paragraph_text: Natalie Casey (born 15 April 1980) is an English actress, television presenter and singer. She is best known for her long - running roles playing Carol Groves in the TV series Hollyoaks from 1996 to 2000 and playing Donna Henshaw in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 to 2011.

paragraph_text: Corsaut first appeared on the long - running Griffith show in 1963 as schoolteacher Helen Crump, who later became the Mayberry sheriff's wife on the first episode of the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D.. Corsaut also had a continuing role as policeman Bumper Morgan's pawn - shop - owner friend on the series The Blue Knight and as Irma Howell in the short - lived series Mrs. G. Goes to College. In the TV series Adam - 12, Corsaut portrayed Officer Pete Malloy's girlfriend, Judy. She had a supporting role as Head Nurse Bradley in the 1980s sitcom House Calls, and also appeared in several episodes of Matlock with star Andy Griffith. In addition, Corsaut played the role of nurse Jesse Brewer in 1977 on the long - running ABC soap opera General Hospital when long - time portrayer Emily McLaughlin was too ill to work.

paragraph_text: Reed played Janice Pasetti in the quirky NBC sitcom Grand, and then played a judge and single mother in the short - lived NBC sitcom The Home Court. She has provided the voice for the character Ruth Powers in 3 episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons and guest - voiced in an episode of the 1994 - 1995 animated series The Critic. She played a main role in Jericho and has appeared as the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation.

paragraph_text: 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.

paragraph_text: In 2013, Madison began playing Hillary on the TV sitcom Trophy Wife, replacing Gianna LePera who played the character in the pilot. In 2014, she began playing the recurring role of Sophia Quinn in the ABC Family drama The Fosters. In 2015, she began playing Grace Russell, the daughter of Cassie Nightingale, in the Hallmark series Good Witch.

paragraph_text: Leslie Landon Matthews (née Landon; born October 11, 1962) is a former American actress. She is known for playing the role of Etta Plum on the Little House on the Prairie TV series, and for being the daughter of Michael Landon. Matthews is now a clinical psychologist.

paragraph_text: Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, voice - over artist, comedian, writer, musician, painter and podcaster best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen and Buford ``Mad Dog ''Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks and for his voice - over work in movies, TV shows and video games.

paragraph_text: Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English - born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. Cartwright is best known as a child actress for her role as Brigitta von Trapp in the Academy Award winning film The Sound of Music (1965). On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the 1950s TV series The Danny Thomas Show, and Penny Robinson, in the 1960s television series Lost in Space. Her older sister is actress Veronica Cartwright.

paragraph_text: Charles Reser Frank (born April 17, 1947) is an American actor noted for playing Bret Maverick's cousin Ben Maverick in the 1978 TV-movie "The New Maverick" with James Garner and Jack Kelly, and in the short-lived 1979 television series "Young Maverick". He graduated with the class of 1969 from Middlebury College in Vermont.

paragraph_text: Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (English: It's About Those Days) is a Hindi drama series on SET and produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions, which started airing from 5 September 2017 replacing the serial Pehredaar Piya Ki from the same production house.It is based on real life love story of Sumeet Mittal and his wife Shashi Mittal who are producers of the show. This Serial is dubbed in tamil version as Ninaithale Inikum (Sweet Memories) on Polimer tv Newbie Ashi Singh and TV actor Randeep Rai play the lead roles of Naina and Sameer respectively. The show is based on the youngsters' love story and is set in the 1990s.

paragraph_text: Dheeraj Dhoopar (born; 20 December 1984 in Delhi) is a popular Indian television actor, model. He is best known for playing the lead role of Prem Bharadwaj in the TV serial Sasural Simar Ka on Colors TV. He currently plays the main lead role of Karan Luthra in Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms producing popular television show Kundali Bhagya, on Zee TV.

paragraph_text: Disha Vakani (born 17 August 1978) is an Indian film and television actress. She made her career as a stage actress in Gujarati plays like Kamal Patel v / s Dhamal Patel and Lali Lila. She has appeared in supporting roles in films like Devdas (2002) and Jodha Akbar (2008). She plays lead role of Daya Jethalal Gada in SAB TV's comedy show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah since 2008.

