: Andy Taylor - Andy Griffith Opie Taylor - Ron Howard (as Ronny Howard) Deputy Barney Fife - Don Knotts Aunt Bee - Frances Bavier Gomer Pyle - Jim Nabors Goober Pyle (aka Goober Beasley in early episodes) - George Lindsey Floyd Lawson - Howard McNear Helen Crump - Aneta Corsaut Thelma