# List of The Andy Griffith Show characters

The following is a list of characters of The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom television series, starring Andy Griffith. The series ran for eight seasons on CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Episodes 1–159 (1960–1965) were broadcast in black-and-white, while the last 90 episodes (1965–1968) were in color.
While the characters of the fictional community of Mayberry were often stereotypes, they were generally portrayed as "uncomplicated" human beings who genuinely cared about each other.
| Character | Actor | Brief Description | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Episodes |
| Character | Actor | Brief Description | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Episodes |
| Andy Taylor | Andy Griffith | Sheriff of Mayberry; father (widowed) of Opie | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 249 |
| Opie Taylor | Ronny Howard | Son of Andy Taylor | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 243 |
| Barney Fife | Don Knotts | Deputy Sheriff of Mayberry | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Guest | Guest | Guest | 162 |
| Aunt Bee | Frances Bavier | Andy's paternal aunt | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 188 |
| Emma Watson | Cheerio Meredith | A townsperson | Recurring | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 6 |
| Jud Fletcher | Burt Mustin | Elderly citizen of Mayberry | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | 8 |
| Otis Campbell | Hal Smith | The town drunk who lets himself into the jail to sleep it off | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | 32 |
| Mayor Pike | Dick Elliott | Mayor of Mayberry | Recurring | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 11 |
| Ellie Walker | Elinor Donahue | Pharmacist, Andy's girlfriend | Main | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 12 |
| Floyd Lawson | Howard McNear | Town barber | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Does not appear | 80 |
| Thelma Lou | Betty Lynn | Barney's primary girlfriend | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 26 |
| Clara Edwards | Hope Summers | Aunt Bee's best friend | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Does not appear | 31 |
| Ben Weaver | Will Wright/Tol Avery/Jason Johnson | Miserly old landlord and department store owner | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 6 |
| Rafe Hollister | Jack Prince | Local farmer and moonshiner | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 3 |
| Leon | Clint Howard | Toddler in a cowboy outfit; never speaks in any of his appearances | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 5 |
| John Masters | Olan Soule | Choir director and hotel manager | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 5 |
| Mayor Roy Stoner | Parley Baer | Mayor of Mayberry | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 7 |
| Peggy McMillan | Joanna Moore | County nurse and Andy's girlfriend | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 4 |
| Daphne | Jean Carson | One of "The Fun Girls" | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 3 |
| Skippy | Joyce Jameson | One of "The Fun Girls" | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 3 |
| Wally | Norman Leavitt/Trevor Bardette/Cliff Norton | Owner of the filling station where Gomer and Goober work | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 4 |
| Gomer Pyle | Jim Nabors | Mechanic at Wally's Filling Station | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 23 |
| Asa Breeney | Charles P. Thompson | Elderly, sleepy security guard / hotel clerk | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 5 |
| Reverend Hobart M. Tucker | William Keene | Pastor of All Souls Church | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | 6 |
| Helen Crump | Aneta Corsaut | School teacher and Andy's girlfriend | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 66 |
| Johnny Paul Jason | Richard Keith | Opie's best friend | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 11 |
| Briscoe Darling | Denver Pyle | Head of The Darlings | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | 5 |
| Charlene Darling | Maggie Peterson | Briscoe Darling's daughter. Had a crush on Andy. | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | 5 |
| The Darling Boys | The Dillards | Musical brothers | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | 5 |
| Ernest T. Bass | Howard Morris | A troublemaking mountain man | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 5 |
| Malcolm Merriweather | Bernard Fox | English valet | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | 3 |
| Trey Bowden | David Alan Bailey | Opie's friend | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | 3 |
| Goober Pyle | George Lindsey | Auto mechanic and cousin of Gomer Pyle | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 86 |
| Deputy Warren Ferguson | Jack Burns | Floyd's nephew; replaces Barney as deputy | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Does not appear | Does not appear | 11 |
| Flora Malherbe | Alberta Nelson | A waitress at the Mayberry Diner, Goober's girlfriend | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | Guest | 3 |
| Howard Sprague | Jack Dodson | The milquetoast county clerk | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 37 |
| Emmett Clark | Paul Hartman | Fix-it shop owner | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | 16 |
| Martha Clark | Mary Lansing | Emmett's wife | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | 3 |
| Sam Jones | Ken Berry | Widowed farmer and father of Mike Jones | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Does not appear | Recurring | 4 |
Characters are listed in order of their initial appearance. Only characters who appeared in 3 or more episodes are listed. For other characters, see The Andy Griffith Show guest stars.

## Legend

    = Main cast (credited)
    = Recurring cast (3+ episodes per season)
    = Guest cast (1-2 episodes per season)

## Unseen regular characters

| Name | Seasons | Brief character summary |
| Sarah | 1–8 | Mayberry telephone operator who often eavesdrops on calls and has brief conversations with characters in at least 19 episodes |
| Juanita Beasley | 1–5 | Waitress at the Bluebird Diner who Barney talks to on the telephone as his second girlfriend in ten episodes. First mentioned in S1E26 "Andy Forecloses". |
| Leonard Blush | 4–5 | Radio announcer from station YLRB, later WMPD, from Mount Pilot, in "Family Visits" and "Barney's Bloodhound" whose voice is that of Howard Morris, who is also referred to by name in "The Song Festers" |