“Well, now, maybe I didn't see that there line because I wasn't wearing my specs. Drunk or sober, I can't tell much without my glasses!”
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Don Knotts
Jesse Donald Knotts was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also played Ralph Furley on the sitcom Three's Company from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including leading roles in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) and The Ghost and Mr. Chi…
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entertainment · American actor and comedian (1924–2006) · television actor · film actor · voice actor · screenwriter · actor · writer · comedian · also Don Knotts, Jesse Donald Knotts, Jesse Don Knotts, Donald Knotts, Knotts
Born 21 July 1924 · Died 24 February 2006 · Q555236
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2026· 3 entries
“Don was somewhat of a ladies”
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Yahoo: Don Knotts' Daughter Karen Lifts The Lid On Why He Really Left The Andy Griffith Show
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2025· 3 entries
Moviefone: The Don Knotts Show (1970-1971)
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AOL: 'Andy Griffith' Star Had Strong Words For Co-Star Don Knotts in Memoir
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AOL: Ron Howard Reveals “Andy Griffith Show ”Costar Don Knotts Was Actually His Cousin as He Shares Throwback Photo
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2024· 1 entry
West Virginia MetroNews: Don Knotts Festival 100th Birthday Celebration begins Saturday in Morgantown
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2023· 2 entries
The Cheat Sheet: Don Knotts’ Daughter Karen Once Shared What Home Life Was Like With the Famous Comedian
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The Cheat Sheet: What Don Knotts and Daughter Karen ‘Butted Heads’ Over When She Was a Teenager
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A statue of comedian Don Knotts in West Virginia is being removed.” Labeled Satire.
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2016· 1 entry
In front of The Metropolitan Theatre on High Street in his hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia
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2006· 2 entries
Died 2006-02-24.
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At the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer
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2005· 2 entries
Was the voice of Mayor Turkey Lurkey in Chicken Little (2005), his first Disney movie since 1979
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Parodied his Ralph Furley character while playing a Paul Young variation in a Desperate Housewives sketch on The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards
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2004· 1 entry
TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" list
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2003· 2 entries
Was in Kansas City, in a stage version of On Golden Pond, when he received a call from John Ritter's family telling him that his former Three's Company co-star had died that day of an aortic dissection
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Teamed up again with Tim Conway to provide voices for the direct-to-video children's series Hermie and Friends, which continued until his death
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2002· 1 entry
Appeared again with Scooby-Doo in the video game Scooby-Doo
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2000· 1 entry
With a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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1998· 1 entry
Had a small but pivotal role as a mysterious TV repairman in Pleasantville
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1986· 1 entry
Knotts reunited with Andy Griffith in the made-for-television film Return to Mayberry, reprising his Barney Fife role
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1981· 1 entry
The writers started giving the material meant for Somers's Chrissy to Knotts's Furley
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1979· 1 entry
Knotts returned to series television as the wacky but lovable landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company
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1975· 1 entry
Knotts was teamed with Tim Conway in a series of slapstick films aimed at children, including the Disney film The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) and its sequel, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
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1972· 1 entry
Knotts voiced an animated version of himself in two episodes of The New Scooby Doo Movies: "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry", in which he played a lawman resembling Barney Fife, and "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner"
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1970· 1 entry
Appeared as a Barney Fife-like police officer in the pilot of The New Andy Griffith Show
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1968· 1 entry
“The Shakiest Gun in the West”
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Andy Griffith Show (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Andy Griffith Show (1966).
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Andy Griffith Show (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Andy Griffith Show (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Andy Griffith Show (1961).
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1960· 1 entry
Andy Griffith was offered the opportunity to headline his own sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
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1958· 2 entries
Made his movie debut with Griffith in the film version of No Time for Sergeants, in which he reprised his Broadway role, playing a high-strung Air Force test administrator whose routine is disrupted by the hijinks of
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Knotts made his film debut in the adapted version of No Time for Sergeants
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1956· 1 entry
On Steve Allen's variety show as part of Allen's repertory company, most notably in Allen's mock "Man in the Street" interviews, always playing an extremely nervous man
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1954· 1 entry
They had a son, Thomas Knotts, and a daughter, actress Karen Knotts (born April 2, 1954).
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-07-21.
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