Don Knotts Filmography

Born:: July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, WV
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: While a still scrawny, undersized pre-teen in Morgantown, WV, Don Knotts dreamed of becoming an entertainer, but was too nervous to offer himself as a "single." Purchasing a dummy named Danny, Knotts worked up a ventriloquist act (admittedly stolen from Edgar Bergen) and headed to New York to...Read More

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Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp

Synopsis: This edition of Max Lucado's Christian themed children's stories featuring Hermie concerns a trip to summer camp where everyone is bothered by the unpleasant odor emanating from newest camper Stanley the Stinkbug. While everyone attempts to deal with the problem in their various ways, it takes a Read More

2008
Air Buddies

Actors: Patrick Cranshaw, Richard Karn, Cynthia Stevenson, Slade Pearce

Synopsis: It's a litter of good, clean canine fun as Air Bud plays proud papa to five adorable puppies with a most unusual secret in this installment of the long-running film series starring Michael Clark Duncan, Richard Karn, and Don Knotts. When young pups B-Dawg, Bud-Dha, RoseBud, MudBud, and Budderball Read More

2006
Chicken Little

Actors: Don Knotts, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Garry Marshall, Amy Sedaris, Katie Finneran, Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack

Synopsis: An old fable gets a high-tech update in this computer-animated comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) is an earnest young fowl living in the town of Oakley Oaks who one day starts a panic when a falling acorn drops on his head, and he warns everyone that the sky has Read More

11/4/05
Hermie & Friends: Buzby the Misbehaving Bee

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Melissa Disney

Synopsis: In this animated adventure, Buzby the misbehaving bee is kicked out of the hive for his troublemaking and now he has made the garden his new home. His behavior is no less bothersome there, however, and when Buzby neglects to follow the Garden Golden Rules, it comes time for him to learn about why Read More

2005
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Melissa Disney

Synopsis: Christmas is just around the corner and the critters of the garden are all eager to sample some of Grannypiller's world-famous fruitcake, but when a pair of greedy cockroaches makes off with the tasty treat the festivities turn sour in this animated effort that attempts to explore the true meaning Read More

2005
Stanley the Stink Bug Goes to Camp

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Judge Reinhold

Synopsis: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp, the sixth episode of Christian theologian Max Lucado's CG-animated children's series Hermie and Friends tells the humorous story of the insect Stanley the Stink Bug, a new arrival at Camp Bug-a-Boo whose fellow campers have difficulty handling his unpleasant Read More

2005
The Haunted Mansion

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis: After the blockbuster success of Pirates of the Caribbean, another Disney theme park ride is adapted for the big screen in this family-friendly mix of comedy and chills. Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in Read More

11/26/03
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly

Actors: Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Frank Peretti, Tai Anderson

Synopsis: Hermie and Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly represents the latest installment in theologian Max Lucado's computer-animated adventures of Hermie the Caterpillar and his insect pals. Featuring the vocal talents of comic greats Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and the late, beloved Don Knotts, Flo the Lyin' Fly Read More

2003
Hermie & Friends: Hermie - A Common Caterpillar

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Melissa Disney

Synopsis: Filmmaker Max Lucado follows a young caterpillar on an amazing journey through a wonderful world where anything can happen in this spiritually uplifting tale featuring the voices of Tim Conway and Don Knotts. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2003
Hermie: A Common Caterpillar

Synopsis: Based on the children's book by Max Lucado, Hermie is the tale of a caterpillar and a worm of animals who feel they are not special, but eventually learn that God has a special plan for them. The characters are voiced by Tim Conway and Don Knotts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

2002
Quints

Actors: Kimberly J. Brown, Don Knotts, Daniel Roebuck

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable comedy, 14-year-old Jamie Grover is having the usual problems dealing with growing up and wanting her own space, so she's not especially excited to learn that her mother is having a baby. But things soon get a lot more complicated than Jamie ever imagined when her mom gives Read More

2000
Tom Sawyer

Actors: Thom Adcox, Dee Bradley Baker, Sheryl Bernstein, Pat Corley

Synopsis: Mark Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is re-created here as an animated adventure movie. Featuring a country music soundtrack with songs by Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings and Lee Ann Womack, the video is also accented with famous voices, like those of Don Knotts and Betty White Read More

2000
Pleasantville

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh

Synopsis: Gary Ross, Oscar nominated for his Dave and Big screenplays, made his directorial debut with this comedy. The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire), who has an almost obsessive Read More

