Don Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and Ralph Furley on Three’s Company.
Knotts was married three times. His marriage to Kathryn Metz lasted from 1947 until their divorce in 1964, and he raised his daughter as a single parent.  He married Loralee Czuchna in 1974 and they divorced in 1983. His third marriage was to Frances Yarborough, from 2002 until his death in 2006. From his first marriage, Knotts had a son, Thomas Knotts, and a daughter, actress Karen Knotts (born April 2, 1954).
Knotts died at age 81 on February 24, 2006, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer. CLR
Don Knotts Biography / Wiki
| Name | Don Knotts |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Morgantown, West Virgina, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1924-07-21 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 81 |
| Deathday | 2006-02-24 |
Don Knotts Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Shakiest Gun in the West | Dr. Jesse W. Heywood | 1968-07-10 | Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope “Bad Penny” Cu… |
| The Prize Fighter | Shake | 1979-11-02 | “Bags” the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Time… |
| The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Luther Heggs | 1966-01-20 | Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 y… |
| The Private Eyes | Inspector Winship | 1980-04-17 | The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord’s ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Wi… |
| The Love God? | Abner Audubon Peacock IV | 1969-08-01 | Abner Peacock’s beloved bird-watcher’s magazine, “The Peacock,” is in financial crisis. Desperate to stay afloat, Abner takes on new partners who have… |
| The Reluctant Astronaut | Roy Fleming | 1967-09-05 | Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for th… |
| How to Frame a Figg | Hollis Alexander Figg | 1971-02-01 | Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, t… |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Theodore Ogelvie | 1975-07-01 | A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with … |
| The Incredible Mr. Limpet | Henry Limpet | 1964-03-28 | Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German subma… |
| Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter | Himself | 2011-04-09 | The beloved, Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts, best-known for his roles as the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and the lecher… |
| Gus | Coach Venner | 1976-07-07 | The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard fie… |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Theodore | 1979-06-27 | Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy du… |
| Hermie a Common Caterpillar | Wormie | 2003-01-04 | So what’s so bad about being a common caterpillar? Just ask Hermie-or his friend, Wormie-and they’ll tell you. No splashy stripes. No stand-out spots…. |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Wheely Applegate | 1977-06-24 | Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie… |
| Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee | Wormie | 2005-02-12 | In this animated adventure, Buzby the misbehaving bee is kicked out of the hive for his troublemaking and now he has made the garden his new home. His… |
| Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie’s Nutty Adventure | Wormie | 2006-09-26 | The garden literally goes “nuts” when a shortage of nuts causes panic, especially with the Garden Talent Show & Tell starting tomorrow. And wouldn’t y… |
| Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp | Wormie (voice) | 2006-02-28 | There’s someone new coming to the garden’s Summer Camp this year, and, well he has a problem. He stinks. But that’s what stinkbug do. So, when Stanley… |
| Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees | Wormie (voice) | 2007-09-22 | The garden bugs secretly agree to help Buzby show his misbehaving niece and nephew how unpleasant life would be if everyone misbehaved the way they do… |
| Mule Feathers | Narrator / The Mule (voice) | 1977-12-05 | A drifter con artist, impersonating a parson, arrives in a small Wild West town with his mule and becomes embroiled in the lives of several townsfolk…. |
| Timmy’s Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas | Titus (voice) | 1991-12-22 | This is the story about an ordinary someone, much like you or me, who is called upon to accomplish a very important task. Little Timmy the Angel is gi… |
| Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Denver Kid | 1978-07-05 | Twin brothers — one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast — compete for their father’s fortune…. |
| Jingle Bells | Kris (voice) | 1999-01-01 | A family with very little money worries about not being able to buy presents for each other, until they receive a little inspiration from a Christmas … |
| Return to Mayberry | Barney Fife | 1986-04-13 | After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife m… |
| Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin’ Fly | Wormie (voice) | 2004-01-15 | Stingo, Lingo, Bingo and Zingo are from Riverpool and they are on their way to perform. Flo is not happy. Her friends encourage her and try to teach h… |
| No Deposit, No Return | Bert Delaney | 1976-02-05 | Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of th… |
| Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider | Wormie | 2004-09-15 | A frightened little spider named Webster ventures into the garden. He’s a walking encyclopedia of fears and phobias, shocked when the other denizens o… |
| I Love a Mystery | Alexander Archer | 1973-02-27 | Three insurance investigators search for a mysterious billionaire. Based on the Old Time Radio show of the same name…. |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | Dr. Bradley | 1972-11-29 | Lecturer and broadcaster Sheridan Whiteside has been invited to dinner at the home of a pompous small-town bigwig. But he stays rather longer than any… |
| The Little Troll Prince | 1987-11-27 | A little troll prince escapes his kingdom, perched atop a tall mountain in Norway, for the human world, where a family teaches him the true meaning of… | |
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Gee Willikers (voice) | 1987-08-06 | Pinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box, putting them in danger from the evil Scalawag and the Emperor o… |
| Move Over, Darling | Shoe Clerk | 1963-12-19 | Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that … |
| Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas | Wormie | 2005-10-01 | It’s Christmastime in the garden and Hermie and his friends are hustling and bustling to prepare for the big day. But more than anything they all eage… |
| Wake Me When It’s Over | Sgt. Percy Warren | 1960-06-10 | The war may be over, but that doesn’t keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island…and that’s j… |
| Chicken Little | Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice) | 2005-11-04 | When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic… |
| Pleasantville | TV Repairman | 1998-09-17 | Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called “Pleasantville,” and… |
| Big Bully | Principal Kokelar | 1996-01-26 | A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful pa… |
| Cats Don’t Dance | T.W. Turtle (voice) | 1997-03-26 | Danny, an ambitious singing/dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star…. |
| Air Buddies | Sniffer (voice) | 2006-12-12 | Five puppies are shocked to find out that their parents, Buddy and Molly, have been abducted and face obstacles while trying to rescue them…. |
| No Time for Sergeants | Cpl. John C. Brown | 1958-07-05 | Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will? In No Time for Serg… |
| Tom Sawyer | Mutt Potter (voice) | 2000-04-04 | Get ready for a magical, fun-filled journey of adventure, fantasy and friendship! Tom Sawyer and his best buddy Huck Finn love going fishing, daydream… |
| The Last Time I Saw Archie | Capt. Harry Little | 1961-05-27 | Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment…. |
| The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo | Himself | 2002-03-23 | Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence…. |
| Rowan & Martin At the Movies | Himself | 1968-01-01 | This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha… |
| Cannonball Run II | CHP #2 | 1984-06-29 | When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheel… |
| Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Himself (Archive footage) | 2007-10-17 | The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in … |
| Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 | A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s…. |
| Joys | 1976-03-05 | Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope’s house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t… | |
| It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Nervous Motorist | 1963-11-07 | A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t… |
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 | A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family…. |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | Himself | 1979-05-16 | In this one-hour special, Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets’ first fea… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| How to Frame a Figg | Story | 1971-02-01 | Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, t… |
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