List of The Andy Griffith Show guest stars

This is a list of guest stars on The Andy Griffith Show.

Movie actors

Andy Griffith and Jean Hagen.

Griffith and Everett Sloane.

Andy Griffith and Sterling Holloway.

From other television series

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Allan Melvin played different characters in eight episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. On the spin-off, Gomer Pyle, he was Sgt. Carter's rival, Sgt. Hacker, the mess cook. Melvin is also noted for his roles as Sam Franklin on The Brady Bunch and Barney Hefner on All in the Family. In addition, Melvin directed some episodes of Andy Griffith, including Don Knotts' return appearance in 1966, "The Return of Barney Fife".
Larry Hovis played Gilly Walker in "Goober Takes a Car Apart" (January 11, 1965) and "The Case of the Punch in the Nose" (March 15, 1965). Hovis played Pvt. Larry Gotschalk on Gomer Pyle as well as Sgt. Andrew Carter on Hogan's Heroes.

Green Acres

Frank Cady played a drunk inmate named Luke in "The Rehabilitation of Otis" (January 18, 1965) and Farley Upchurch in "The Legend of Barney Fife" (January 17, 1966). Cady is best known for playing Sam Drucker on Green Acres. He also played the town drunk in the episode of Make Room for Daddy which was the pilot episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
Hank Patterson played a hobo in "If I Had a Quarter-Million" (February 15, 1965). Patterson is best known for playing farmer Fred Ziffel.
Mary Grace Canfield played Mary Grace Gossage in "A Date for Gomer" (December 9, 1963). She portrayed Ralph Monroe.
Alvy Moore played a kitchenware salesman in "A Baby in the House" (March 7, 1966). Moore was Hank Kimball.
Sid Melton played Pat Michaels in "The Hollywood Party" (November 8, 1965). Melton was "Uncle Charley" Halper on The Danny Thomas Show and Alf Monroe on Green Acres.

I Dream of Jeannie

Griffith and Barbara Eden.

Barbara Eden played Ellen Brown, the title character of "The Manicurist" (January 22, 1962). Eden starred in I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
Hayden Rorke played A.J. Considine in "The Taylors in Hollywood" (November 1, 1965). Rorke is best known for his portrayal of Col. Alfred E. Bellows, M.D. on I Dream of Jeannie.

Little House on the Prairie

Richard Bull played Bill Lindsay in "Goober Makes History" (December 19, 1966) and Mr. Jackson in "Opie's Piano Lesson" (March 13, 1967). Bull is best known for playing Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie.
Dabbs Greer played Councilman Dobbs in "Sheriff Barney" (December 25, 1961), a sales clerk in "The Bed Jacket" (December 17, 1962), Naylor in "Andy's Vacation" (March 9, 1964) and Mr. Sims in "Barney Fife, Realtor" (January 4, 1965). Greer also portrayed Reverend Robert Alden on Little House on the Prairie.
Karl Swenson played Mr. McBeevee in "Mr. McBeevee" (October 1, 1962). Swenson played the role of Lars Hanson on Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1978.

MA*SH

Jamie Farr played a gypsy con man named Sylvio in "The Gypsies." Farr's most famous role is Max Klinger.
William Christopher played IRS agent Mr. Heathcoat in "Aunt Bee on TV" and Dr. Peterson in "A New Doctor in Town". Christopher is best known for his role as Father Mulcahy. He also played Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.

Petticoat Junction

Edgar Buchanan played Henry Wheeler in "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter". Buchanan is best known for playing Joseph "Uncle Joe" Carson on Petticoat Junction.
Charles Lane played Mr. Frisby in "Aunt Bee the Crusader". Lane portrayed J. Homer Bedloe.

Gilligan's Island

Bob Denver appeared in "Divorce, Mountain Style", as Dudley "Dud" Wash, the "future intended" husband of Charlene Darling. Dud is jealous of Charlene's open and obvious attraction to Andy.
Alan Hale Jr. played "Big Jeff" Pruitt, the farmer who falls in love with Thelma Lou, much to Barney's dismay, in "The Farmer Takes a Wife".

Other series

Andy Griffith and James Best.

