Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor and Howard McNear as barber Floyd Lawson in a scene from the television series 'The Andy Griffith Show', circa 1965. CBS Photo Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images ...

Andy Griffith and Don Knots enjoy a bit of lunch (though Andy does seem distracted) during the shoot day of an episode of the series. 9. 'Not too short now, Floyd' ©CBS/courtesy MovieStillsDB.com ...

Q: In the recent Journal article about “Floyd the Barber,” it said Russell Hiatt became a barber in 1946 and had cut Andy Griffith’s hair when he was a boy.

It’s the town you know and love from “The Andy Griffith Show.” If you watched the 1960s sitcom, you may remember the quirky barber who could never seem to trim those sideburns evenly, Floyd ...

The episode earned a 9.3 rating on IMDb’s site thanks largely to actor Howard McNear’s performance as Floyd Lawson, Mayberry’s friendly, easily ruffled, and slightly gossipy barber, as Kelly ...

Most of the other stars – Andy Griffith; Don Knotts, who played his deputy, Barney Fife; and the actors who played Aunt Bee and Floyd the Barber – they've all passed on.

He was Andrew Samuel Griffith, but we knew him best as "Andy." He died Tuesday at age 86 in Manteo, N.C. Griffith was born in Mount Airy, N.C., on June 1, 1926, son of Carl and Geneva Griffith.

Tribute artists take on the roles of Floyd the barber, Otis the self-incarcerating town drunk, brick-pitcher Ernest T. Bass, mechanic Goober, Mayor Howard Sprague, the “fun girls” from Mount ...