Don Knotts
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)
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.
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As Barney Fife, Knotts gets the help of Sheriff Taylor when his gun gets stuck on his finger.
Knotts receives his first Emmy Award for The Andy Griffith Show, 1961.
On a 1967 Andy Griffith special, Knotts plays the outraged wife of Tennessee Ernie Ford, as Griffith looks on.
Statue of Don Knotts, Metropolitan Theatre
Knotts's graveFilmography 40
Chicken Little
Pleasantville
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Air Buddies
Cannonball Run II
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Cats Don't Dance
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Move Over, Darling
Big Bully
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
No Deposit, No Return
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Return to Mayberry
Quints
No Time for Sergeants
Gus
The Private Eyes
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Reluctant Astronaut
Tom Sawyer
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
How to Frame a Figg
The Little Troll Prince
The Love God?
Jingle Bells
Wake Me When It's Over
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
I Love a Mystery
Joys
The Last Time I Saw Archie
The Prize Fighter
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure108 credits on file
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
That '70s Show
The Love Boat
The Andy Griffith Show
Robot Chicken
Matlock
Las Vegas
Johnny Bravo
Step by Step
The Merv Griffin Show
The Dick Cavett Show
The Oscars
Fantasy Island
Three's Company
Newhart
8 Simple Rules
Inspector Gadget
The Muppet Show
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
101 Dalmatians Series
Here's Lucy
The Many Loves of Dobie GillisAwards 7
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About this person
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. Chicken (1966). In 2004, TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" list.
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