Question: Who played Floyd the barber in the show named for the actor of Ben Matlock?

full_context: Document 1: Mayberry: Mayberry, North Carolina is a fictitious community that was the setting for two popular American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television movie titled Return to Mayberry. Mayberry is said to be based on Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is also known as Mayberry and this town is known by both names to the people who reside there.
Document 2: Frances Bavier: Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 -- December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role of Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. from 1960 -- 70. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967.
Document 3: The Andy Griffith Show: The Andy Griffith Show Play media Opening sequence including ``The Fishin 'Hole ''Genre Sitcom Created by Sheldon Leonard Starring Andy Griffith Ronny Howard Don Knotts Frances Bavier Narrated by Colin Male (1960 -- 64) Theme music composer Earle Hagen and Herbert W. Spencer Opening theme`` The Fishin' Hole'' Country of origin United States Original language (s) English No. of seasons 8 No. of episodes 249 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer (s) Sheldon Leonard Danny Thomas Production location (s) Desilu Culver (1960 -- 67) Paramount Studios (1967 -- 68) Camera setup Single - camera Running time 25 -- 26 minutes Production company (s) Danny Thomas Enterprises Mayberry Enterprises Distributor Viacom Enterprises (1971 -- 1994) Paramount Domestic Television (1994 -- 2006) CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006 -- 2007) CBS Television Distribution (2007 -- present) Release Original network CBS Picture format Black - and - white (1960 -- 65) Color (1965 -- 68) 35 mm film Original broadcast: 4: 3 480i (SDTV) Remastered: 4: 3 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Monaural Original release October 3, 1960 (1960 - 10 - 03) -- April 1, 1968 (1968 - 04 - 01) Chronology Followed by Mayberry R.F.D. Related shows The Danny Thomas Show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Document 4: The Six Million Dollar Man: The Six Million Dollar Man Genre Science fiction Action Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Based on Cyborg by Martin Caidin Starring Lee Majors Richard Anderson Martin E. Brooks Composer (s) Jerry Fielding Stu Philips Mike Post Mark Snow Gil Mellé Oliver Nelson Benny Golson J.J. Johnson Country of origin United States Original language (s) English No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 99 + 6 TV movies (list of episodes) Production Executive producer (s) Harve Bennett Producer (s) Kenneth Johnson Running time 60 minutes Distributor MCA TV (1978 - 1979) NBCUniversal Television Distribution Release Original network ABC Original release March 7, 1973 (1973 - 03 - 07) -- March 6, 1978 (1978 - 03 - 06)
Document 5: James Best: The Andy Griffith Show (TV series, 1960 -- 1968) as Jim Lindsey (``The Guitar Player '', Season 1, Episode 31 and`` The Guitar Player Returns'', 1961)
Document 6: Howard Morris: Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 -- May 21, 2005) was an American actor, voice actor and director who was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as ``Uncle Goopy ''in one of the most celebrated comedy sketches in history, on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (1954).
Document 7: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken: This film was produced by Universal Studios, which produced countless classic horror films. Knotts was best known at the time of the film's production for his Emmy Award-winning five seasons on the sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" as small town deputy sheriff Barney Fife. Andy Griffith, Knotts' co-star on "The Andy Griffith Show", suggested expanding on an episode from the television series involving a deserted house (the old Rimshaw house in the episode "Haunted House" aired October 1963) in which Barney, Gomer, and Andy retrieve a baseball of Opie and his friend from the house. Another "Andy Griffith Show" connection is a small role played by Hal Smith, who had a recurring role on the show. Knotts left the television series at the end of the 1964–65 season in order to pursue a film career. He had already starred in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964). Knotts' popularity prompted a multiple-movie deal with Universal, starting with this movie, and followed by "The Reluctant Astronaut" (1967), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), "The Love God?" (1969), and "How to Frame a Figg" (1971). "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" was directed by Alan Rafkin with a screenplay by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum; all three men had been associated with the success of "The Andy Griffith Show". Several players from the television series also appear in the film including Lurene Tuttle, Burt Mustin, Hal Smith and Hope Summers. Viewers will also recognize several actors and actresses who had appeared or were then appearing on other sitcoms of the time. The movie boasts one of the largest collection of character actors/actresses assembled in a single movie.
Document 8: George Lindsey: George Smith Lindsey (December 17, 1928 -- May 6, 2012) was an American character actor, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee - Haw.
Document 9: Don Knotts: Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 -- February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian, best known as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy awards. He also played Luther Heggs in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken and Henry Limpet in The Incredible Mr. Limpet. He also portrayed Ralph Furley on Three's Company. In 1996, TV Guide ranked him # 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.
Document 10: The Fugitive: The Fugitive was an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. En route to death row, Dr. Richard Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a ``one - armed man ''(played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse).
Document 11: Matlock (TV series): Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal - defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.
Document 12: List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes: This is a list of episodes from the CBS television comedy The Andy Griffith Show. The first episode aired on October 3, 1960 and the final episode aired on April 1, 1968. There were 249 episodes in all, 159 in black and white (seasons 1 -- 5) and 90 in color (seasons 6 -- 8). The series was spun off from The Danny Thomas Show, where Sheriff Andy Taylor was introduced in the episode, ``Danny Meets Andy Griffith '', which first aired on February 15, 1960.
Document 13: The Andy Griffith Show: The Andy Griffith Show is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half - hour episodes spanning over eight seasons -- 159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series partially originated from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show.
Document 14: Barney Fife: Bernard ``Barney ''P. Milton Oliver Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow - paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five seasons (1960 -- 65) as a main character, and, after leaving the show at the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the following three color seasons (1965 -- 68). He also appeared in the first episode of the spin - off series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968 -- 1971), and in the 1986 reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry. Additionally, Barney appeared in the Joey Bishop Show episode,`` Joey's Hideaway Cabin'' and, unnamed, in the first episode of The New Andy Griffith Show.
Document 15: Howard McNear: Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 -- January 3, 1969) was an American stage, screen, and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show (1960 - 1968).
ground_truth: Howard Terbell McNear
sub_queries: who played the role of ben matlock in the original tv series Answer: Andy Griffith
who played floyd the barber in the Andy Griffith show Answer: Howard Terbell McNear