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Character List

2008-10-07T12:09:08Z

Lafalot: /* Characters by the Same Actor */

==Complete Character Listing==
TAGSRWC has a fairly complete character database which is searchable. At this point there is no reason to recreate that entire listing here. Instead, visit either the [http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/searchcastfile.htm Cast Member/Episode Database] or the [http://www.tagsrwc.com/cgi-bin/birthdays/birthdaydatabase.pl?birthdays.txt Mayberry Cast Birthday's] locations on the [http://www.mayberry.com Mayberry.com] and [http://www.tagsrwc.com TAGSRWC.com] websites for the character listings. We will be adding character and actor biographies here as Gossip Clubbers have time to add them. Below you will see the current listings. <br><br>

*[[:Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Characters]] is our current list of biographies and information about the '''characters''' on TAGS.
*[[:Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Actors]] is our listing of biographies and information about the '''actors''' on TAGS.

===Characters Appearing in Mutiple Episodes===
Below is a list of the number of episodes in which some of the '''main characters''' appeared.<BR>
<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING="1">
<TR>
<TD width=200>[[Andy Taylor]]</TD>
<TD>249</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Opie Taylor]]</TD>
<TD>200</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Aunt Bee Taylor]]</TD>
<TD>178</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Barney Fife]]</TD>
<TD>142</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Goober Pyle]]</TD>
<TD>84</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Floyd Lawson]]</TD>
<TD>80</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Helen Crump]]</TD>
<TD>66</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Howard Sprague]]</TD>
<TD>37</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Otis Campbell]]</TD>
<TD>30</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Clara Edwards]]</TD>
<TD>31</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Thelma Lou]]</TD>
<TD>26</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Gomer Pyle]]</TD>
<TD>23</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Emmett Clark]]</TD>
<TD>16</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Jud|Burt]], [[Jud]]</TD>
<TD>13</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Ellie Walker]]</TD>
<TD>12</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Warren Ferguson]]</TD>
<TD>11</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Briscoe Darling]]</TD>
<TD>6</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Ernest T. Bass]]</TD>
<TD>5</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Charlene Darling]]</TD>
<TD>5</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Leon]]</TD>
<TD>5</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Sam Jones]]</TD>
<TD>4</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Malcolm Merriweather]]</TD>
<TD>3</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Flora Malherbe]]</TD>
<TD>3</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>[[Jim Lindsey]]</TD>
<TD>2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

== Characters by the Same Actor ==
;Jean Carson: Daphne (3), Naomi Connors
;Ronnie Dapo: Arnold Winkler, boy with baseball, Pete
;Jack Dodson: Ed Jenkins, Howard Sprague (37)
;Sam Edwards: Sam Muggins, Lester Scoby, Fred, Tom Bedlow (2)
;Joy Ellison: Ethie Muggins, Mary Wiggins, Mary Scoby, Betsy, Iris
;Roy Engel: Jess Morgan, trumpeter, Luther, spectator, crowd member, Judd, conductor, Mr. Perkins
;Frank Ferguson: Wilber Pines, Sam Lindsey (2), Charlie Foley (2)
;Dabbs Greer: Councilman Dobbs, a store clerk, Naylor, Harry Sims
;Rance Howard: bus driver, chauffeur, treasury agent, party guest
;Rhonda Jeter: schoolgirl, Karen Burgess, crowd member, Ethel, Sharon McCall (2), Karen Porter, Sharon Porter
;Mary Lansing: Mrs. Mason, Mary, Mrs. Lukens, Mrs. Rodenbach (2), committeewoman, protester, 1st sporting goods shopper, party guest, Miss Primrose, Miss Roundtree, Dorothy, Martha Clark (3)
;Ruta Lee: Jean Boswell, Darlene Mason
;Bob McQuain: one of Jenkins' men, Bill, Sgt. Johnson, Jim Baker, Joe Waters, manicure customer, newlywed man, Ike Gordon, postal clerk, Fletch Roberts, lieutenant
;[[Allan Melvin]]: Clarence (Doc) Malloy, Detective Bardolli, Neal, Jake, recruiting sergeant, escaped prisoner, Fred Plummer, Clyde Plaunt
;[[Howard Morris]] : Ernest T. Bass (5), voice of Leonard Blush, George the TV repairman, voice of YLRB radio station
;Burt Mustin: Burt, Judd, Mr. Crowley
;[[Alberta Nelson]]: Nettie Albright, [[Flora Malherbe]] (3)
;Jay Novello: Sheldon Davis, Atty. Neil Bentley
;Maggie Petersen: Charlene Darling (5), Doris the secretary
;Jack Prince: Ben Sewell, Luke Reiner, rummage sale customer, Rafe Hollister (3)
;Reta Shaw : Big Maude Tyler, Eleanora Poultice
;Amzie Strickland: Miss Rosemary, Verlaine Campbell, Lila Simms, Myra Tucker (2)

