Los Angeles, CA -- Howard Morris, best known for his portrayal of Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show, died at his home in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. He was 85. Morris died Saturday of ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — The event started in 2007 and was called The Downtown Rocks And Run. They ran a perimeter of a 5k and 10k of downtown Mount Airy and there used to be a rock concert at the end. But ...

This isn’t about the late Shakespearean-trained actor, Howard Morris, famed portrayer of “Mayberry’s” Ernest T Bass. It’s about another talented “Ernest T” portrayer, the late Wesley L. “Wes” Carter ...

The U.S. Postal Service and Fremont Post Office welcome Barney Fife and Ernest T. Bass, characters from the Andy Griffith Show, in a special ceremony celebrating the issuance of the Early TV Memories ...

In this 262nd episode of “Elton Jim” Turano’s “CAPTAIN POD-TASTIC,” Jim Turano recalls the funny and uncomfortable phone call he had more than 30 years ago with “Ernest T. Bass” (Howard Morris) from ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Howard Morris, best known for playing poetry-spouting hillbilly Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show, died at his home in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. He was 85.Morris ...

Ernest T. Bass asked an insightful question as he vented his frustration over having to study arithmetic: “Nines, nines — what's so important about nines?” The “rock-throwing nut” from The Andy ...

Most characters on The Andy Griffith Show were either wholesome to the core or comically wayward (think boozy Otis Campbell and mountain man Ernest T. Bass). However, in the sixth episode of the ...