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8 unusual facts about Don Knotts


Dennis Swanberg

Swanberg's act often consists of impersonations of entertainment celebrities such as James Stewart, Mr. Haney from Green Acres, Forrest Gump, Paul Lynde and Barney Fife (Don Knotts).

Glen Ash

Ash was discovered by Don Knotts, who introduced Ash to television audiences as host of "The Hollywood Palace" in 1968.

Gregg Binkley

Binkley once held a job making celebrity impersonation phone calls, posing as Don Knotts' character Barney Fife.

Maggie Peterson

Peterson starred as the innocent Rose Ellen in the 1969 film The Love God?, starring next to Don Knotts.

Rob Pottorf

While most of his time was spent scoring animated series such as “Hermie a Common Caterpillar” with Tim Conway and Don Knotts and “On the Farm” with Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Randy Travis to name a few, more film opportunities started to appear.

Separated at birth

There were several Separated at Birth? books issued around the same time, with whimsical comparisons such as Mick Jagger vs. Don Knotts as the fictional film character The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Shelley Taylor Morgan

Stage roles include the controversial Steambath, a co-starring role with Don Knotts, Rue McClanahan and Randolph Mantooth in The Mind with the Dirty Man, and starring roles in the original plays Backbone of America at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, and Aspirins and Elephants.

Tom Eaton

Eaton was awarded the Don Knotts Memorial Award by the Greater San Bernardino, California Key Club for his contributions to their 2006 "Suds and Duds" car wash–clothing drive.


Andy Griffith Museum

The museum also houses objects related to actress Betty Lynn, who now lives in Mount Airy, and the late Don Knotts.

King Kong Escapes

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.

Porch sitting

The Don Knotts Show had a regular feature, The Front Porch, in which the host and his guest would sit in rocking chairs in a porch and talk philosophically.


see also

Antonia Scarpa

Moving to Los Angeles, Scarpa played with several of the bands that created the original “Silver Lake” scene including “Don Knotts Overdrive", and Interscope recording artists “Lifter” with Mike Coulter and Jeffrey Sebelia.