Andy Griffith Andy Taylor Actor Ron Howard Opie Taylor Actor Don Knotts Barney Fife Actor Frances Bavier Aunt Bee Taylor Actor Aneta Corsaut Helen Crump Guest Star Betty Lynn Thelma Lou Guest Star Hal Smith Otis Campbell Guest Star Hope Summers Clara Johnson Guest Star Howard McNear Floyd Lawson Guest Star Mary Lansing Miss Primrose Guest Star Howard Morris Ernest T. Bass Guest Star, Director Burt Mustin Jud Crowley Guest Star Charles P. Thompson Asa Bascomb Guest Star William Keene Reverend Tucker Guest Star Larry Hovis Gilly Walker Guest Star George Lindsey Goober Pyle Guest Star Ronda Jeter Sharon McCall Guest Star Harlan Warde Mr. Williams Guest Star Richard Keith Johnny Paul Jason Guest Star Dennis Rush Howie Pruitt Guest Star Aaron Ruben Producer, Director Coby Ruskin Director Alan Rafkin Director Peter Baldwin Director Theodore J. Flicker Director Gene Nelson Director Bill Idelson Writer Fred Freeman Writer Harvey Bullock Writer Richard Powell Writer Ben Joelson Writer James Fritzell Writer Sam Bobrick Writer Bob Ross Writer Lawrence J. Cohen Writer Art Baer Writer Everett Greenbaum Writer David Evans Writer