Character List

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 Cast Member/Episode Database or the Mayberry Cast Birthday's locations on the iMayberry.com and TAGSRWC.com websites for the character listings. We will be adding character and actor biographies here as Mayberry historians have time to add them. Below you will see the current listings.

• 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.

Andy Taylor	249
Opie Taylor	200
Aunt Bee Taylor	178
Barney Fife	142
Goober Pyle	84
Floyd Lawson	80
Helen Crump	66
Howard Sprague	37
Otis Campbell	30
Clara Edwards	31
Thelma Lou	26
Mr. Schwump	26
Gomer Pyle	23
Emmett Clark	16
Burt, Jud	13
Ellie Walker	12
Warren Ferguson	11
Briscoe Darling	6
Ernest T. Bass	5
Charlene Darling	5
Leon	5
Sam Jones	4
Glenn Cripe	4
Malcolm Merriweather	3
Flora Malherbe	3
Jim Lindsey	2

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)

Charles P. Thompson

Asa Breeny (3), Asa Bascomb, Doctor Roberts (2)

Unseen Characters Living in Mayberry

These are "characters" that live in Mayberry that were mentioned. Please do not list every person ever mentioned but not seen on the show. For that type list, visit the Unseen Characters page.

• 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
• Hanna Lou Smith
• Merlin Grace
• Richie Bryer
• Tyla Lee
• Hogg Winslow & Daughter Hoggette
• Old Man Kelsey
• Jelsick Sturm
• Uncle Nat
• Lilly Becker
• Nat Pike
• Vicky Harms
• Matt Merlus

Seen but not named Characters Living in Mayberry (aka background actors)

This first group or Background actors is from "Aunt Bee the Crusader" Mary Lansing was one of the credited actors. Here are the others. Where else have we seen them?

This tall lady, we'll call "Crusader 1" for her role in Aunt Bee the Crusader and the side view lady we'll call Crusader 2

Here is the familiar Mr Frisbee, Aunt Bee, and these ladies would be Crusaders 3,4,5.  This pair will be Crusader 6 and 7, 

Here is Crusader 8 (with 6 and 7 in the background)

Here is Crusader 9 and 10 (with the others) and then Crusader 12 by herself and in this shot Crusader 13 (shown with Crusader 2 again)

Notes

• Opie was in 38 episodes without Aunt Bee.
• Aunt Bee was in 18 episodes without Opie.
• Mr. Schwamp was in 26 episodes and no one knows the actor's real name.
• Tom Jacobs was the brother of Danny Thomas and a frequent "extra" on the set of TAGS.