Don Knotts
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Pleasantville
as TV Repairman
1998
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
1968
Move Over, Darling
as Shoe Clerk
1963
No Deposit, No Return
as Bert Delaney
1976
Gus
as Coach Venner
1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Theodore
1979
The Prize Fighter
as Shake
1979
Hermie a Common Caterpillar
as Wormie
2003
Cannonball Run II
as CHP #2
1984
Air Buddies
as Sniffer (voice)
2006
Chicken Little
as Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
2005
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Luther Heggs
1966
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas
as Wormie
2005
The Private Eyes
as Inspector Winship
1980
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Denver Kid
1978
The Love God?
as Abner Audubon Peacock IV
1969
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Wheely Applegate
1977
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Roy Fleming
1967
How to Frame a Figg
as Hollis Alexander Figg
1971
Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee
as Wormie
2005
TV Appearances
That '70s Show
as Landlord
1998
The Andy Griffith Show
as Barney Fife
1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Here's Lucy
as Ben Fletcher
1968
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Homer Pipsqueak (voice)
1972
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
The New Andy Griffith Show
as Barney Fife
1971
Las Vegas
as Don Knotts
2003
101 Dalmatians Series
1997
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
The Bill Cosby Show
as Leo Swann
1969
Newhart
1982