Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story is simple, but devastating in its quiet way: Young Opie, playing with his slingshot, accidentally kills a mother bird.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before he was a revered director or even Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, Ron Howard was just a little redheaded boy named Opie ...

The Andy Griffith Show wouldn’t be what it was without Ron Howard’s dad. Ron, who played Opie as a child star on the beloved series, opened up about his time on the show in an Aug. 13 interview with ...

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...

The beloved series may not have come together the way it did if it weren't for a note from Howard's father to the show's star Andy Griffith.

The word "memorable" frequently comes to mind when reflecting on The Andy Griffith Show, whether it's characters like Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Floyd the Barber (Howard ...