Don Knotts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 21 Jul 1924
- Died
- 24 Feb 2006 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Morgantown, West Virgina, USA
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
Chicken Little200552Pop Score out of 100
Pleasantville199878Pop Score out of 100
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World196369Pop Score out of 100
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo197759Pop Score out of 100
Cannonball Run II198442Pop Score out of 100
Air Buddies200658Pop Score out of 100
Cats Don't Dance199769Pop Score out of 100
TVThree's Company197778Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- 2011Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughteras Himself
- 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynnas Self (archive footage)
- 2007Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Beesas Wormie (voice)
- 2006Air Buddiesas Sniffer (voice)
- 2006Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventureas Wormie
- 2006