Sheldon Leonard was born in New York City in 1907. After a formal education at Syracuse University, Sheldon started his career as an actor on stage and screen. He was well known for playing tough-man roles in over 100 feature films, among them, Another Thin Man, To Have and Have Not, It's a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls and Here Come the Nelsons. He also appeared in countless television shows throughout the years, but is best known for his work as a Producer and Director. Most notably for the shows; The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jimmy Durante Show, My World and Welcome to It, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., I Spy, Mayberry R.F.D., My Favorite Martian and Make Room for Daddy.

Leonard won Emmy Awards for his work on The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and My World... and Welcome to It. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992 along with Andy Griffith, Ted Turner, Bill Cosby, Dinah Shore and Ted Koppel by host, Milton Berle.

Born in 1914, Aaron Ruben began his career as a writer for noted radio personalities such as George Burns & Gracie Allen, Henry Morgan and Fred Allen in addition to television celebrities such as Danny Thomas, Milton Berle and Sid Caesar.

Aaron Ruben was the producer for the first five seasons of the Andy Griffith Show. He also wrote seven episodes and additionally directed the episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Ruben worked closely with Andy Griffith and Sheldon Leonard on every aspect of the production including final script approval.

Following the fifth season, Ruben moved on to create and executive produce the spinoff series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and continued through six successful seasons. He also produced and wrote for a wide variety of popular television shows and specials, among them, The Don Knotts Special, Too Close for Comfort and Sanford and Son.

Ross began his television writing career writing for shows such as, The Amos and Andy Show, Ichabod and Me, and Leave it to Beaver. Bob Ross was the second and only other producer on The Andy Griffith Show after Aaron Ruben, producing the show's last three seasons. He was script consultant at the same time and wrote eight episodes of the show. Ross was credited with the creation of the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D.

He was born in 1918 in San Francisco, California and graduated from San Francisco State College. He started out as a radio announcer and moved on to radio dramas, finally forming a comedy team with Hal March. Ross was soon appearing on television in shows such as The Life of Riley, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and Our Miss Brooks. He also received the title role in Fibber McGee and Molly in 1959.

In addition to the 80 Andy Griffith episodes he directed, his television directing credits include; The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dynasty, Fantasy Island, Hogan's Heroes, The Love Boat, Private Benjamin, Simon and Simon, That Girl and a reunion with Andy Griffith on Matlock. He was also producer/director on The Doris Day Show, Hawaii Five-O as well as a producer on The Patty Duke Show among others. Bob Sweeney received many Emmy Award nominations throughout the years, but never won. He passed away in 1992.

Born in New York in 1927, Lee Philips began his career as an actor in television. He starred in the 1959 television version of The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen and Marty as well as the Studio One production of Twelve Angry Men. Philips made many guest appearances on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, The Fugitive, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone. He also appeared in feature films such as Peyton Place.

His directorial credits include The Donna Reed Show, Dynasty, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Gidget, Kung Fu, Love, American Style, Medical Center, My World... and Welcome to It, The New Andy Griffith Show, The Partridge Family, Room 222 in addition to numerous episodes of The Waltons.

The remaining episodes were directed by Alan Rafkin (27), Coby Ruskin (18), Don Weis (9), Richard Crenna (8), Howard Morris aka Ernest T. Bass (8), Jeffrey Hayden (8), Peter Baldwin (7), Earl Bellamy (7), Gene Reynolds (3), Theodore J. Flicker (3), Larry Dobkin (2), Gene Nelson (2), Charles Irving (2) and Gary Nelson (1).

In addition to writing 29 episodes, this writing team created some of the most enduring characters to The Andy Griffith Show. They include Ernest T. Bass, the darlings, and Gomer Pyle.

Everett attended M.I.T. and followed his love of airplanes into a job at Bell Aircraft just before World War II. Soon, he was serving as a flight instructor all over the world. During that time, he wrote a one-act play for a writing contest and decided he was going to make his career as a writer.

He used the G.I. bill to study writing in Paris, but returned to the U.S. after a year. Next he got a job as a radio disc jockey with his own live show. His first notable writing assignment came from William Morris on the sitcom Mr. Peepers. This is where he was paired with Jim Fritzell who was already a writer on the series. This started a partnership that would last for years. Jim Fritzell spent his time on worldly pleasures like poker, sports, drinking and smoking. These differences seemed to compliment each other's writing style.

In addition to The Andy Griffith Show, Fritzell and Greenbaum collaborated on the feature film, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken among others. They also co-wrote 24 of the most memorable episodes of M*A*S*H and other series such as Make Room for Daddy, The Odd Couple, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and Sybil.