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    2, including Karen Knotts. Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) 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. [1] : 18 [2] He also played Ralph Furley on the highly rated [3] sitcom Three's ...

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    Don Knotts. Actor: The Andy Griffith Show. Don Knotts, the legendary television character actor, was born Jesse Donald Knotts on July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to William Jesse Knotts and the former Elsie Luzetta Moore. He was the youngest of four sons in a family that had been in America since the 17th century. His first stint as an entertainer was as a ventriloquist, performing ...

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Don Knotts was a comedic actor of film and television known for his roles on TV's The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company.

  4. Jan 23, 2023 · Jesse Donald Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1924. When author Daniel de Visé did a deep-dive into Knotts' childhood in his book Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show, he wrote (via Delancey Place) that his childhood was horrible.Knotts was an accidental child that came along 14 years after his next closest sibling.

  5. Jul 3, 2012 · Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...

  6. Don Knotts. Actor: The Andy Griffith Show. Don Knotts, the legendary television character actor, was born Jesse Donald Knotts on July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to William Jesse Knotts and the former Elsie Luzetta Moore. He was the youngest of four sons in a family that had been in America since the 17th century. His first stint as an entertainer was as a ventriloquist, performing ...

  7. Feb 26, 2006 · Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on ''The Andy Griffith Show,'' died on Friday. He was 81. Mr.

  8. Feb 26, 2006 · Don Knotts, an American actor known best for playing the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife in the 1960s series The Andy Griffith Show, has died. Knotts was also widely recognized for his role in the ...

  9. Feb 24, 2006 · 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 ...

  10. Feb 24, 2006 · Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, the youngest of four sons. His first stint as an entertainer was as a ventriloquist, performing paid gigs at parties and other events in Morgantown. He decided to make a stab at a career in show business, moving to New York City after graduating from high school, but he only lasted in the Big Apple for a few weeks.