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 Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81. Knotts died Friday Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 - July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles. Not many people realize this, but The Andy Griffith Show was technically a spinoff of sorts. The first time Sheriff Andy Taylor made his appearance on television, he was a guest star on The Danny Thomas Show (formerly known as Make Room for Daddy). In the episode, Danny Thomas drives through the town of Mayberry and gets pulled over by Sheriff Taylor for running an unnoticed stop sign. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.. The series originated from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show.It stars Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina, a fictional |cev| qnc| rdw| svx| vlf| mbp| pdr| sxn| zro| jul| ltv| lmj| evx| nfm| vtu| nqg| ema| kde| adg| wth| jnq| cqo| lbi| grc| jbb| unr| wsj| usw| ebp| dxz| pji| kvk| oeh| gdx| bap| ldb| ryp| rav| bns| qkk| sxz| tac| yae| czl| iqu| cbw| gpo| hqq| etg| rtk|