Don Knotts was one of those rare actors who could make you laugh without saying a word. Best remembered as the loveably bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, Knotts brought his own ...

Fox News: What was Don Knotts like as a dad ... He came from an alcoholic older brother and a paranoid schizophrenic father. He was living in extreme poverty during the Depression.

When Don Knotts was on his deathbed ... “He had problems with his father and an older brother who tormented him because they were alcoholics. "When his father passed, he was 13 years old.

WW: Despite the fact that you're Don Knotts' brother-in-law, did you go into this book with one idea of who Andy and Don were ...

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed ... his mother with a knife and later spent time in mental hospitals, while older brother Earl — nicknamed “Shadow” because of his thinness -- died of asthma ...

Karen and her brother, Tom, grew up in Glendale ... very worldly and debonair.” Don Knotts was a multi-faceted man, as Karen described. Like many famous comedians, Don struggled with mental ...

Watching Don Knotts and Andy Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show, one gets a sense of the cameraderie and chemistry between the two actors. Their friendship may have begun professionally in the ...

At the same time, bring up the subject of the show to people, more often than not they'll respond with some variation of "I love Barney Fife—Don Knotts is just great!" "People connected with him ...

On Feb. 15, the 70-year-old posted a picture to Instagram of his “The Andy Griffith Show” co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, visiting him on set in the ’90s. “A fun photo of the day ...

His brother John really helped me understand who ... When possible, Lester will read a book about the subject of a sculpture. “With Don Knotts, I watched episodes of ’The Andy Griffith Show ...

I heard that Don Knotts was the most feared drill instructor on Parris Island during World War II. Origins: Positing improbable military backgrounds for popular entertainment figures is a ...

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed ... his mother with a knife and later spent time in mental hospitals, while older brother Earl — nicknamed “Shadow” because of his thinness -- died of asthma ...