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1 vandalism
2 Leaving Andy Griffith
3 Pittsburgh?
4 Death?
5 Career Comeback
6 Scooby-Doo?
7 Where did he die?
8 Recurring role in Andy Griffith Show
9 Marriage to Rock Hudson
10 Don Knotts married?
11 Personal life?
12 trivia
13 Emmies

[edit] vandalism

The introduction to this article appears to have been vandalized, please revise accordingly.

[edit] Leaving Andy Griffith

Why did Don Knotts leave The Andy Griffith Show in 1965? The show was nowhere near as funny when "Barney Fife" left the show. I presume the ratings of the show dropped dramatically as well. Also, the show was less charming in color as opposed to black & white. Do any of oyu agree?

According to a biography I saw, Andy Griffith was thinking about leaving the show (I think around season 5 or 6) and Don Knotts started looking for a new job thinking the series was ending, but when Andy decided to stay, Don had already committed to other projects.

 Tom Willis

According to some of the biographies out there, Griffith had told Knotts near the begininng that he had only planned to do the show for a set number of seasons. When that time came Knotts started to look at leaving thinking the show was going to end but was suprised to learn that Griffith decided to stay. By that time Knotts had already indicated his wish to depart and I believe he felt a bit angry that Griffith hadn't mentioned that he was going to stay.--Skeev 19:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Andy Griffith was on Larry King tonight (3/1), and he said that when the show started, it was planned to go 5 seasons. During the fifth season Knotts started to look for work as he thought the show would end. When Griffith announced he decided to stay on, Knotts was already under contract at Universal and so had to leave. -- Ash

[edit] Pittsburgh?

Why is he listed in the Pittsburgher category?

[edit] Death?

I can't find any news reports that confirm this. Until someone posts a link confirming it, it really shouldn't be here (and yes, I've made the mistake of jumping the gun on deaths before). Danny Lilithborne 22:42, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- And now you've made the mistake of reverting accurate info. - Nunh-huh 22:49, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

"Don Knotts, TV's Lovable Nerd, Dies at 81" http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ap/20060225/114091842000.html

I'm going to fix the date. Saline

ACK, nevermind, the date is right, 24th, leave 24th. Saline

Don Knotts... was a man and a legend... in his passing the world has lost a pillar of greatness. Daniel J. Forman 23:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

The article states that Andy Griffith was at Knotts' bedside when he died. I would like to believe that's true, but I haven't seen it stated anywhere else. What is the source for this? Rich 03:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

On Larry King (3/1), Andy Griffith stated that he visited Knotts in the evening, but left around 6:30 or 7:00, and Knotts passed away at 11:00. Knotts' daughter Karen was at his bedside when he passed, and they made no mention of anyone else being present or absent --Ash61

[edit] Career Comeback

Knotts was essentially trick casting for his role in "Pleasantville," since he himself is sort of a relic of a bygone, "innocent" era of T.V. His role in that film hardly brought him a plethora of new acting work, and I wouldn't really call it a comeback, so I'm going to change this wording... Pacian 00:15, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Knotts worked in theater up until 2003 at least, including a revival of On Golden Pond, and worked in some shows with his daughter Karen Knotts. He was doing voice over work a month before he passed (Ash61)

[edit] Scooby-Doo?

Wasn't he among the celebrity guests who turned up in Scooby-Doo cartoons? I never watch Andy Griffith and I'm pretty sure that was my first introduction to him. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 01:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where did he die?

I've found 350 sources through Google News that say he died at Cedars and 17 that say he died at UCLA. I suspect the former is correct despite what the article currently says. Here are the searches I did:

Cedars[1]
UCLA[2]

Theshibboleth 01:56, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

On Larry King (3/1), Andy Griffith and Karen Knotts mentioned that he was in UCLA --Ash61

[edit] Recurring role in Andy Griffith Show

I'm little suprised that it goes from Knotts leaving the show to his later work and on to the reunion but never mentions that he did appear at least once more (or was it more?) on the show as a guest. The only appearence I remember offhand was when he comes to visit from Raleigh and is afraid to tell people that he's not doing as well as he hoped with the Raleigh department. I believe there were others when Andy visted him. --Skeev 19:57, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Andy Griffith stated on Larry King (3/1) that Knotts made 3 appearences on the show after he left in 65, and won Emmy's for 2 of those appearences, making a total of 5 Emmys that Knotts won for playing Barney Fife (Ash66)

That's probably something that should be added to the article rather than leaving the impression that he left and never looked back until the reunion.--Skeev 15:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marriage to Rock Hudson

I'm not certain this article is complete without a reference to the urban rumour that he married Rock Hudson. While not true, it did effect their careers, and put a strain on their close friendship. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.225.172.136 (talk) 14:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC).

The rumor is not that Rock Huson married Don Knotts, but that Rock Hudson married JIM NABORS.

[edit] Don Knotts married?

Was Don Knotts ever married? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.148.167.29 (talk) 00:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Personal life?

I've done a bit of revision to move what was already written around in chronological order, and to incorporate some of the (still too long) trivia section into the main article. I'm thinking , though, that someone must have some info on his personal life. We know he had a daughter- what about a wife, other kids, etc? ChrisStansfield 11:52, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] trivia

the trivia is a little lame. a lot of it amounts to name-dropping. a character in one show mentions an actor from another--that's trivial, but not any more noteworthy than the list of politicians mentioned on murphy brown. all don knots had to do with these shows was get referenced by a character? a dozen people get name-dropped every week on family guy... 76.238.60.13 16:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emmies

Has any actor earned more Emmies than Don Knotts? Softlavender (talk) 12:32, 6 January 2008 (UTC)