While fans think of Andy Griffith as the sweet, sunny, and now-iconic Mayberry sheriff, Andy Taylor, on The Andy Griffith ...

Purl said that she thinks The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock showed "only a fraction" of what Griffith was able to do as an ...

Linda Purl starred alongside Griffith on season 1 of the beloved procedural, during which time she says he told her his wild ...

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Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday.

It can be difficult for stars of popular television series to repeat their success, but Andy Griffith had no problem scoring a second hit—it just took a couple of decades. Following his much-loved The ...

"Matlock" just wrapped up its second season on CBS, and it's not returning until midseason — so that gives us plenty of time to pursue a rather silly line of inquiry. "Matlock," of course, is a ...