10/23/98
Cats Don't Dance

Actors: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, Ashley Peldon, Lindsay Rideway, John Rhys-Davies

Synopsis: This animated comedy for the family, which gently parodies the movie musicals of the '30s and '40s, follows Danny (voice of Scott Bakula), a cat from Kokomo, Indiana, who loves to sing and dance and longs to be in show business. One day, Danny decides to do something about his ambitions instead of Read More

1997
Big Bully

Actors: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Tambor

Synopsis: In this comedy, a writer's triumphant return to his hometown turns out to have a very long string attached. As a child, small and timid David Leary grew up in Hastings, MN, where he lived in mortal fear of the school bully, Roscoe Bigger, aka "Fang." Fang loved nothing more than making David's Read More

1996
Matlock: The Picture

Actors: Don Knotts, Christina Pickles, Reiner Schöne, Denice Duff

Synopsis: Gentleman lawyer Matlock investigates adultery charges against his cousin's husband and ends up solving a murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Jingle Bells

Actors: Jason Alexander, Shelley Duvall, Don Knotts

Synopsis: The animated Christmas story Jingle Bells concerns a poor family headed by a father who sacrifices something the rest of the family wanted to keep in order to buy everyone a present. Luckily, Santa saves the day. This film features the voices of Don Knotts, Shelley Long, and Jason Alexander. Read More

1991
Little Troll Prince

Synopsis: The Little Troll Prince is saved when he discovers God's love. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Matlock: The Mayor

Actors: Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holliday, Don Knotts

Synopsis: An old flower child stands accused of murdering the mayor of Chicago. He says he is innocent, and attorney Ben Matlock believes him. During his investigation, the clever lawyer discovers several damning skeletons in the late leader's closet. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Actors: Ed Asner, Tom Bosley, Lana Beeson, Jonathan Harris

Synopsis: In this animated version of the classic children's tale, the marionette who wanted to become a real boy gets into trouble when he loses his father Gepetto's favorite jewelry box. At first, Pinnochio tries to conceal his wrongdoing but eventually, thanks to the promptings of his insect pal "Gee Read More

12/25/87
Return to Mayberry

Actors: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors, Ron Howard, Howard Morris

Synopsis: Inspired by the success of previous TV sitcom "reunion" films, Return to Mayberry debuted on April 13, 1986. Eleven of the original cast members of the classic Andy Griffith Show were reunited in this marvelous blast from the past. The plot finds former sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith, of course) Read More

1986
All the Best: Steve Allen

Synopsis: These are the funniest pieces taken from one of the all-time funny TV men, Steve Allen. These takes from his hit The Steve Allen Show series, are priceless. Featured with Allen in these takes are such notables as Johnny Carson, Sammy Davis Jr., Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis and Zsa Zsa Gabor. ~ All Read More

1986
What a Country! [TV Series]

Actors: Garrett M. Brown, Yakov Smirnoff, Gail Strickland

1986
Inspector Gadget: Ghost Catchers

Synopsis: Inspector Gadget tries to stop Dr. Spectrum from unleashing pellets that produce glowing ghosts on Metro City. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Cannonball Run II

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Dean Martin

Synopsis: (Burt Reynolds) as J.J. McClure takes off across the country again in this rickety sequel to Cannonball Run. A sheik has offered $1,000,000 to the first driver to reach a destination in Connecticut from Redondo Beach, California, inspiring J.J. and others to go for the gold. With cameos from more Read More

1984
Three's Company: Season 08

Actors: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Don Knotts, Richard Kline

Synopsis: The eighth and final season of Three's Company finds most of the cast intact (though it's not entirely the original line-up): John Ritter as restauranteur Jack Tripper, Joyce DeWitt as Jack's florist roommate Janet Wood, and Priscilla Barnes as his other roommate, nurse Terri Alden. Also on hand Read More

1983
Three's Company: Season 07

Actors: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Don Knotts, Richard Kline

Synopsis: After all the backstage intrigues and cast changes that had weighed down the previous two seasons of Three's Company, the series regained its former popularity (and comic momentum) during season seven. While no longer the second highest-rated series in America, the show managed to remain Read More

1982
Three's Company: Season 06

Actors: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Don Knotts, Richard Kline

Synopsis: Now that the problems with former series regular Suzanne Somers were behind them, the producers and stars of Three's Company moved into the series' sixth season with renewed confidence and a sense of relaxation. Back on the job were John Ritter as aspiring chef Jack Tripper, Joyce DeWitt as his Read More

