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Don Knotts

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Don Knotts

Born July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virgina, USADied February 24, 200643 films

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.

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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.

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Pleasantville posterFirst watchPleasantville19987.3as TV RepairmanGeeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Chicken Little poster5.9Chicken Little2005It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster7.0It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Cats Don't Dance poster7.2Cats Don't Dance1997Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster5.9Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo1977Air Buddies poster5.9Air Buddies2006The Apple Dumpling Gang poster6.6The Apple Dumpling Gang1975Cannonball Run II poster5.4Cannonball Run II1984The Ghost and Mr. Chicken poster6.7The Ghost and Mr. Chicken1966

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 2007Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble BeesWormie (voice)
  2. 2006Air BuddiesSniffer (voice)
  3. 2006Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty AdventureWormie
  4. 2006Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to CampWormie (voice)
  5. 2005Chicken LittleMayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
  6. 2005Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake ChristmasWormie
  7. 2005Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving BeeWormie (voice)
  8. 2004Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy SpiderWormie
  9. 2004Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' FlyWormie (voice)
  10. 2003Hermie: A Common CaterpillarWormie (voice)
  11. 2000QuintsGovernor Healy
  12. 2000Tom SawyerMutt Potter (voice)
  13. 1999Jingle BellsKris (voice)
  14. 1998PleasantvilleTV Repairman
  15. 1997Cats Don't DanceT.W. Turtle (voice)
  16. 1996Big BullyPrincipal Kokelar
  17. 1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments ChristmasTitus (voice)
  18. 1987The Little Troll PrinceProfessor Nidaros (voice)
  19. 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightGee Willikers (voice)
  20. 1986Return to MayberryBarney Fife
  21. 1984Cannonball Run IICHP #2
  22. 1980The Private EyesInspector Winship
  23. 1979The Prize FighterShake
  24. 1979The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides AgainTheodore
  25. 1978Hot Lead & Cold FeetDenver Kid
  26. 1977Mule FeathersNarrator / The Mule (voice)
  27. 1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloWheely Applegate
  28. 1976GusCoach Venner
  29. 1976No Deposit, No ReturnBert Delaney
  30. 1975The Apple Dumpling GangTheodore Ogelvie
  31. 1973I Love a MysteryAlexander Archer
  32. 1972The Man Who Came to DinnerDr. Bradley
  33. 1971How to Frame a FiggHollis Alexander Figg
  34. 1969The Love God?Abner Audubon Peacock IV
  35. 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestDr. Jesse W. Heywood
  36. 1967The Reluctant AstronautRoy Fleming
  37. 1966The Ghost and Mr. ChickenLuther Heggs
  38. 1964The Incredible Mr. LimpetHenry Limpet
  39. 1963Move Over, DarlingShoe Clerk
  40. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldNervous Motorist
  41. 1961The Last Time I Saw ArchieCapt. Harry Little
  42. 1960Wake Me When It's OverPercy Warren
  43. 1958No Time for SergeantsCpl. John C. Brown