Mickey Rooney. He and Judy Garland made all the classic Andy Hardy movies.
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Mickey Rooney playing Andy Hardy, 15 films (14 sequels) and two shorts: "A Family Affair" (1937) "Judge Hardy's Children" (1938) "Love Finds Andy Hardy" (1938) "Out West with the Hardys" (1938) "Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) - Short (1939) "The Hardy's Ride High" (1939) "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" (1939) "Judge Hardy and Son" (1939) "Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics...and Other Things" - Short (1940) "Andy Hardy Meets Debutante" (1940) "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary" (1941) "Life Begins for Andy Hardy" (1941) "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (1942) "Andy Hardy's Double Life" (1942) "Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble" (1944) "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" (1946) "Andy Hardy Comes Home" (1958)
Because Andy Griffith was the name of the actor who played Andy Taylor, hence the show was named after the actor, not the character.
Andy grows up to into a lawyer who marries a girl name Jane that he met at work. Mickey Rooney did want Polly to be his wife in the last film (Andy Hardy comes home) but the actress didn't want to come back for the part.
As far as I know, the top three are as follows: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy (16 times), Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films (14 films plus a 1967 TV special), and Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan (12 films). According to Wikipedia Desmond Llewelyn played Q in 17 James Bond Films (Quiz Right) Well, if you include foreign films/actors, Shintaro Katsu played the character Zatoichi for twenty years. He started with 18 feature films, then a 24 episode television series, then reprised the role in 3(?) more films to include the cross over films Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo and Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman.
Jack Burns played the part of Warren Ferguson on The Andy Griffith Show.