Photos: Andy Griffith dies at 86

Posted Jul 03, 2012

By vwilliams

Actor Andy Griffith, known for his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor on “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Tuesday at 86, according to MSNBC.

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Andy Griffith and Don Knotts posing in a 1986 photo. (AP Photo)
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Jim Nabors (top left) in character on Jan. 9, 1987, George Lindsey (top right), five-time Emmy winner Don Knotts (bottom left), Andy Griffith (bottom center) and Ron Howard reprise their roles from the popular series ?The Andy Griffith Show? in ?Return to Mayberry,? a comedy film that finds Andy Taylor (Griffith) returning to Mayberry to run again for sheriff, only to discover his former deputy Barney Fife (Knotts) has also entered the race. . (AP Photo)
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Young Ronny Howard, in the role of Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show," discovers an abandoned infant and decides to keep it for a while, 1966. (AP Photo)
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Ronny Howard, center, who plays Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show," is joined by his real-life father Rance Howard and little brother Clint in an episode of the show, marking the first time that all three Howards had worked in a TV show together, 1963. (AP Photo)
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U.S. army paratroopers, Pfc. Lessie Smith, left, of Cleveland, O., and Sgt. James Closson, right, of Everett, Mass., whose parachutes entangled during jump in recent Kentucky maneuvers, see stage version of similar incident as the Alvin Theater in New York City, Feb. 22, 1956. Actors Andy Griffith and Roddy McDowell, hanging on, of the cast of ?not time for sergeants? create paratrooper?s predicament, a scene in the Broadway production. Soldiers were invited to see the play. They are with airborne division at Ft. Campbell, KY. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
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When retired heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano visited some friends at the old Biograph movie studio, now known as Gold Medal studios, in the East Bronx, N.Y., on August 30, 1956 he was promptly "jugged" in one of the jail props used in making the film, "A Face in the Crowd." He is shown holding hands through the bars with the two leads, Andy Griffiths and Patricia Neal. Rocky would not comment on whether or not he has any plans for a career in the movies. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)
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Andy Griffith, star of the New York stage play "No Time for Sergeants," ponders the problems of a cameraman at Warner Brother's studio in Burbank, Nov. 8, 1957 where he is working in "Onionhead." The movie is a story of a recruit in the U.S. Coast Guard, played by Griffith, who loses all his hair and is dubbed "Onionhead" by his crew mates. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)
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Andy Griffith, right, star of the Broadway musical ?Destry Rides Again? and a native of North Carolina, pins a badge on the lapel of Ernest F. Hollings, governor of South Carolina, after performance at night on May 21, 1959 in the Imperial Theater, New York. (AP Photo)
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Miss Tennessee (Mickey Wayland of Knoxville) bears up under tribute by two stars of Broadway musical, ?Destry Rides Again?, backstage before performance on Sept. 3, 1959. Comedian Andy Griffith, who has the title role, is at right. Art Lund is at left. All three are from below the Mason-Dixon Line. From left are, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. (AP Photo/John Lent)
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Writer Carl Reiner, center, poses with actors Don Knotts, left, and Peter Falk as they hold their statuettes at the Emmys Awards in Hollywood, Ca., May 22, 1962. Knotts was named outstanding performance in a supporting role by an actor in "The Andy Griffith Show"; Reiner won outstanding writing achievement in comedy for the "Dick Van Dyke Show"; and Falk was named outstanding single performance by an actor in a leading role in "The Dick Powell Show, The Price of Tomatoes." (AP Photo)
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Ron Howard is shown in character as Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show" with Karl Swenson, playing a telephone linesman, in the premiere episode in the series' fall season, Sept. 20, 1962. (AP Photo)
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Child actor Ron Howard, in character as Opie, looks at a goat during a pause in filming of the television comedy series "The Andy Griffith Show" in Los Angeles, Ca., in Jan. 17, 1963. (AP Photo)
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Andy Griffith (right) as Sheriff Andy Taylor and Don Knotts (left) as Deputy Barney Fife, in a scene from the "The Andy Griffith Show", Jan. 24, 1963. (AP Photo)
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Andy Griffith laughs it up with Don Knotts while taping a television program on Oct. 20, 1967 . (AP Photo)
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Andy Griffith, left, decide to leave weekly television for other areas, but Ken Berry came forward to gradually become the central character in his series, shown Nov. 21, 1968. From the "Andy Griffith Show," in consequence, there has emerged "Mayberry, R.F.D." and it seems to be keeping up a respectable score on the ratings. (AP Photo) No Sales
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Comedian/ actor Andy Griffith is shown on the studio lot in Los Angeles Sept. 3, 1977. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
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Andy Griffith, photographed on the set of TV's "Salvage-1" near Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 1979 plays salvage expert extraordinaire Harry Broderick, hero of the series. He's best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor of "the Andy Griffith show, which ran for 8 years in the 1960s." (AP Photo)
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Actor Andy Griffith, Jan. 19, 1983. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
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Actor Andy Griffith plays a man, John Wallace, who thinks he is above the law in an upcoming CBS-TV film, "Murder in Coweta County" poses in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 31, 1983. Singer Johnny Cash co-stars as sheriff Lamar Potts who pursues Griffith for a murder in his county. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
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Actor Andy Griffith, Jan. 9, 1984. (AP Photo)
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Actor George Lindsey poses for photographer outside of a Los Angeles restaurant Dec. 28, 1984. Lindsey, perhaps best known for his role as Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show,” will appear on the live telecast of the “Happy New Year from Opryland,” a musical celebration at the Presidential Ballroom of the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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George “Goober” Lindsey, the jovial persona on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” figures he has raised a generation of television viewers August 5, 1985. His appearances on those programs and their reruns have put him in American homes since 1964. (AP Photo)
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Ron Howard, second from left, who played “Opie” on the “Mayberry” television series, gets a birthday cake from fellow cast members Andy Griffith, left, George Lindsay second from right, and Jim Nabors on the set of “Return to Mayberry,” in Los Olivos, California Feb. 27, 1986. Howard will turn 32 March 1. They will all recreate their roles in the upcoming two-hour NBC-TV movie. (AP Photo)
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Actor Andy Griffith and Dick Van Dyke pose on the set of the series ?Matlock? in which Griffith stars in March 1986. (AP Photo)
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Actor Andy Griffith shown in Toluca Lake, Calif in March 6, 1987 during an interview for an APN story. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)
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Actor Andy Griffith is all smiles following his being named top male performer in a new TV program, ?Matlock?, at the 13th Annual People?s Choice Awards, Sunday, March 15, 1987 in Santa Monica, California. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)
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Actor Andy Griffith talking about his future television plans in Los Angels, March 23, 1987. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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U.S. President George H. Bush joins performers on stage at Andrews Air Force, Md., Wednesday, April 3, 1991 in a salute to troops who served in the Persian Gulf. At left is Cece Wynan and at right is Andy Griffith. A TV-Gala was staged at Andrew for 4,000 veterans of Desert Storm. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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Jim Nabors with George Lindsey on May 7, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee.(The Andy Griffith Show) (AP Photo)