LOS ANGELES Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" and would-be swinger landlord Ralph Furley on "Three's Company," has ...
Before America ever laughed at Don Knotts, fear had already shaped him. Long before Barney Fife trembled his way into ...
Knotts was a gifted comedian, winning the Best Supporting Actor Primetime Emmy Award five times for his work on the show. He would go on to star on Three's Company and Matlock (reuniting with Griffith ...