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Andy Griffith

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Griffith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA, 1926-06-01

Died: 2012-07-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	What It Was Was Football	voice	0
2	1955	No Time for Sergeants	Will Stockdale	65
3	1957	A Face in the Crowd	Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes	76
4	1958	No Time for Sergeants	Will Stockdale	72
5	1958	Onionhead	Alvin 'Al' Woods aka Onionhead	55
6	1961	The Second Time Around	Pat Collins	62
7	1963	General Foods Opening Night		0
8	1968	Rowan & Martin at the Movies	Self	0
9	1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self (uncredited)	76
10	1969	Angel in My Pocket	Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead	58
11	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969		0
12	1972	The Strangers in 7A	Artie Sawyer	62
13	1973	Go Ask Alice	Priest	58
14	1974	Pray for the Wildcats	Sam Farragut	64
15	1974	Winter Kill	Sheriff Sam McNeill	74
16	1974	Savages	Horton Madec	63
17	1975	Mitzi & 100 Guys	Self	0
18	1975	Hearts of the West	Howard Pike	54
19	1976	Street Killing	Gus Brenner	0
20	1976	Six Characters in Search of An Author	The Father	60
21	1976	Frosty's Winter Wonderland	Narrator	66
22	1977	The Girl in the Empty Grave	Police Chief Abel Marsh	71
23	1977	Deadly Game	Police Chief Abel Marsh	65
24	1979	Salvage	Harry Broderick	42
25	1982	For Lovers Only	Vernon Bliss	0
26	1983	Murder in Coweta County	John Wallace	68
27	1983	The Demon Murder Case	Guy Harris	59
28	1985	Rustlers' Rhapsody	Colonel Ticonderoga	55
29	1985	Crime of Innocence	Judge Julius Sullivan	55
30	1986	Diary of a Perfect Murder	Ben Matlock	70
31	1986	Return to Mayberry	Andy Taylor	62
32	1986	Under the Influence	Noah Talbot	53
33	1994	The Gift of Love	Phil Doucet	0
34	1995	Gramps	Jack MacGruder	70
35	1996	Spy Hard	General Rancor	54
36	1998	Scattering Dad	Hiram	100
37	1998	Classic Commercials: Volume 3		0
38	1999	A Holiday Romance	Jake Peterson	33
39	2001	Daddy and Them	O.T. Montgomery	54
40	2006	The Very First Noel	Melchior (voice)	70
41	2007	Waitress	Old Joe	67
42	2007	Christmas Is Here Again	Santa Claus (voice)	40
43	2009	Play the Game	Grandpa Joe	58
44	2011	Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life	Self	100
45	2019	Dads	Self (archive footage)	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
4	1953	The Danny Thomas Show	Andy Taylor	60
5	1953	The United States Steel Hour		62
6	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
7	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Andy Taylor	76
8	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
9	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
10	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
11	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
12	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Andy Taylor	71
13	1967	Good Morning World	Andy Griffith	53
14	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	77
15	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	77
16	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Andy Taylor	57
17	1968	Here's Lucy	Andy Johnson	67
18	1968	The Mod Squad	George Carter	63
19	1968	The Doris Day Show	Mitch Folger	53
20	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
21	1970	The Headmaster	Andy Thompson	0
22	1971	The New Andy Griffith Show	Andy Sawyer	75
23	1973	The Bobby Darin Show		0
24	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
25	1975	Adams of Eagle Lake	Sheriff Sam Adams	0
26	1976	Donny & Marie	Self	65
27	1977	Washington: Behind Closed Doors	Esker Scott Anderson	73
28	1977	The Love Boat	Larry Cooper	63
29	1978	Centennial	Professor Lewis Vernor	76
30	1979	Salvage 1	Harry Broderick	64
31	1979	From Here to Eternity	Gen. Barney Slater	68
32	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Cmdr. Robert Munroe	75
33	1980	The Yeagers	Carroll Yeager	0
34	1981	Murder in Texas	Ash Robinson	0
35	1981	Best of the West		60
36	1984	Fatal Vision	Victor Worheide	63
37	1986	Matlock	Ben Matlock	71
38	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Ben Matlock	71
39	1998	Dawson's Creek	Mr. Brooks' Friend	73
40	1999	Family Law	Colin Sawyer	82