The character of Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith ... Each episode sees the honest, ethical, and all-around good guy raising his son, Opie (Ron Howard), with the help of his Aunt Bee (Frances ...

If beloved deputy Barney Fife and precocious grade-schooler Opie Taylor seemed like family on "The Andy Griffith Show," it may be because the actors actually were. Ron Howard, who started his ...