Denver wasn’t the only Gilligan’s Island star who appeared on The Andy Griffith Show — the Skipper, too! Hale played Jeff Pruitt, a farmer who sets his sights on Barney’s love interest Thelma Lou ( ...

Generations of fans have continued tuning into The Andy Griffith Show in the 65 years since it began, ... (The Beverly Hillbillies) to Alan Hale, Jr. (Gilligan's Island), ...

Few television comedies are more synonymous with the '60s than "The Andy Griffith Show." ... The lake, used in exterior scenes, is located on Franklin Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills. 7.

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, from left: Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, TV GUIDE cover, May 11-17, 1963. Richard R. Hewett. TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection ...

Actor Andy Griffith, who won the hearts of 1960s TV viewers with his role as gentle Sheriff Andy Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show,” then returned as a folksy 1980s lawyer in “Matlock ...

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86. Griffith died at his coastal home in North Carolina at about 7 a.m ...

Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and Alan Hale, Jr. Episode: "The Farmer Takes a Wife" (Season 2, Episode 13). Airdate: January 1, 1962. Role: Alan Hale Jr. guest stars as Jeff Pruitt, a well-meaning but ...