Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Birthday: 1924-07-21

Place of Birth: Morgantown, West Virgina, USA

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

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Pleasantville
Pleasantville

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white worl...

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The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to ...

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Move Over, Darling
Move Over, Darling

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas A...

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Gus
Gus

The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from tea...

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No Deposit, No Return
No Deposit, No Return

Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for...

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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and tryin...

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The Prize Fighter
The Prize Fighter

"Bags" the boxer (Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bu...

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Hermie a Common Caterpillar
Hermie a Common Caterpillar

So what's so bad about being a common caterpillar? Just ask Hermie-or his friend, Wormie-and they'll...

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Cannonball Run II
Cannonball Run II

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one p...

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Air Buddies
Air Buddies

The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover ...

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Chicken Little
Chicken Little

When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Togethe...

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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted...

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Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas

It's Christmastime in the garden and Hermie and his friends are hustling and bustling to prepare for...

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The Private Eyes
The Private Eyes

The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to kn...

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Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father'...

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The Love God?
The Love God?

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who ...

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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieve...

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The Reluctant Astronaut
The Reluctant Astronaut

Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning th...

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How to Frame a Figg
How to Frame a Figg

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand c...

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Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee
Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee

In this animated adventure, Buzby the misbehaving bee is kicked out of the hive for his troublemakin...

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Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer

Get ready for a magical, fun-filled journey of adventure, fantasy and friendship! Tom Sawyer and his...

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The Apple Dumpling Gang
The Apple Dumpling Gang

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumb...

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet
The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking f...

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No Time for Sergeants
No Time for Sergeants

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is...

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Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly

Stingo, Lingo, Bingo and Zingo are from Riverpool and they are on their way to perform. Flo is not h...

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family....

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Wake Me When It's Over
Wake Me When It's Over

The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on...

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Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider
Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider

A frightened little spider named Webster ventures into the garden. He's a walking encyclopedia of fe...

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

The garden literally goes "nuts" when a shortage of nuts causes panic, especially with the Garden Ta...

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Quints
Quints

A teenager goes to desperate lengths to get attention when her mother gives birth to quints....

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions sp...

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Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

The beloved, Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts, best-known for his roles as the bumbling deputy Ba...

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The Last Time I Saw Archie
The Last Time I Saw Archie

Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment....

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Big Bully
Big Bully

A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruine...

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Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells

A family with very little money worries about not being able to buy presents for each other, until t...

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

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $...

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

There's someone new coming to the garden's Summer Camp this year, and, well he has a problem. He sti...

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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Rowan & Martin at the Movies

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV s...

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Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees
Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees

The garden bugs secretly agree to help Buzby show his misbehaving niece and nephew how unpleasant li...

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The Little Troll Prince
The Little Troll Prince

A little troll prince escapes his kingdom, perched atop a tall mountain in Norway, for the human wor...

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Return to Mayberry
Return to Mayberry

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant fa...

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Joys
Joys

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of...

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I Love a Mystery
I Love a Mystery

Three insurance investigators search for a mysterious billionaire. Based on the Old Time Radio show ...

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

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

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Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance

An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dr...

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Mule Feathers
Mule Feathers

A drifter con artist, impersonating a parson, arrives in a small Wild West town with his mule and be...

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

Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence....

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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Pinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box, putting them ...

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Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

This is the story about an ordinary someone, much like you or me, who is called upon to accomplish a...

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The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Lecturer and broadcaster Sheridan Whiteside has been invited to dinner at the home of a pompous smal...

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The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Muppets Go Hollywood

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere o...

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