Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Andy Griffith, star of the New York stage play "No Time for Sergeants," ponders the problems of a cameraman at Warner Brother's studio in Burbank, Nov. 8, 1957 where he is working in "Onionhead." The movie is a story of a recruit in the U.S. Coast Guard, played by Griffith, who loses all his hair and is dubbed "Onionhead" by his crew mates. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Andy Griffith (right) as Sheriff Andy Taylor and Don Knotts (left) as Deputy Barney Fife, in a scene from the "The Andy Griffith Show", Jan. 24, 1963. (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Andy Griffith laughs it up with Don Knotts while taping a television program on Oct. 20, 1967 . (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Comedian/ actor Andy Griffith is shown on the studio lot in Los Angeles Sept. 3, 1977. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Andy Griffith, photographed on the set of TV's "Salvage-1" near Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 1979 plays salvage expert extraordinaire Harry Broderick, hero of the series. He's best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor of "the Andy Griffith show, which ran for 8 years in the 1960s." (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith, center, shares a laugh with North Carolina Gov. MIke Easley, right, and Griffith's wife, Cindi, left, after the governor was mistakenly introduced as former Gov. Jim Hunt during a ceremony naming part of U.S. Hwy 52 the Andy Griffith Parkway during a ceremony in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., Wednesday Oct. 16, 2002. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

**FILE** Andy Griffith sits in front of a bronze statue of Andy and Opie from the "Andy Griffith Show," in this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003 file photo, after the statue was unveiled during a ceremony in Raleigh, N.C. Griffith, the actor who portrayed the sheriff of the fictional town of Mayberry, N.C., has sued a Wisconsin resident who unsuccessfully bid for the Grant County post after legally changing his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith in May. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actors Jim Nabors, left, and Andy Griffith arrive to CBS's 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

U.S. army paratroopers, Pfc. Lessie Smith, left, of Cleveland, O., and Sgt. James Closson, right, of Everett, Mass., whose parachutes entangled during jump in recent Kentucky maneuvers, see stage version of similar incident as the Alvin Theater in New York City, Feb. 22, 1956. Actors Andy Griffith and Roddy McDowell, hanging on, of the cast of ?not time for sergeants? create paratrooper?s predicament, a scene in the Broadway production. Soldiers were invited to see the play. They are with airborne division at Ft. Campbell, KY. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Andy Griffith, right, star of the Broadway musical ?Destry Rides Again? and a native of North Carolina, pins a badge on the lapel of Ernest F. Hollings, governor of South Carolina, after performance at night on May 21, 1959 in the Imperial Theater, New York. (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Miss Tennessee (Mickey Wayland of Knoxville) bears up under tribute by two stars of Broadway musical, ?Destry Rides Again?, backstage before performance on Sept. 3, 1959. Comedian Andy Griffith, who has the title role, is at right. Art Lund is at left. All three are from below the Mason-Dixon Line. From left are, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. (AP Photo/John Lent)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel A. Carswell of Nashville listen to Andy Griffith, star of ?Destry Rides Again,? as he plays guitar in his dressing room backstage at the Imperial Theater, Nov. 4, 1959 in New York. (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith, Jan. 19, 1983. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith plays a man, John Wallace, who thinks he is above the law in an upcoming CBS-TV film, "Murder in Coweta County" poses in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 31, 1983. Singer Johnny Cash co-stars as sheriff Lamar Potts who pursues Griffith for a murder in his county. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith, Jan. 9, 1984. (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith and Dick Van Dyke pose on the set of the series ?Matlock? in which Griffith stars in March 1986. (AP Photo)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith shown in Toluca Lake, Calif in March 6, 1987 during an interview for an APN story. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith is all smiles following his being named top male performer in a new TV program, ?Matlock?, at the 13th Annual People?s Choice Awards, Sunday, March 15, 1987 in Santa Monica, California. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith talking about his future television plans in Los Angels, March 23, 1987. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, left, shares a laugh with actor Andy Griffith during the Presidential Medal of Freedom presentation ceremony with President Bush on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian award, and recognizes exceptional meritorious service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith reads poem after North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue was sworn into office during North Carolina inaugural ceremonies Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the State Library building in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012

Actor Andy Griffith reads poem after North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue was sworn into office during North Carolina inaugural ceremonies Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the State Library building in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)