Birthname: Jesse Donald Knotts
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born | Jul 21, 1924 Morgantown, WV |
| Died | Feb 24, 2006 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 81 |
Don Knotts | |
| Job | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1953-2006 |
| Top Roles | Shoe clerk, Henry Limpet, Cpl. John C. Brown, Nervous Motorist, Capt. Harry Little |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Family, Animation, Drama, Romance, Fantasy |
| Top Topics | Slapstick, Aviation, World War II |
| Top Collaborators | Tim Conway, Mervyn LeRoy (Director), Eddie Quillan, Jack Webb |
| Shares birthday with | Norman Jewison, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil Humphreys see more.. |
Don Knotts Overview:
Character actor, Don Knotts, was born Jesse Donald Knotts on Jul 21, 1924 in Morgantown, WV. Knotts died at the age of 81 on Feb 24, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA .
MINI BIO:
American cabaret comedian, who moved his "nervous" character into TV and films in 1958, and starred in a big-budget series of comedies in the sixties that were more popular in America than abroad. Later as comic relief in Disney films, although retaining star billing.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.
Don Knotts BlogHub Articles:
Don Knotts and the Bullet (Exclusive Guest Post by Author Daniel de Vise)
By Daniel de Vis? on Mar 24, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub BlogDid a Little Boy?s Toy Bullet Inspire the Most Famous Photograph of Barney Fife? Anyone familiar with the great Don Knotts and his best-known character, the over-caffeinated deputy to Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, will recognize the photo. It pictures Barney, head cocked, eyes na... Read full article
Don Knotts: Three Fine Summer Flicks
By Daniel de Vis? on Jul 20, 2016 From Classic Movie Hub BlogBorn July 21, 1924, Don Knotts…? Don Knotts played Barney Fife, the bumbling deputy on The Andy Griffith Show, so well and so memorably that the part would come to define the man. Don, who would have turned 92 today, July 21, spent the rest of his career trying to escape Barney?s long, slender... Read full article
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Don Knotts Quotes:
Luther Heggs: [after being heckled as he walks to his car] All right, you two guys! You'd just better watch it. You see these two hands? They're just as hard as steel!
Heavyset Man at Police Station: Hey, look at him, Billy Ray. He's a karate champion! We'd better watch ourselves.
Billy Ray Fox: Yeah, go ahead, Luther!
Heavyset Man at Police Station: Do something!
Luther Heggs: [chickens out] Why don't you run up an alley and holler fish!
Henry Limpet: Doesn't it kind of give you a thrill of hope, George?
George Stickel: Hope for what, Henry?
Henry Limpet: Well, with the war in Europe and new weapons being invented all the time, why, what if men were actually foolish enough to destroy themselves completely? Then, you see, the fish in the ocean would develop into a new race of men, and, well, this time they might turn out better, you see?
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