"But they weren't just archetypes," he suggests. "They were often based on real people from Andy Griffith and Don Knotts' lives. They kind of scripted the show out of their memories. With Otis ...

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 ...

"But they weren't just archetypes," he suggests. "They were often based on real people from Andy Griffith and Don Knotts' lives. They kind of scripted the show out of their memories. With Otis ...

includes for the first time the hourlong 1993 Andy Griffith Show Reunion (May 4, 5/4c and May 30, 8/7c), featuring Griffith, Don Knotts (Deputy Barney Fife), Ron Howard (Opie), Jim Nabors (Gomer ...

giving viewers eight seasons to fall in love with Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, a very young Ron Howard as his son Opie, and Don Knotts as the bumbling but hilarious Barney Fife. Fans loved the ...

circa 1965: L-R: American actors Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and Ron Howard sit on a metal swing, smiling, in a promotional portrait for the television series, 'The Andy Griffith Show'. Knotts wears a ...

The book follows the careers of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts and as de Vise puts it “relentlessly focuses on the friendship between the two men.” After de Vise married Sophie, they lived for a ...

Well, four can play at *this* game, buddy! Barney Fife: Well, some of us got it, some of us ain't. Andy Taylor: Barney, I declare! I just don't understand you. You said 'em all fine right there. Now, ...