I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older, I realized that I'm walking even closer with my God.

That was the first of two appearances on that series. Matlock (1986–1995)
After leaving his still-popular show in 1968 and starting his own production company (Andy Griffith Enterprises) in 1972 Griffith starred in less-successful television series such as Headmaster (1970) The New Andy Griffith Show (1971) Adams of Eagle Lake (1975) Salvage 1 (1979) and The Yeagers (1980). C.

Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1 1926 – July 3 2012) was an American actor television producer Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer and writer.