Andy Griffith, best known for his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor on the CBS
comedy "The Andy Griffith Show," died Friday morning at the age of 86,
according to published reports. Griffith established himself during the
1950s as a humorist on variety programs such as "The Ed Sullivan Show,"
doing a monologue called "What It Was, Was Football" in which a hayseed
describes seeing a football game for the first time. He then shocked
viewers in his 1957 film debut,"A Face In the Crowd," playing an
obnoxious television host who manipulates and bullies everyone around
him. Griffith moved back into the comedic realm on Broadway, starring as
a hillbilly who has misadventures in the U.S. Army in "No Time For
Sergeants." In 1960, he began his long run as Andy Taylor. When "The
Andy Griffith Show" left the air in 1968, Griffith starred in a few
unsuccessful TV series and did a number of TV movies before finding his
next iconic role on the NBC mystery "Matlock."
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