All roads lead to Mayberry. Young Ronnie Howard played Opie Taylor, Griffith's young son, and what Howard didn't know until years later was how influential his father, also an actor, was on the way ...

Director Ron Howard announced on Twitter Saturday that his father, Rance Howard, had died. The tweet said, “Clint & I have been blessed to be Rance Howard’s sons. Today he passed at 89. He stood ...

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. All roads lead to Mayberry. The fictional sleepy town from ...