Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Known for
Acting
Born
July 21, 1924
Died
February 24, 2006 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Morgantown, West Virgina, USA

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.

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Filmography

2011
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter poster

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

Movie · as Himself

2007
Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees poster

Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees

Movie · as Wormie (voice)

2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn poster

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Air Buddies poster

Air Buddies

Movie · as Sniffer (voice)

2006
Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure poster

Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure

Movie · as Wormie

2006
Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp poster

Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp

Movie · as Wormie (voice)

2005
Chicken Little poster

Chicken Little

Movie · as Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)

2005
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas poster

Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas

Movie · as Wormie

2005
Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee poster

Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee

Movie · as Wormie (voice)

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn poster

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Don Knotts (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly poster

Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly

Movie · as Wormie (voice)

2004
Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider poster

Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider

Movie · as Wormie

2003
Hermie: A Common Caterpillar poster

Hermie: A Common Caterpillar

Movie · as Wormie (voice)

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as Don Knotts · 1 ep

2002
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo poster

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

Movie · as Self

2002
8 Simple Rules poster

8 Simple Rules

TV · as Ralph Furley · 1 ep

2000
Tom Sawyer poster

Tom Sawyer

Movie · as Mutt Potter (voice)

2000
Quints poster

Quints

Movie · as Governor Healy

1999
Jingle Bells poster

Jingle Bells

Movie · as Kris (voice)

1998
Pleasantville poster

Pleasantville

Movie · as TV Repairman

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Landlord · 1 ep

1997
Cats Don't Dance poster

Cats Don't Dance

Movie · as T.W. Turtle (voice)

1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series poster

101 Dalmatians: The Series

TV · 1 ep

1997
Johnny Bravo poster

Johnny Bravo

TV · as Don Knotts (voice) · 2 eps

1996
Big Bully poster

Big Bully

Movie · as Principal Kokelar

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 2 eps

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Dr. Adkins · 1 ep

1992
Fish Police poster

Fish Police

TV · as Mr. Lichen (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

Movie · as Titus (voice)

1991
Step by Step poster

Step by Step

TV · as Deputy Feif · 1 ep

1987
The Little Troll Prince poster

The Little Troll Prince

Movie · as Professor Nidaros (voice)

1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night poster

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Movie · as Gee Willikers (voice)

1987
She's the Sheriff poster

She's the Sheriff

TV · as Moe · 1 ep

1986
Return to Mayberry poster

Return to Mayberry

Movie · as Barney Fife

1986
What a Country! poster

What a Country!

TV · as F. Jerry 'Bud' McPherson · 24 eps

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Les Calhoun · 17 eps

1984
Cannonball Run II poster

Cannonball Run II

Movie · as CHP #2

1983
Inspector Gadget poster

Inspector Gadget

TV · 1 ep

1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! poster

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Newhart poster

Newhart

TV · as Iron (uncredited)

1980
The Private Eyes poster

The Private Eyes

Movie · as Inspector Winship

1980
The Tim Conway Show poster

The Tim Conway Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again poster

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Movie · as Theodore

1979
The Prize Fighter poster

The Prize Fighter

Movie · as Shake

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet poster

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Movie · as Denver Kid

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Stanley Scheckter · 1 ep

1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Movie · as Wheely Applegate

1977
Mule Feathers poster

Mule Feathers

Movie · as Narrator / The Mule (voice)

1977
Three's Company poster

Three's Company

TV · as Ralph Furley · 117 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Don Knotts, Herb Groebecker · 1 ep

1977
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour poster

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour

TV · 1 ep

1976
No Deposit, No Return poster

No Deposit, No Return

Movie · as Bert Delaney

1976
Gus poster

Gus

Movie · as Coach Venner

1976
Joys poster

Joys

Movie · as Self

1976
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular poster

Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular

Movie · as Self

1976
The Sonny and Cher Show poster

The Sonny and Cher Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1976
The Captain and Tennille poster

The Captain and Tennille

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang poster

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie · as Theodore Ogelvie

1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
I Love a Mystery poster

I Love a Mystery

Movie · as Alexander Archer

1973
Keep U.S. Beautiful

Keep U.S. Beautiful

Movie · as Self

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Keep US Beautiful

Keep US Beautiful

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Movie · as Dr. Bradley

1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies poster

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

TV · as Homer Pipsqueak (voice) · 2 eps

1972
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home poster

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies poster

The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies

TV · as Homer Pipsqueak (voice), Don Knotts (voice) · 1 ep

1971
How to Frame a Figg poster

How to Frame a Figg

Movie · as Hollis Alexander Figg

1971
The New Andy Griffith Show poster

The New Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Barney Fife · 9 eps

1970
The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show

TV · as Self - Host · 25 eps

1969
The Love God? poster

The Love God?

Movie · as Abner Audubon Peacock IV

1969
The Bill Cosby Show poster

The Bill Cosby Show

TV · as Leo Swann · 1 ep

1969
The Leslie Uggams Show

The Leslie Uggams Show

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West poster

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Movie · as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self

1968
Here's Lucy poster

Here's Lucy

TV · as Ben Fletcher · 1 ep

1968
Mayberry R.F.D. poster

Mayberry R.F.D.

TV · as Barney Fife · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
The Reluctant Astronaut poster

The Reluctant Astronaut

Movie · as Roy Fleming

1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken poster

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Movie · as Luther Heggs

1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet poster

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Movie · as Henry Limpet

1964
No Time for Sergeants poster

No Time for Sergeants

TV · 1 ep

1963
Move Over, Darling poster

Move Over, Darling

Movie · as Shoe Clerk

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Movie · as Nervous Motorist

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Curly Kid · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie poster

The Last Time I Saw Archie

Movie · as Capt. Harry Little

1961
The Joey Bishop Show poster

The Joey Bishop Show

TV · as Barney Fife · 34 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Wake Me When It's Over poster

Wake Me When It's Over

Movie · as Percy Warren

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Barney Fife · 164 eps

1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV · as Esmond Metzger

1958
No Time for Sergeants poster

No Time for Sergeants

Movie · as Cpl. John C. Brown

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · 1 ep

1957
The Lux Show

The Lux Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Dr. Bradley · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 5 eps