1981
The Private Eyes

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox, Grace Zabriskie

Synopsis: Tim Conway as Dr. Tart and Don Knotts as Inspector Winship play two bumbling Scotland Yard investigators out to solve a double murder in this send-up of film noir and the mystery story. The intrepid Winship and his assistant Tart arrive at a Gothic mansion occupied by the grieving heiress Phyllis (Tricia Noble Read More

1980
Three's Company: Season 05

Actors: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Don Knotts, Richard Kline

Synopsis: Although Three's Company was still one of America's most popular sitcoms during its fifth season, there was little reason to celebrate on the set of the program. Having incurred a lot of negative publicity because of her salary hassles with the series' producers, Suzanne Somers (Chrissy Snow) Read More

1980
Three's Company: Season 04

Actors: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Don Knotts, Richard Kline

Synopsis: TV's second most popular series, and its single most popular sitcom, Three's Company returned in 1979 for its fourth successful season. As before, the titular trio consists of aspiring chef Jack Tripper (John Ritter), florist Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt), and receptionist Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Read More

1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Ruth Buzzi, Kenneth Mars, Elyssa Davalos

Synopsis: Tim Conway and Don Knotts, mere supporting characters in the original Apple Dumpling Gang, are promoted to starring roles in the 1979 sequel The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again. Once more cast as clumsy, soft-hearted western outlaws, Conway and Knotts come to the rescue of cavalry private Tim Matheson Read More

1979
The Prize Fighter

Actors: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, David Wayne, Robin Clarke, Cisse Cameron

Synopsis: Tim Conway as woeful boxer Bags and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick Shake are out to save a gym and do the impossible in this predictable, cliched comedy from director Michael Preece. The setting is the 1930s and Bags is trying to make it as a boxer. Gangster Mike (Robin Clarke) decides to Read More

1979
Hot Lead and Cold Feet

Actors: Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts, Jack Elam, John Williams

Synopsis: In this Disney western, Jim Dale plays Eli Bloodshy, and his twin sons Wild Billy and Jasper. The older man has founded the town of Bloodshy, and now that he has apparently died, his sons must battle for control of his legacy in a wild train race. One of them is a city-slicker, a mild-mannered Read More

1978
Captain & Tennille in Hawaii

Actors: Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille

Synopsis: Most famous for their blockbuster hit singles "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Do That to Me One More Time," the soft rock team of Captain and Tennille (husband and wife Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille) peaked in popularity from 1975 through 1976; they performed for the likes of Gerald Ford, swept Read More

1978
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Actors: Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear

Synopsis: It's love at first spark plug for Herbie, the spunky Disney Volkswagen, in Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo. Herbie reunites with Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), his driver from the original The Love Bug, as they participate in the annual Monte Carlo road rally. Herbie holds his own in the qualifying races Read More

1977
The Muppet Show: Don Knotts

Actors: Don Knotts

Synopsis: After Kermit lets him help plan the show, Fozzie's status as "honorary hip person" is called into question when he schedules guest star Don Knotts to play bass for the closing number. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Mule Feathers

Synopsis: It's likely that not even Don Knotts' most fervent fans have ever heard of this obscure Western comedy. Knotts plays a talking mule, and a cache of hidden gold figures into the story. This PG-rated indie was apparently completed in 1977, then held in abeyance until it was telecast over the Read More

1977
Gus

Actors: Ed Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway, Liberty Williams

Synopsis: In this Disney film, Hank Cooper (Ed Asner) the owner of a losing professional football team, recruits Gus, a Yugoslavian soccer player, to his team. Even though Gus is a mule, he figures the animal can be taught to make field-goal kicks. Despite the outrage of his team, and sabotage efforts by Read More

1976
No Deposit, No Return

Actors: David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Barbara Feldon

Synopsis: In this Disney comedy, a pair of spoiled kids, bored by their filthy rich grandfather, decide they'd rather be with their mom who is in Hong Kong. In order to get her attention, they engineer their own kidnapping. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Captain & Tennille: The Christmas Show

Synopsis: The musical variety series The Captain and Tennille ran from September 1976 to March 1977 on ABC, and featured the titular performers (keyboardist/arranger Daryl Dragon and his wife, Toni Tennille - best known for their massive hit singles "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "The Way I Want to Touch Read More

1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang

Actors: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, David Wayne

Synopsis: The Apple Dumpling Gang stars Bill Bixby as Russell Donovan, a slick frontier gambler. In Runyon-esque fashion, he is compelled to look after three precocious oprhaned kids. He can't handle the responsibilities alone, so he agrees to an in-name-only marriage to hoydenish stagecoach driver Read More

