Don Knotts left ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ after its 5th season In 1965, Knotts announced he would be leaving the comedy. The decision stunned viewers, who were told his decision was in order to ...

The Andy Griffith Show had to make due without one of their most popular actors in the late Don Knotts.They’d end up trying to replace the Barney Fife role with another actor. One of the they ...

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, from left: Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, TV GUIDE cover, May 11-17, 1963. Richard R. Hewett. TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection ...

Andy Griffith young would seem to be best represented by The Andy Griffith Show, perhaps the most beloved and popular sitcoms ...

Ron Howard, right, shared a late 1990s photo of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, center, visiting him on the set of "Ransom," adding that he recently found out he and Knotts are distant cousins.

Knotts was known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife — which won him five Emmys. Reflecting on working with Griffith, Howard told People in 1986, “Andy was like a wonderful uncle to me.

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...

Los Angeles, CA -- Don Knotts, best known as Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," is being remembered by the show's namesake as a man with a brilliant comedic mind. Griffith, who ...

In real life, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts continued their friendship long after the end of the series. Both actors were from a world that was a far cry from the quaint town of Mayberry.

Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Andy Griffith, 1960-68 . When de Vise considers the actor's legacy, he quickly ...

So the connection is that these two guys — Andy Griffith and Don Knotts — really built that show around their shared memories of small-town Americana, Andy with North Carolina and Don with ...