== Unseen Characters ==
''These are "characters" that live in Mayberry are that were mentioned. Please do not list ever person ever mentioned but not seen on the show.''

* Augusta Finch
* Buzzy Leonard
* Count Istvan Teleky
* Doc Andrews
* Frank (at the diner)
* Gale (Clara's son)
* Hodie Snitch
* Juanita
* Laura Lee Hobbs
* Leonard Blush
* Sam Becker's wife
* Sarah

== Notes ==
* Opie was in 38 episodes without Aunt Bee.
* Aunt Bee was in 18 episodes without Opie.
* [[Mr. Schwamp]] was in 20 episodes and no one knows the actor's real name.

[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Characters]]

Cousin Virgil (TAGS Episode)

2008-10-07T12:03:58Z

Lafalot: /* Odd Facts Known by Few */

== Episode Info ==
'''<big>Cousin Virgil</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 62
*'''Aired:''' 62
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1962/04/30
*'''Writer(s):''' Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney

==Plot Summary==
Virgil, Barney's awkward cousin from New Jersey, visits Mayberry and immediately
makes a mess of everything he touches. After Virgil has dumped a roast in Andy's
lap, driven the squad car through his gate, and smashed a pane of glass while
sweeping up around the courthouse, Andy tries to get him out of his hair by
sending him to polish the cell keys. Virgil polishes the teeth right off of
them, making it impossible to let Otis out when he's due to leave the cell. At
his wit's end, Andy is shown a set of hand-carved wood figures that Virgil
himself made. Andy realizes the best tonic for Virgil is a good dose of
self-confidence and leaves him alone to remove the door of the cell.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* This is the first appearance of Rance Howard, who is the father of Ronny and Clint Howard.
* Actor Michael J. Pollard was hired as a guest star on "Star Trek", playing "Jahn" in the episode "Miri". The script called for an actor 14 years of age, but Pollard got the part anyway since his agent convinced the show's producers that he looked like a teenager even though he was close to 30. He also played the role of "Hugo" in the original Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie" (costarring with Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, Paul Lynde, and Dick Gautier) in the early 1960s. He received Academy and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Bonnie and Clyde".

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
* Don Knotts - Barney Fife
* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
* Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
* Hal Smith - Otis Campbell
* Michael J. Pollard - Virgil
* Rance Howard - bus driver

[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Episodes]]

Stranger in Town (TAGS Episode)

2008-10-07T12:00:15Z

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== Episode Info ==
'''<big>Stranger in Town</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 10
*'''Aired:''' 12
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1960/12/26
*'''Writer(s):''' Arthur Stander
*'''Director:''' Don Weis

==Plot Summary==
Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and puts the entire town on edge when he displays an eerie familiarity with the town's people, places, and things. Andy finally confronts Sawyer and learns that he is neither a foreign spy nor a spook, but only a man without a home.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* This is the first episode in which Floyd the barber appears and he is played by Walter Baldwin rather than the more familiar Howard McNear. Floyd's last name is neither mentioned nor shown. "Floyd's BARBER SHOP" is painted in the lower left corner of the front window of his shop.
* Inside Floyd's barbershop, about 3:20 into this episode, when two men look out the front window the glass is divided into four panes. The next shot, from outside, shows the men looking thru a single large pane of glass. The next shot is again from inside the shop and shows the divided glass once more. About 15:45, shot from outside, when Andy and Barney exit the shop and pass by on the sidewalk, the window is divided into four panes again.
* There is a mysterious door near the front entrance inside Floyd's barbershop leading to the shop next door, with "Beauty Shop" painted on it. This door disappears later in the series.

