Don Knotts

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-07-21 (82 years old)

Deathday

2006-02-24

Place of Birth

Morgantown, West Virgina, USA

Don Knotts

Biography

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 th...

Acting

1998

Pleasantville

as TV Repairman

1968

The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

1963

Move Over, Darling

as Shoe Clerk

1976

No Deposit, No Return

as Bert Delaney

1976

Gus

as Coach Venner

1979

1984

2006

Air Buddies

as Sniffer (voice)

2005

Chicken Little

as Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)

1966

1980

The Private Eyes

as Inspector Winship

1978

1969

The Love God?

as Abner Audubon Peacock IV

1977

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

as Wheely Applegate

1967

1971

How to Frame a Figg

as Hollis Alexander Figg

2000

Tom Sawyer

as Mutt Potter (voice)

1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang

as Theodore Ogelvie

1964

1958

No Time for Sergeants

as Cpl. John C. Brown

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Wake Me When It's Over

as Sgt. Percy Warren

2000

Quints

as Governor Healy

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1961

The Last Time I Saw Archie

as Capt. Harry Little

1996

Big Bully

as Principal Kokelar

1999

Jingle Bells

as Kris (voice)

1963

1986

Return to Mayberry

as Barney Fife

1976

Joys

as Self

1973

I Love a Mystery

as Alexander Archer

1997

Cats Don't Dance

as T.W. Turtle (voice)

1977

Mule Feathers

as Narrator / The Mule (voice)

1987

1972

Production

1994

Serial Mom

as Thanks

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