Don Knotts played a variation on the same character for more than 50 years -- on radio, in movies and TV shows. He was the "nervous man" on the old "Steve Allen Show," the sublime Barney Fife on "The ...

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 of ...

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 ...