Don Knotts
Actor
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 the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer. CLR
Filmography
Pleasantville
as TV Repairman 1998
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Nervous Motorist 1963
Air Buddies
as Sniffer (voice) 2006
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Wheely Applegate 1977
Cannonball Run II
as CHP #2 1984
Cats Don't Dance
as T.W. Turtle (voice) 1997
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Theodore Ogelvie 1975
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Luther Heggs 1966
Move Over, Darling
as Shoe Clerk 1963
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
as Henry Limpet 1964
No Deposit, No Return
as Bert Delaney 1976
Big Bully
as Principal Kokelar 1996
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Theodore 1979
Return to Mayberry
as Barney Fife 1986
Quints
as Governor Healy 2000
No Time for Sergeants
as Cpl. John C. Brown 1958