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
* Don Knotts - Barney Fife
* Phil Chambers - Jason
* Walter Baldwin - Floyd "the first"
* William Lanteau - Ed Sawyer
* George Dunn - Pete
* Marlene Willis - Lucy Matthews
* Sara Seegar - Mrs. Buntley
* Pat Colby - Bill Matthews
* William Erwin - George Sapperly

[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Episodes]]

Stranger in Town (TAGS Episode)

2008-10-07T12:00:02Z

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Christmas Story, The (TAGS Episode)

2008-10-07T11:58:49Z

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== Episode Info ==
'''<big>The Christmas Story</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 11
*'''Aired:''' 11
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1960/12/19
*'''Writer(s):''' David Adler
*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney

==Plot Summary==
Andy and Barney keep the spirit of Christmas alive for Sam Muggins and his family after the town Scrooge, Ben Weaver, demands Andy keep Muggins icarcerated for running a still. After being accidently inoculated with a little of the courthouse's Christmas spirit, Weaver comes around and manages to get himself arrested so he can bring gifts for all.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* This is the first appearance of the "Ben Weaver" character.

* Ben Weaver says that he sells "spirits" in his store, but Mayberry is dry.

* Sam Edwards, Margaret Kerry, and Joy Ellison play the Scoby family in a later episode of season one, No. 28, Andy Forecloses.

* This is the first character played by Joy Ellison, who plays five characters in five episodes.

* When Ben Weaver is in the alley, he tries to peek into the courthouse by standing on a crate. Just as he pulls himself up using the bars on the window, you can see the entire wall move a little.
* This is the only Christmas-themed episode in the entire run of the series.

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
* Don Knotts - Barney Fife
* Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
* Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
* Will Wright - Ben Weaver
* Sam Edwards - Jim Muggins
* Margaret Kerry - Bess Muggins
* Joy Ellison - Effie Muggins
* Kelly Flynn - Billy Muggins

[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Episodes]]

Christmas Story, The (TAGS Episode)

2008-10-07T11:58:26Z

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== Episode Info ==
'''<big>The Christmas Story</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 11
*'''Aired:''' 11
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1960/12/19
*'''Writer(s):''' David Adler
*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney

==Plot Summary==
Andy and Barney keep the spirit of Christmas alive for Sam Muggins and his family after the town Scrooge, Ben Weaver, demands Andy keep Muggins icarcerated for running a still. After being accidently inoculated with a little of the courthouse's Christmas spirit, Weaver comes around and manages to get himself arrested so he can bring gifts for all.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* This is the first appearance of the "Ben Weaver" character.

* Ben Weaver says that he sells "spirits" in his store, but Mayberry is dry.

* Sam Edwards, Margaret Kerry, and Joy Ellison play the Scoby family in a later episode of season one, No. 28, Andy Forecloses.

* This is the first character played by Joy Ellison, who plays five characters in five episodes.

* When Ben Weaver is in the alley, he tries to peek into the courthouse by standing on a crate. Just as he pulls himself up using the bars on the window, you can see the entire wall move a little.
* This is the only Christmas-themed episode in the entire run of the series.

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
* Don Knotts - Barney Fife
* Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
* Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
* Will Wright - Ben Weaver
* Sam Edwards - Jim Muggins
* Margaret Kerry - Bess Muggins
* Joy Ellison - Ethie Muggins
* Kelly Flynn - Billy Muggins

[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Episodes]]