On television, he went on to host an odd-variety show / sitcom hybrid on NBC, The Don Knotts Show, which aired Tuesdays during the fall of 1970, but the series was low-rated and short-lived.

The Three's Company script supervisor, Carol Summers, went on to be Knotts ’ s agent — often accompanying him to personal appearances.

However, because those who supported Knotts went on to support Moore, it was also argued that a Knotts candidacy would have in fact deprived Moore of both votes and money.

Some time before 1565 ( some sources say as early as 1500 ), an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered on the approach to Grey Knotts from the hamlet of Seathwaite in Borrowdale parish, Cumbria, England.

** Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm ( only on September 11 )

Some Mayberry alumni – Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut, Betty Lynn, Jack Dodson and Arlene Golonka – made guest appearances on Matlock.

Hunt, Jr. is the primary ferry on the Currituck Sound route, making daily runs between Currituck and Knotts Island, operated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division.

In 1934, the Knotts began selling fried chicken dinners in a tea room on the property, later called " Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant ".

The gloriously un-anatomical Middleboot Knotts is a further top lying on the Wasdale slopes of Broad Crag, which is listed as a Nuttall.

Jesse Donald " Don " Knotts ( July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006 ) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards.

Knotts is a sixth cousin of Ron Howard, a co-star on the Andy Griffith Show.

According to Knotts while on a ship in the South Pacific he took the dummy topside and tossed him overboard swearing he could hear the dummy calling for help as the ship sailed on leaving him bobbing helplessly in the waves. Knotts got his first major break on television in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow where he appeared from 1953 to 1955.

The film, based on the play and book of the same name, began a professional and personal relationship between Knotts and Griffith that would last for decades.

As Barney Fife, Knotts gets the help of Sheriff Taylor when his gun gets stuck on his finger.

Knotts ’ s portrayal of the deputy on the popular show would earn him five Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy, winning each of the five seasons he played the character.

On a 1967 Andy Griffith special, Knotts plays the outraged wife of Tennessee Ernie Ford, as Griffith looks on.

Knotts would, however, return to the role of Barney Fife several times in the 1960s: he made five more guest appearances on The Andy Griffith Show ( gaining him another two Emmys ), and later appeared once more on the spin-off Mayberry RFD, where he was present as best man for the marriage of Andy Taylor and his longtime love, Helen Crump.

In 1979, Knotts returned to series television in his second most identifiable role, the wacky, but lovable landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company.

The series, which was already an established hit, added Knotts to the cast when the original landlords, Helen Roper and her husband Stanley Roper, a married couple played by Audra Lindley and Norman Fell, respectively, left the show to star in their own short-lived spin-off series ( The Ropers ).

On set, Knotts easily integrated himself to the already-established cast who were, as John Ritter put it, " so scared " of Knotts because of his star status when he joined the cast.

Knotts was recognized in 2000 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Knotts was the last Three's Company star to work with Ritter.

The move to ABC caused a fair amount of cast turnover as Nancy Stafford left the series and Julie Sommars followed, although she would play a recurring role in several episodes, while Don Knotts ' character was cut from the series.

Starting in 2003, Conway teamed up with good friend Don Knotts again to provide voices for the direct-to-video children's series Hermie and Friends, which continued until Knotts ' death in 2006.

Knotts left the series in 1965.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Knotts served as the spokesman for Dodge trucks and was featured prominently in a series of print ads and dealer brochures.

Beginning in 1975, Knotts was teamed with Tim Conway in a series of slapstick films aimed at children, including the Disney film The Apple Dumpling Gang, and its 1979 sequel, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

In early 1987, Knotts joined the cast of the first-run syndication comedy What a Country !, playing Principal Bud McPherson for series ' remaining 13 episodes.

In 2003, Knotts teamed up with Tim Conway again to provide voices for the direct-to-video children's series, Hermie and Friends which would continue until his death.

The series has had numerous guest stars, which include: Don Knotts, Jessica Biel, Alec Baldwin, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Rick Springfield, Luke Perry, Farrah Fawcett, Vendela Kirsebom, Adam West, Dionne Warwick, Jack Sheldon, Mick Jagger, Richard Simmons, Joey McIntyre, Mr. T, Mark Hamill, Shaquille O ' Neal, Donny Osmond, Seth Green, Allyce Beasley, Curtis Armstrong, Michael Jeter, Chuck D, Jeffrey Tambor, Tia Carrere, and Laraine Newman.

Both Dewitt and Barnes learned that their characters would conclude with the series finale, however, both Richard Kline and Don Knotts were offered an opportunity to have recurring roles on the spin-off.

* Ralph Furley, the character played by Don Knotts on the 1977-84 TV series Three's Company

In 1971-2 she starred in the short-lived sitcom The Good Life with Larry Hagman who later guest-starred on Knotts Landing as the iconic J. R. Ewing from their companion series Dallas.

Finally on the north east corner of the summit ridge is Hanging Knotts, a complex series of faces and outcrops looking down upon Angle Tarn.

Knotts left the television show at the end of the 1964 – 1965 season in order to pursue a film career with The Shakiest Gun in the West and The Apple Dumpling Gang being two of the many films that followed his departure from the series.

* The Private Eyes ( 1980 film ) a film starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway

In 1958, Knotts appeared in the film No Time for Sergeants alongside Andy Griffith.

Believing earlier remarks made by Griffith, that The Andy Griffith Show would soon be ending after five seasons, Knotts began to look for other work, and signed a five film contract with Universal Studios.

In 1986, Don Knotts reunited with Andy Griffith in the made-for-television film Return to Mayberry, where he reprised his role as Barney Fife yet again.

After his appearances on Matlock ended in 1992, Knotts ’ s roles became sporadic, including a cameo in the 1996 film Big Bully as the principal of the high school.

The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, with Don Knotts, Paul Walker, and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles.

The film stars Dean Jones as returning champion race car driver Jim Douglas, joined by his riding mechanic, Wheely Applegate ( Don Knotts ).

Dean Jones and Don Knotts in the film.

He played the character of Charley in the 1966 dramatization of Death of a Salesman, and constantly acted throughout the 1970s as Elton Dykstra on The Intruders, Ernest W. Stanley on The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mayor Chrisholm alongside Don Knotts in the 1971 film How to Frame a Figg, and Mayor Massey on The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton.

On 14 June 2011 it was announced that Doug would be doing a voiceover for the film Lucifer's Unholy Desire, an independent film written and directed by Cody Knotts.

In 1980, Noble played the role of heiress Phyllis Morley in the mystery comedy film The Private Eyes starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts.

The film costars Tim Conway and Don Knotts as a pair of bumbling holdup men who try to steal gold, but are later offered it by a group of children.

It is also known as being the first film to feature the comedy duo of Don Knotts and Tim Conway.

In January 1982, Disney aired Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang, a television film starring Ed Begley, Jr. in the Conway role and Arte Johnson in the Knotts role.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 American Universal Pictures feature film starring Don Knotts as Luther Heggs, a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which is located in the fictitious community of Rachel, Kansas.

Al Checco, Don Knotts ' Army-days comedy partner, had an uncredited appearance in the film.

The film opened in the United States in June 1968 on a double-bill with the Don Knotts comedy The Shakiest Gun in the West Contemporary American reviews were mixed.

In 1968, the actor Don Knotts remade the film as The Shakiest Gun in the West.

The Private Eyes ( 1980 ) is an American film starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts.