Cast & creator
Don Knotts
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
Don Knotts (born Jesse Donald 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, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer.
Also known as: دان ناتز, Jesse Donald Knotts
54
film credits
57
television credits
109
1950–2011 · acting roles
6.6
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (111)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Don Knotts
1977The Love Boat
Herb Groebecker
1977
Robot Chicken
Don Knotts (voice)
2005
Las Vegas
Don Knotts
2003
The Andy Griffith Show
Barney Fife
1960
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
That '70s Show
Landlord
1998
Matlock
Les Calhoun
1986Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Curly Kid
1963
Johnny Bravo
Don Knotts (voice)
1997
Step by Step
Deputy Feif
1991
Newhart
1982
Three's Company
Ralph Furley
1977
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950The Bob Hope Show
Self (uncredited)
1950
Fantasy Island
Stanley Scheckter
1978
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1997
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Here's Lucy
Ben Fletcher
1968
8 Simple Rules
Ralph Furley
2002
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Mayberry R.F.D.
Barney Fife
1968
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Burke's Law
Dr. Adkins
1994
Inspector Gadget
1983
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
The Joey Bishop Show
Barney Fife
1961
Chicken Little
Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice)
2005
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Homer Pipsqueak (voice)
1972
She's the Sheriff
Moe
1987
The Bill Cosby Show
Leo Swann
1969
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976The Sonny and Cher Show
Self
1976
The Captain and Tennille
Self - Guest
1976
Cannonball Run II
CHP #2
1984
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
1972The Don Knotts Show
Self - Host
1970The Lux Show
Self
1957
Pleasantville
TV Repairman
1998
No Time for Sergeants
1964
Fish Police
Mr. Lichen (voice)
1992
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Nervous Motorist
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Bradley
1951
The Tim Conway Show
Self
1980
Air Buddies
Sniffer (voice)
2006
Cats Don't Dance
T.W. Turtle (voice)
1997
Serial Mom
Thanks
1994
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Wheely Applegate
1977
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Homer Pipsqueak (voice)
1972The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Don Knotts (voice)
1972
What a Country!
F. Jerry 'Bud' McPherson
1986
The New Andy Griffith Show
Barney Fife
1971
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Luther Heggs
1966
Big Bully
Principal Kokelar
1996
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Denver Kid
1978
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Theodore Ogelvie
1975
Move Over, Darling
Shoe Clerk
1963
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Theodore
1979The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Henry Limpet
1964
No Deposit, No Return
Bert Delaney
1976
Tom Sawyer
Mutt Potter (voice)
2000
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Gee Willikers (voice)
1987
How to Frame a Figg
Hollis Alexander Figg
1971How to Frame a Figg
Story
1971
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
1979
I Love a Mystery
Alexander Archer
1973
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
1968
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Wake Me When It's Over
Percy Warren
1960
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Dr. Bradley
1972
No Time for Sergeants
Cpl. John C. Brown
1958
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
2007Keep US Beautiful
1973Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
1973
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
1977
The Little Troll Prince
Professor Nidaros (voice)
1987
Hermie: A Common Caterpillar
Wormie (voice)
2003
Gus
Coach Venner
1976
The Love God?
Abner Audubon Peacock IV
1969
Quints
Governor Healy
2000
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly
Wormie (voice)
2004
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Self
2002
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
The Prize Fighter
Shake
1979
The Private Eyes
Inspector Winship
1980
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider
Wormie
2004Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Titus (voice)
1991
Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees
Wormie (voice)
2007
Joys
Self
1976
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Capt. Harry Little
1961
The Reluctant Astronaut
Roy Fleming
1967
Jingle Bells
Kris (voice)
1999
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas
Wormie
2005
Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee
Wormie (voice)
2005
Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp
Wormie (voice)
2006
Return to Mayberry
Barney Fife
1986
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Himself
2011
Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie's Nutty Adventure
Wormie
2006
Mule Feathers
Narrator / The Mule (voice)
1977