Andy Griffith
Highest Rated: 90% Hearts of the West (1975)
Lowest Rated: 7% Spy Hard (1996)
Birthday: Jun 1, 1926
Birthplace: Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA
With his folksy, down-to-earth charm and winning smile, actor Andy Griffith brought a warm sincerity to his most popular roles - small-town Sheriff Andy Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show" (CBS, 1960-68) and the crafty southern lawyer Ben Matlock on "Matlock" (NBC/ABC, 1986-1995). Prior to becoming a friendly face in many American living rooms, Griffith was a talented musician with early aspirations to be an opera singer. But instead he rose to fame as a monologist, delivering a parody of the Johnny Ray song "Please Mr. Sun" and the woodsy "What it Was, Was Football" (1953), one of the most popular recorded monologues of all time. Griffith turned to television with "No Time for Sergeants" (1955) - a role he reprised for the 1958 film of the same name - and made his feature debut with a thunderous dramatic performance as a manipulative, power-hungry grifter who becomes a television host in Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" (1957). He was a regular on "The Steve Allen Show" (1956-1964) before introducing Sheriff Andy Taylor alongside Ron Howard's Opie on the seventh season of "The Danny Thomas Show" (1953-1964). Following several spin-offs of "Andy Griffith" throughout the decades, he reprised his stardom as "Matlock" and made many noted guest appearances well into the new millennium. Meanwhile, over the course of his career, Griffith returned to his first love of music and won a Grammy for a 1997 gospel album. Often exerting strong creative control over his efforts, Griffith brought a sense of realism, charm and honesty to his shows and characters that managed to never stray into caricature, and whose appeal endured for generations of viewers.
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Andy Griffith
Filmography
Movies
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28% |
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Play the Game | Grandpa Joe (Character) | $635.7K | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas Is Here Again | Santa Claus (Voice) | - | 2007 |
89% |
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Waitress | Old Joe (Character) | $19.1M | 2007 |
86% |
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Daddy and Them | O.T. Montgomery (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Holiday Romance | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scattering Dad | Hiram (Character) | - | 1998 |
7% |
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Spy Hard | General Rancor (Character) | $27.0M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gramps | Jack MacGruder (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Scam | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Heist | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gift of Love | Phil Doucet (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Kidnapping |
Ben Matlock (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Accused | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Idol | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Final Affair | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Fortune |
Benjamin Matlock/ |
- | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Haunted | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Assassination | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Picture | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Legacy |
Charlie Matlock/ |
- | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Evening News | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Vacation | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Outcast | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Witness Killings | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Trial | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Suspect | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Secret | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: Nowhere to Turn | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Informer | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Prisoner | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Hunting Party | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Thief | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Mayor | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Ambassador | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Power Brokers | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Court Martial | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Investigation | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Billionaire | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Under the Influence | Noah Talbot (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diary of a Perfect Murder | Ben Matlock (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Don | Benjamin Matlock (Character) | - | 1986 |
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Return to Mayberry | Andy Taylor (Character) | - | 1986 |
17% |
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Rustlers' Rhapsody | Colonel Ticonderoga (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime of Innocence | Judge Julius Sullivan (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Fatal Vision | Victor Worheide (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Murder in Coweta County | John Wallace (Character) | - | 1983 |
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The Demon Murder Case | Guy Harris (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Lovers Only | Vernon Bliss (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Texas | Ash Robinson (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Yeagers | Carroll Yeager (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Gen. Barney Slater (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salvage I: Golden Orbit | Harry Broderick (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salvage II: Hardwater | Harry Broderick (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salvage I | Harry Broderick (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Game | Police Chief Abel Marsh (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Deadly | Police Chief Abel Marsh (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl in the Empty Grave | Police Chief Abel Marsh (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Street Killing | Gus Brenner (Character) | - | 1976 |
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Frosty's Winter Wonderland | Narrator | - | 1976 |
90% |
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Hearts of the West | Howard Pike aka Billy Pueblo (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winter Kill | Sheriff Sam McNeill (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Pray for the Wildcats | Sam Farragut (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savages | Horton Madec (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Go Ask Alice | Priest (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strangers in 7A | Artie Sawyer (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Angel in My Pocket | Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead (Character) | - | 1969 |
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The Second Time Around | Pat Collins (Character) | - | 1961 |
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Onionhead | Alvin "Al" Woods (Character) | - | 1958 |
60% |
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No Time for Sergeants | Pvt. Will Stockdale (Character) | - | 1958 |
88% |
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A Face in the Crowd | Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 90% | The Andy Griffith Show | Andy Taylor (Character) | 1960-1968 2023 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Dawson's Creek | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock |
Benjamin L. Matlock (Character), Executive Producer |
1986-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best of the West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salvage-1 | Harry Broderick (Character) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Centennial | Prof. Lewis Vernor (Character) | 1978-1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sonny and Cher Show | Guest | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Jack Starkey (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Guest | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1969 1971-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | George Carter (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mayberry R.F.D. | Executive Producer | 1968-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest | 1970-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Guest | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning World | Himself (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1958-1959 1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Danny Kaye Show |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
1964 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Andy Taylor (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Will Stockdale (Character) | 1955 |