Alan Rafkin (July 23, 1928 - August 6, 2001) directed 27 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and six episodes of Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. He also directed episodes of "77 Sunset Strip", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "My Favorite Martian", "The Patty Duke Show", "Bewitched", "The Donna Reed Show", "I Dream of Jeannie", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "Love, American Style", "Get Smart", "The Doris Day Show", "Mary Tyler Moore", "That Girl", "The Partridge Family", "The Odd Couple", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Rhoda", "Sanford and Son", "What's Happening!", "M*A*S*H", "Alice", "Laverne & Shirley", "The Love Boat", "One Day at a Time", "Charles in Charge", "It's Gary Shandling's Show", "Coach", "Murphy Brown", "Veronica's Closet" and "Suddenly Susan". He also directed the Don Knotts films The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Shakiest Gun in the West and How to Frame a Figg, and the film Angel in My Pocket, starring Andy Griffith. He was interviewed in the TV episode E! True Hollywood Story: Andy of Mayberry.
Episodes Directed by Alan Rafkin
The Andy Griffith Show
- The Education of Ernest T. Bass
- Man in the Middle
- Goober and the Art of Love
- Barney Runs for Sheriff
- If I Had a Quarter Million
- A Warning from Warren
- Off to Hollywood
- The Taylors in Hollywood
- The Hollywood Party
- Aunt Bee on TV
- The Cannon
- A Man's Best Friend
- Aunt Bee Takes a Job
- Otis the Artist
- The Return of Barney Fife
- The Legend of Barney Fife
- Lost and Found
- Wyatt Earp Rides Again
- The Gypsies
- Eat Your Heart Out
- A Baby in the House
- The County Clerk
- The Foster Lady
- Goober's Replacement
- The Battle of Mayberry
- A Singer in Town
- Andy's Investment
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Episodes Directed by Alan Rafkin
- Old Man Carter
- My Buddy the War Hero
- Double Date with the Sarge
- The Jet Set
- Sergeant of the Guard
- Gomer Dates a Movie Star