author of Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show as well as Knotts' brother-in-law. "Barney ...

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 and come out of it with another? DDV: Obviously I knew more than the ...

who found fame as a child star on the hit 1960s series “The Andy Griffith Show,” recently shared a photo on social media that showed him with his costars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.

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 ...