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Don Knotts

Most Recent Role: The Landlord on That '70s Show
Alias Name(s): Don Knotts
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Morgantown, West Virginia
Birthday: 7-21-1924
Birth Name: Jesse Donald Knotts
Date of Death: 2-24-2006
Cause of Death: Developed Lung Cancer from smoking and died of complications from his cancer
What does an actor do when he earns Emmy after Emmy playing a high-strung, overenthusiastic sheriff's deputy on a long-running TV comedy hit? If he's Don Knotts, he brings variations of that same character to the big screen in a succession of juvenile comedy features. This skinny, bug-eyed comic performer, adept at playing hypertense, frequently unnerved types, is a former ventriloquist who...
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That '70s Show
Stone Cold Crazy
Wednesday 30 November 2005 on FOX

Samantha uses her work experience to help both Kitty and Donna liven up their relationships. On Sam's advice, Donna has some "bedroom photos" taken of herself, intending to send them to Eric, but a series of mishaps puts the photos in a very incriminating place. Kitty takes Sam's advice, and...

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Don Knotts played the role of Theodore in both the Apple Dumpling Gang and the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (edit)
Don plays the part of Coach Venner in the 1976 film Gus. (edit)
Don plays Bert Delaney in the 1976 film No Deposit, No Return. (edit)
Don plays the role of Hollis Alexander Figg in the 1971 film How to Frame a Figg. (edit)
Don plays the part of Capt. Harry Little in the 1961 film The Last Time I Saw Archie. (edit)
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Don Knotts :(Refering to his Steve Allen Show character of The Nervious Man upon winning an award at the 14th annual Emmy telecast) You know...this is the first time I'm really shaking! (edit)
Don Knotts: Well, they put me in a booth and then did some nice things to the speaker to make it come out sounding ok. (edit)
Don Knotts: We began to do little things, have little scenes where we just talked about things that had nothing to do with the plot. In fact, in the beginning, they didn't want us to do that. But as time went on, you see that in so many shows. I think we were the first to do that (edit)
Don Knotts: No, I wasn't payed a whole lot of money for it, but I didn't feel cheated in any way. It was my first top billing in a feature length movie. (edit)
Don Knotts: My idol was Jack Benny, and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
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onceinabluemoon
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"One of the all-time greats"
He was a hilarious and extremely talented actor.
Continue » Posted Jul 6, 2007 2:50 pm PST

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"Original"
Why do we love Barney?
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prankster_33
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"One of the all-time greats"
Great actor.
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"One of the all-time greats"
He'll always be remembered.
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"One of the all-time greats"
He'll always be Barney Fife to me.
Continue » Posted Feb 27, 2006 6:26 pm PST
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