Andy Griffith
Born: 1926-06-01 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA
Died: 2012-07-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer, and writer. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and 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).
Filmography
2019
- Dads as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Self
2009
- Play the Game as Grandpa Joe
2007
- Waitress as Old Joe
- Christmas Is Here Again as Santa Claus (voice)
2006
- The Very First Noel as Melchior (voice)
2001
- Daddy and Them as O.T. Montgomery
1999
- Family Law as Colin Sawyer
- A Holiday Romance as Jake Peterson
1998
- Dawson's Creek as Mr. Brooks' Friend
- Scattering Dad as Hiram
- Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1996
- Spy Hard as General Rancor
1995
- Gramps as Jack MacGruder
1994
- The Gift of Love as Phil Doucet
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Ben Matlock
1986
- Matlock as Ben Matlock
- Diary of a Perfect Murder as Ben Matlock
- Under the Influence as Noah Talbot
- Return to Mayberry as Andy Taylor
1985
- Rustlers' Rhapsody as Colonel Ticonderoga
- Crime of Innocence as Judge Julius Sullivan
1984
- Fatal Vision as Victor Worheide
1983
- Murder in Coweta County as John Wallace
- The Demon Murder Case as Guy Harris
1982
- For Lovers Only as Vernon Bliss
1981
- Best of the West
- Murder in Texas as Ash Robinson
1980
- The Yeagers as Carroll Yeager
1979
- Salvage as Harry Broderick
- Roots: The Next Generations as Commander Robert Munroe
- From Here to Eternity as Gen. Barney Slater
- Salvage 1 as Harry Broderick
1978
- Centennial as Professor Lewis Vernor
1977
- The Love Boat as Larry Cooper
- The Girl in the Empty Grave as Police Chief Abel Marsh
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors as Esker Scott Anderson
- Deadly Game as Police Chief Abel Marsh
1976
- Street Killing as Gus Brenner
- Donny & Marie as Self
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Narrator
- Six Characters in Search of An Author as The Father
1975
- Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- Hearts of the West as Howard Pike
- Adams of Eagle Lake as Sheriff Sam Adams
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Savages as Horton Madec
- Winter Kill as Sheriff Sam McNeill
- Pray for the Wildcats as Sam Farragut
1973
- The Bobby Darin Show
- Go Ask Alice as Priest
1972
- The Strangers in 7A as Artie Sawyer
1971
- The New Andy Griffith Show as Andy Sawyer
1970
- The Headmaster as Andy Thompson
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- Angel in My Pocket as Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1968
- Here's Lucy as Andy Johnson
- The Mod Squad as George Carter
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Andy Taylor
- The Doris Day Show as Mitch Folger
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- Good Morning World as Andy Griffith
1964
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Andy Taylor
1963
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Second Time Around as Pat Collins
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Andy Taylor
1958
- Onionhead as Alvin 'Al' Woods aka Onionhead
- No Time for Sergeants as Will Stockdale
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- A Face in the Crowd as Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1955
- No Time for Sergeants as Will Stockdale
1953
- The Danny Thomas Show as Andy Taylor
- The United States Steel Hour
- What It Was Was Football as voice
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self