries
A Face in the CrowdFilm, 1957Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes1956Theatre World AwardAward1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1926Born1 June 1926People around Andy
Close ties
Jud Taylor Directed Adams of Eagle Lake and Winter Kill
Gary Nelson Directed Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Joyce Van Patten Also in Winter Kill and The Demon Murder Case
Tony Bill Produced Hearts of the West (1975)
Don Knotts Also in The Andy Griffith Show
Elia Kazan Produced A Face in the Crowd (1957)
William Shatner Also in Go Ask Alice and Pray for the Wildcats
Jerry Goldsmith Wrote Adams of Eagle Lake and Winter Kill
Norman Taurog Directed Onionhead (1958)
Brad Garrett Also in Spy Hard and Christmas Is Here Again
Mervyn LeRoy Directed No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Walter Hill Produced Rustlers' Rhapsody (1987)
G. W. Bailey Also in Rustlers' Rhapsody and Murder in Texas
Jerry Van Dyke Also in Headmaster and Angel in My Pocket
Vincent Sherman Directed The Second Time Around (1961)
Howard Zieff Directed Hearts of the West (1975)
Hugh Wilson Directed Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
Kay Medford Also in Angel in My Pocket (1969)
David Greene Directed Fatal Vision (1984)
Bobby Roth Directed A Holiday Romance (1999)
Lee Philips Directed The New Andy Griffith Show
Jack Cummings Produced The Second Time Around (1961)- Walter Grauman Directed Adams of Eagle Lake (1970)
Mitzi Hoag Also in Deadly Game (1977)
Known for
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A Face in the Crowd 1957
No Time for Sergeants 1958
Waitress 2007
Frosty's Winter Wonderland 1976
Return to Mayberry 1986
Filmography 40
96 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 8
Andy Griffith and Julie Adams in 1962
Publicity photo with Lee Meriwether for The New Andy Griffith Show, 1971
Patricia Neal and Griffith in A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Andy Griffith in 1984
Don Knotts (l) and Andy Griffith (r) on the set of "The Andy Griffith-Don Knotts-Jim Nabors Hour" variety special (aired on October 7, 1965)
Griffith & Howard in a 1961 publicity photo for The Andy Griffith Show
Griffith receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from president George W. Bush (2005)Awards
About this person
Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986-1995).