paragraph_text: "Cybill" takes place in Los Angeles and focuses on the character of a somewhat faded actress, Cybill Sheridan (played by Cybill Shepherd), who, because of her age, had been relegated to playing character roles, bit parts, and TV commercials. Also featured are her daughters: headstrong Zoey (Witt) and uptight Rachel (Pfeiffer), two ex-husbands: Ira (Rosenberg) and Jeff (Wopat), and her hard-drinking best friend Maryann (Baranski). Due to the show's premise, many episodes featured a show-within-a-show format, showing Cybill Sheridan playing a variety of other characters in her various film and TV acting roles.

paragraph_text: The cast consisted mostly of actors from the Broadway show, with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson starring as Jesus and Judas respectively. Neeley had played a reporter and a leper in the Broadway version, and understudied the role of Jesus. Likewise, Anderson understudied Judas, but took over the role on Broadway and Los Angeles when Ben Vereen fell ill. Along with Dennen, Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene), and Bob Bingham (Caiaphas) reprised their Broadway roles in the film (Elliman, like Dennen, had also appeared on the original concept album). Originally, Jewison wanted Ian Gillan, who played Jesus on the concept album, to reprise the role for the film, but Gillan turned down the offer, deciding that he would please fans more by touring with Deep Purple. The producers also considered Micky Dolenz (from The Monkees) and David Cassidy to play Jesus before deciding to go with Neeley. ``With the exception of Barry Dennen who played Pontius Pilate and Josh Mostel who played King Herod -- for everybody else, it was their first time on camera and first major motion picture. It was a learning process throughout. ''

paragraph_text: Vicky Rodewyk (born 20 November 1988) is an actress, photographic model and dancer from New Zealand. She has appeared in various TV commercials and shows, such as Barney, Shortland Street and an episode of Cloud 9's series "Revelations – The Initial Journey". Vicky is best known for playing the role of moaning air-head Gel in the Cloud 9 produced TV series The Tribe. She was one of 5 new main characters introduced to the fifth and final series of the show. Vicky has also appeared on the ABC TV produced TV show Strictly Dancing with dance partner Sean Patterson, where she revealed she hadn't considered dance until she was introduced into it through a program at school. In 2008, Vicky appeared in the hit show playing a minor role, the character Gabby, a dance student. She featured in episode 23, 'Fear and Phantoms'.

paragraph_text: Pooja Sharma, who is best known for playing the role of Draupadi in Mahabharat, is playing the lead role of Parvati and Mahakali. It also has Saurabh Raj Jain playing the role of Lord Shiva who is popularly known for playing Krishna, also in Mahabharat and also played Lord Vishnu role in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev (2011 TV Series). Interestingly, both of them portrayed the close friends, Krishna - Draupadi in Mahabharat and in Mahakali, they play the role of a married couple, Shiva - Parvati. Meghan Jadhav who played Abhimanyu in Suryaputra Karn is playing Shiva - Parvati's son Kartikeya.

paragraph_text: Adriano Giannini (born 10 May 1971) is an Italian actor, son of actor Giancarlo Giannini. He co-starred in 2002 with Madonna in the widely panned film "Swept Away", a remake of the 1974 Italian film with the same name. Adriano played the same role that his father, Giancarlo Giannini, played in the original. He dubbed Heath Ledger's voice in the Italian release of "The Dark Knight" (his father was the voice of Jack Nicholson/The Joker in Tim Burton's "Batman"). Giannini has a leading role in the 2012 ABC-TV drama series "Missing", starring Ashley Judd and Sean Bean.

paragraph_text: Howard first came to prominence playing young Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years and later playing teenager Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for seven years. He appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), the comedy film The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), the coming of age film American Graffiti (1973), the western film The Shootist (1976), and the comedy film Grand Theft Auto (1977), which he also directed.

paragraph_text: Henry Hereford (born 22 October 1975) is an English actor. Most recently Hereford performed in multiple sketches in the up coming Australian TV show Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am on ABC2. Prior to this he worked on NBC series "Crossbones" (2014) starring John Malkovich, where significantly he played two roles in the first season. He played Frederick Nightingale in episode 1 and then the recurring role of The Wild Man from episode 4 onwards.

paragraph_text: Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (English: It's About Those Days) is a Hindi drama series on SET and produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions, which started airing from 5 September 2017. Newbie Ashi Singh and TV actor Randeep Rai play the lead roles of Naina and Sameer respectively. The show is based on the youngsters' love story and is set in the 1990s.

Question: Who played Opie on the show named after the actor who played Ben Matlock on the original TV series?
Answer: Howard