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. Feb. 25, 2006, 5:43 ...

LOS ANGELES | Don Knotts ... Unspecified health problems had forced Knotts to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown, W.Va., in August. The actor’s half-century career included seven ...

Los Angeles? 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.

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 ...

Everyone agreed it was a good idea. "Don Knotts was a talented actor who played a memorable character on a legendary CBS show," said CBS spokesman Chris Ender. "We salute their effort to honor Mr ...

LOS ANGELES - A homecoming tribute for Don Knotts in his native West Virginia has been canceled because the 81-year-old actor best known for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith ...

The Andy Griffith Show had to make due without one of their most popular actors in the late Don Knotts. They’d end up trying to replace the Barney Fife role with another actor. One of the they ...

He shared that Griffith and Knotts had "surprised me with a visit to the set of #Ransom in #Queens." Howard directed the 1996 Mel Gibson thriller. He added, "It was recently confirmed that Don and ...

Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Dep. Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81. Knotts died Friday night ...