Question: who was andy's girlfriend on the andy griffith show
Answer: of episodes Played by Brief character summary Goober Pyle 4 -- 8 86 George Lindsey Auto mechanic and cousin of Gomer Pyle ( Called Goober Beasley in Season 5 Episode 23 `` TV or Not TV '' ) Floyd Lawson 1 -- 7 80 Howard McNear The barber Helen Crump 3 -- 8 66 Aneta Corsaut School teacher and Andy 's girlfriend in later episodes Howard Sprague 6 -- 8 37 Jack Dodson The milquetoast county clerk Otis Campbell 1 -- 7 32 Hal Smith The town drunk who lets himself into the jail to sleep it off Clara Edwards 1 -- 8 31 Hope Summers aka Clara Johnson , Bertha Edwards ; a widow who is Aunt Bee 's best friend Thelma Lou 1 -- 6 26 Betty Lynn Barney 's girlfriend .