Don Knotts
Born July 21, 1924 (Age: 101)
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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
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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Filmography
Chicken Little
2005
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as Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
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Age: 81
Quints
2000
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as Governor Healy
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Age: 76
Tom Sawyer
2000
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as Mutt Potter (voice)
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Age: 75
Pleasantville
1998
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as TV Repairman
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Age: 74
Cats Don't Dance
1997
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as T.W. Turtle (voice)
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Age: 72
Big Bully
1996
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as Principal Kokelar
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Age: 71
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
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as Gee Willikers (voice)
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Age: 63
Cannonball Run II
1984
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as CHP #2
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Age: 59
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 57
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
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as Theodore
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Age: 54
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
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as Wheely Applegate
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Age: 52
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
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as Theodore Ogelvie
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Age: 50
Move Over, Darling
1963
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as Shoe Clerk
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Age: 39
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
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as Nervous Motorist
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Age: 39
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
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as Capt. Harry Little
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Age: 36