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The cast of Play the Game also included Rance Howard, Ron Howard's real-life father, who had made appearances in various supporting roles on The Andy Griffith Show, and Clint Howard, Ron's younger brother, who had the recurring role of Leon (the kid offering the ice cream cone or peanut butter sandwich) on The Andy Griffith Show.
The final season of The Andy Griffith Show was the number one ranked show on television. [30] Other shows to have accomplished this include I Love Lucy [ 31 ] and Seinfeld. [ 32 ] In 1998, the year Seinfeld ended, more than five million people a day watched the show's reruns on 120 stations.
The following is a list of characters of The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom television series, starring Andy Griffith. The series ran for eight seasons on CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Episodes 1–159 (1960–1965) were broadcast in black-and-white, while the last 90 episodes (1965–1968) were in color.
Aneta Louise Corsaut [citation needed] (November 3, 1933 – November 6, 1995) was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1968), Judge Cynthia Justin on Matlock (1991–1992), and Jane in The Blob (1958).
The cast of 'The Andy Griffith Show' in 'Return to Mayberry' in 1986. Clockwise from top left: Jim Nabors, George Lindsey, Ron Howard, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.
She was part of the main cast for the first season of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show, as Andy's pharmacist love interest Ellie Walker. She was even mentioned in the opening credits before Don Knotts. After one season (1960–1961), Donahue asked for a release from her three-year contract. [9] In 1963, Donahue was cast in an episode of NBC's short ...
Director Ron Howard, who played Andy Griffith’s son Opie Taylor on the Andy Griffith show from 1960 to 1968, remembered his former castmate as “lovely, kind and talented.”
While she was on tour, Maggie was discovered by The Andy Griffith Show director Bob Sweeny and producer Aaron Ruben. For The Andy Griffith Show, Peterson initially read for the role of Ellie Walker, a love interest for Sheriff Andy Taylor, but the role went to Elinor Donahue. Soon after, she was selected to play the role of Charlene Darling.