Matlock: Season Five - the 1980s-90s TV legal drama series stared Andy Griffith arrives on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment on July 20, 2010. Griffith plays defense attorney Ben Matlock - a Harvard-educated, fiery southerner, who charges $100,000 a case to brilliantly defend his clients by finding the real killer. The show also starred Kene Holliday, Julie Sommars and Nancy Stafford.