Don Knotts
- Acting
- July 21, 1924 · Morgantown, West Virgina, USA
- February 24, 2006
Biography
Don Knotts (born Jesse Donald 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, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer.
Known for
Filmography
- Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter · Self
- Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn · Self
- Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees · Wormie (Voice)
- Air Buddies · Sniffer (Voice)
- Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure · Wormie
- Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp · Wormie (Voice)
- Chicken Little · Mayor Turkey Lurkey (Voice)
- Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas · Wormie
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn · Self
- Robot Chicken · Don Knotts (Voice)
- Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee · Wormie (Voice)
- Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider · Wormie
- Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly · Wormie (Voice)
- Las Vegas · Don Knotts
- Hermie: A Common Caterpillar · Wormie (Voice)
- 8 Simple Rules · Ralph Furley
- The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo · Self
- Quints · Governor Healy
- Tom Sawyer · Mutt Potter (Voice)
- Jingle Bells · Kris (Voice)
- Pleasantville · TV Repairman
- That '70s Show · Landlord
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- Johnny Bravo · Don Knotts (Voice)
- Cats Don't Dance · T.W. Turtle (Voice)
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Big Bully · Principal Kokelar
- Serial Mom · Thanks
- Burke's Law · Dr. Adkins
- Fish Police · Mr. Lichen (Voice)
- Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas · Titus (Voice)
- Step by Step · Deputy Feif
- The Little Troll Prince · Professor Nidaros (Voice)
- She's the Sheriff · Moe
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night · Gee Willikers (Voice)
- What a Country! · F. Jerry 'Bud' McPherson
- Return to Mayberry · Barney Fife
- Matlock · Les Calhoun
- Cannonball Run II · CHP #2
- Inspector Gadget
- Newhart
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! · Self
- The Private Eyes · Inspector Winship
- The Tim Conway Show · Self
- The Prize Fighter · Shake
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again · Theodore
- The Muppets Go Hollywood · Self
- Hot Lead & Cold Feet · Denver Kid
- Fantasy Island · Stanley Scheckter
- Mule Feathers · Narrator / The Mule (Voice)
- The Love Boat · Don Knotts, Herb Groebecker
- The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
- Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo · Wheely Applegate
- Three's Company · Ralph Furley
- The Captain and Tennille · Self
- The Muppet Show · Self
- Gus · Coach Venner
- Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular · Self
- Joys · Self
- No Deposit, No Return · Bert Delaney
- The Sonny and Cher Show · Self
- Donny & Marie · Self
- The Apple Dumpling Gang · Theodore Ogelvie
- Tony Orlando and Dawn · Self
- Dinah! · Self
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · Self
- Keep U.S. Beautiful · Self
- Keep US Beautiful
- I Love a Mystery · Alexander Archer
- The Man Who Came to Dinner · Dr. Bradley
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies · Homer Pipsqueak (Voice)
- The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies · Homer Pipsqueak (Voice), Don Knotts (Voice)
- How to Frame a Figg · Hollis Alexander Figg, Story
- The New Andy Griffith Show · Barney Fife
- The Don Knotts Show · Self
- The Leslie Uggams Show
- The Bill Cosby Show · Leo Swann
- The Love God? · Abner Audubon Peacock IV
- Here's Lucy · Ben Fletcher