Wopereka mphoto kwa Emmy ndi Wokondweretsa Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (July 21, 1924 - February 24, 2006) amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha wotsogolere wa Barney Fife pa The Andy Griffith Show komanso udindo wake monga Mr. Furley m'ma 1970 sitcom Company Thiratu . Posachedwapa, adayankhula mawu a Mayor Turkey Lurkey mu filimu yotchedwa Disney's Chicken Little (2005). Ntchito yake ya zaka mazana asanu ndi limodzi inali ndi ma TV asanu ndi awiri komanso mafilimu opitirira 25.
Zaka Zakale:
Don Knotts anabadwira ku Morgantown, West Virginia, pafupifupi ola limodzi kumwera kwa Pittsburgh, kwa Elsie L. Moore (1885-1969) ndi William Jesse Knotts (1882-1937). Iye anali wamng'ono kwambiri mwa ana anayi m'banja lomwe likulimbana ndi Chisokonezo. Bambo ake, omwe adavutika khungu komanso mantha akugwera Don asanabadwe, kawirikawiri anasiya bedi lake. Amayi ake amachititsa kuti banja lawo lizipita kukwera nawo. Mmodzi wa abale ake, Shadow, adamwalira chifukwa cha matenda a mphumu pamene Don anali wachinyamata.
Maluso a Don pakuchita ndi kusewera akuwoneka oyambirira. Ngakhale asanalowe sukulu ya sekondale Don anali akuchita monga wolankhula bwino komanso wokondweretsa kumalo a tchalitchi ndi ntchito za kusukulu. Anasamukira ku New York City atamaliza maphunziro ake ndikuyesa ulendo wake wokondweretsa, koma pamene ntchito yake inalephera kuchoka kunyumba kwake ku Morgantown kupita ku West Virginia University.
Pamene WWII idafika, maphunziro a Don adasokonezedwa kwa kanthaŵi kochepa ndi Sty Special Services Branch, kukondweretsa asilikali ku South Pacific monga wokondweretsa mu Stars ndi Gripes revue.
Pambuyo polimbikitsanso, Don adabwerera ku koleji, anamaliza maphunziro ake mu yunivesite mu 1948.
Moyo wa Banja:
Don Knotts anakwatira wokondedwa wake wa ku koleji, Kathryn Metz, mu 1947, ndipo atamaliza maphunzirowo banja lawo linasamukira ku New York kumene Don posakhalitsa anayamba kukhala ndi mapulogalamu angapo a wailesi yakanema ndi wailesi.
Banjali linali ndi ana awiri - Karen ndi Thomas - asanakwatirane mu 1964. Don anakwatiwa ndi mkazi wake wachiwiri, Loralee Czuchna, kuyambira 1974 mpaka 1983.
Ntchito Yogwira Ntchito:
Mu 1955, Don Knotts adayamba ku Broadway mu Noedy for Sergeants , pomwe ankagwirizana ndi Andy Griffith. Knotts adawonekeranso ngati membala wokhazikika pa msonkhano wa NBC wa Steve Allen Show , kuyambira 1956 mpaka 1960.
Pamene Steve Allen Show adasamukira mu 1959, Knotts adathamangira ndikupita ku Hollywood. Mu 1960, adayanjananso ndi mnzake, Andy Griffith, pa sitcom yatsopano, The Andy Griffith Show , akusewera pulezidenti Barney Fife. Ntchito yake yoyamba mufilimu inabwera mu 1964, ndi The Incredible Mr. Limpet , ndipo idatsatiridwa ndi mafilimu ochepa a bajeti, kuphatikizapo The Ghost ndi Bambo Chicken (1966) , The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), Shakiest Gulu Kumadzulo ndi The Ample Dumpling Gang (1975).
Bwererani ku Mizere Yake ya TV:
Don Knotts anabwerera ku mizu yake yabwino ya TV mu 1979, akulowa mu comedy hit, Company Three , monga mwini nyumba Bwana Furley. Anakhalabe ndiwonetsero mpaka adakwera mlengalenga mu 1984. Don Knotts adayanjananso ndi Andy Griffith chifukwa cha kanema wa pa TV Kubwerera ku Mayberry .
Anagwiritsanso ntchito malo okhala ndi pesky, Les Calhoun, m'mabuku a Matlock a Andy Griffith, kuyambira 1988 mpaka 1992. Don Knotts anafalitsa mbiri ya moyo wake - Barney Fife ndi Characters I In 1999.
Don Knotts anamwalira pa February 24, 2006, ndi matenda a khansa yamapapu, ndi khansa yamapapo, ku Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Anali ndi zaka 81.
Mphoto & Kuzindikira:
Don Knotts anapambana mpikisano wa Emmy Awards kwa Kupambana Kwambiri pa Ntchito Yothandizira pa Mndandanda wa ntchito yake pa The Andy Griffith Show .