Rob Reiner played a printer's assistant named Joe in "Goober's Contest". Reiner is famous for playing Michael Stivic in All in the Family, and is the son of actor Carl Reiner.
Howard Hesseman played a counterboy in "Goober Goes to an Auto Show" and Harry in "Sam for Town Council". Hesseman's best known roles were Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and Charles P. Moore on Head of the Class.
James Best played guitarist Jim Lindsey in "The Guitar Player" and "The Guitar Player Returns". He played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard.
Buddy Ebsen played Dave Browne, the drifter hobo in "Opie's Hobo Friend". Ebsen is best remembered for his role as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Jerry Van Dyke played bumbling musician Jerry Miller in "Banjo-Playing Deputy". He was considered as a permanent replacement for Don Knotts, who left at the end of season 5. However, Van Dyke opted to take a starring role in the flop TV series My Mother The Car instead. Years later, Van Dyke said he wished he had accepted the offer. He later portrayed Luther Van Dam on Coach.
Bill Bixby played Ronald Bailey in "Bailey's Bad Boy". Bixby later starred in five TV series. During the course of his long career, he starred as Tim O'Hara in My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) on CBS, Tom Corbett, in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972) on ABC, and Dr. David Banner in The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982) on CBS. He also starred in The Magician (1973) and Goodnight Beantown (1984). Bixby and Don Knotts would work together again in the 1975 family western The Apple Dumpling Gang.
Gavin MacLeod played a bank robber in "TV or Not TV" and Bryan Bender in "The Taylors in Hollywood". MacLeod also starred as Capt. Merrill Stubing in The Love Boat and as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Jack Albertson played Bradford J. Taylor in "Aunt Bee's Cousin". Albertson is best known for playing Ed Brown on Chico and the Man. His movie roles include Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Amos Slade in The Fox and the Hound.
Ellen Corby played Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh in "Barney's First Car". Corby is best known for playing Grandma Esther Walton on The Waltons.
Jack Bannon played the announcer in "The Mayberry Chef". Bannon portrayed Art Donovan on Lou Grant.
Ann Morgan Guilbert played Ella in "Aunt Bee's Cousin". Guilbert is best known for playing Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Yetta on The Nanny.
Bing Russell played Mr. Burton in "The Loaded Goat". Russell was Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza. Russell is also the father of actor Kurt Russell.
Whitney Blake played Lee Drake in "Andy's Trip to Raleigh". Blake is best known for playing Dorothy Baxter on Hazel and for co-creating One Day at a Time with her husband, Allan Manings. Blake is also the mother of actress Meredith Baxter.
Norman Alden played Tom Strongbow in "The Battle of Mayberry". Alden is best known for Aquaman in Super Friends and The All-New Super Friends Hour.
Burt Mustin played Jud Fletcher in "Andy Saves Barney's Morale", "A Plaque for Mayberry", and "The Clubmen", and Sam Benson in "Opie's Newspaper." He was Gus the fireman on Leave it to Beaver.
Leon Ames played Mr. Hampton in "The Senior Play". Ames played the role of Col. Gordon Kirkwood on Mister Ed.
Roger Perry played George Jones in "Don't Miss a Good Bet". Perry is best known for playing Mr. Parker on The Facts of Life.
Gail Davis played Thelma Lou's cousin, Karen Moore, in the episode "The Perfect Female". She was the star of the Annie Oakley television series.

Musicians

Well-known bluegrass band The Dillards appeared often as "The Darlings".
Guitarist Clarence White played a member of The Country Boys in "Mayberry on Record" (February 13, 1961).

Other

Don Rickles played traveling salesman Newton Monroe in "The Luck of Newton Monroe".
Laurie Main played assistant publisher Robling Flask in "Helen, the Authoress". Main is best known for hosting and narrating for Welcome to Pooh Corner, as well as narrating for many "Disney Read-Along" records and cassettes.
Doodles Weaver played George Bricker in "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter". Weaver is the brother of former NBC president Pat Weaver and the uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver.
Joyce Van Patten played Laura Hollander in "Opie Steps Up in Class". Van Patten is the sister of actor Dick Van Patten.
John Dehner played Colonel Harvey in "Aunt Bee's Medicine Man". Before becoming an actor, he worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios.

The Andy Griffith Show

Characters Episodes guest stars "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." "Mayberry R.F.D." "Return to Mayberry"