But few characters in the show’s eight seasons were as pivotal to the storylines of The Andy Griffith Show as Opie Taylor, the young son of Sheriff Taylor. Opie Taylor — played by Academy ...

Opie, of course, played the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith). Since starring in Happy Days, Howard has directed a few movies you might have seen. Don't Edit Happy 90th Birthday to Betty ...

She served as an ambassador for the Andy Griffith Museum ... the positivity,” director Ron Howard, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor’s son Opie, posted on Twitter Sunday.

4 of 9 — Ron Howard played Griffith's son, Opie. "They always have the kids in situation comedies be brats," he said, but the Andy-Opie relationship was different. 5 of 9 — Don Knotts played ...

The sitcom, which ran for eight seasons, followed the sheriff of Mayberry, Andy Taylor (Griffith). At 5 years old, Howard played Opie during the duration of the series from 1960 to 1968.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Griffith, who died Tuesday at 86 at his North Carolina home, played a sage widower named Andy Taylor who offered gentle guidance to son Opie ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith ... made by his loving Aunt Bee, played by the late Frances Bavier. He was a widowed father who offered gentle guidance to son Opie, played by Ron Howard, who ...

Mayberry's Andy Taylor -- played to down-home perfection by Andy Griffith, who died Tuesday morning ... to Don Knotts' Barney Fife or Ron Howard's Opie in the next. Even his comic roles show ...

Opie, of course, played the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith). Since starring in Happy Days, Howard has directed a few movies you might have seen. Replacing Don Knotts’ Barney Fife as ...