1975
I Love a Mystery

Actors: David Hartman, Deanna Lund, Ida Lupino, Hagan Beggs

Synopsis: I Love a Mystery was a campy TV revival of Phillips Lord's old radio series. The three adventure-loving heroes are Jack, Doc and Reggie (Les Crane, David Hartman and Hagan Beggs), insurance investigators hired to tackle a mystery at a remote island mansion. Ida Lupino plays a domineering matriarch Read More

1973
How to Frame a Figg

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Savannah Bentley

Synopsis: In this comedy, a bungling bookkeeper's assistant works in the Dalton city hall and finds himself framed for embezzling by his corrupt superiors. A sweet young woman helps him clear his name. He is also assisted by Leo the computer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1971
The Love God?

Actors: Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, James Gregory, Maureen Arthur

Synopsis: In this uneven comedy, Abner (Don Knotts) is the editor of a bird-watching magazine who is the victim of a hostile corporate takeover by Osborn Tremaine (Edmond O'Brien). When Abner returns from a bird-watching excursion to Brazil, he finds his publication has been purchased for the fourth-class Read More

1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West

Actors: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan, Don "Red" Barry, Ruth McDevitt

Synopsis: This hilarious oater finds Jesse Heywood (Don Knotts) as a Philadelphia dentist who leaves his home to open a new practice on the western frontier. The hapless dentist is saved by the expert gun handling of Penny (Barbara Rhoades), a reformed bandit trying to earn a pardon by intercepting gun Read More

1968
The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Comes to Mayberry

Actors: Don Knotts, Diahn Williams

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story arc, Barney Fife heads back to Mayberry via train. En route, he is reunited with his high school girlfriend Teena Andrews (Diahn Williams), who is now a major movie star. Teena's PR man Carson (Chet Stratton) decides to capitalize on his star's past Read More

1967
The Andy Griffith Show: A Visit to Barney Fife

Actors: Don Knotts, Betty Kean

Synopsis: Don Knotts makes another of his highly-rated return trips to The Andy Griffth Show in the role of Barney Fife. When Andy comes to visit him in Raleigh, Barney boasts about his importance as a city detective. In truth, however, bumbling Barn' is on the verge of being fired. His only hope for Read More

1967
The Reluctant Astronaut

Actors: Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White, Jeanette Nolan, Arthur O'Connell

Synopsis: Roy Fleming (Don Knotts) is signed on to the space program at NASA by his father Buck (Arthur O'Connell), a gung-ho former World War I vet who is trying to make something out of his son. Roy becomes a janitor who is afraid of heights and mistaken for an astronaut through a series of comedic Read More

1967
The Andy Griffith Show: The Return of Barney Fife

Actors: Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut

Synopsis: Don Knotts makes a return visit to The Andy Griffith Show in the role of ex-deputy Barney Fife. The occasion is the Mayberry High School reunion, where Barney hopes to rekindle his romance with Thelma Lou. But there are more than a few surprises in store for ol' Barn' as the evening draws to a Read More

1966
The Andy Griffith Show: The Legend of Barney Fife

Actors: Don Knotts, Jack Burns

Synopsis: While on a visit to Mayberry, Barney Fife discovers that he is idolized by his successor, deputy Warren Ferguson. Unfortunately, the nervous Barney has to live up to his reputation when a convict escapes. As he has done so often in the past, Andy comes to Barney's rescue without anyone knowing Read More

1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Actors: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier

Synopsis: Luther Heggs (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at a newspaper who longs for a chance to be a reporter. Editor Beckett (Dick Sargent) gives Luther his big break and assigns him to spend the night in a house generally considered to be haunted. The situation allows a broad canvas for Knotts to react to Read More

1966
The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Actors: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Larry Keating

Synopsis: In this amusing fantasy, a combination of live-action and animated effects, Don Knotts plays scrawny bookkeeper Henry Limpet, who longs to help the U.S. after the outbreak of World War II. He becomes depressed after being turned down by the Navy, particularly after his pal George (Jack Weston) is Read More

1964
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 05

Actors: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier, Ronny Howard, George Lindsey

Synopsis: With The Andy Griffith Show as hilarious and highly rated as ever during its fifth season on the air, one would never suspect that there was trouble brewing in Mayberry, NC. The source of the difficulty was Don Knotts, who had won three Emmy awards for his performance as Barney Fife, the Read More

1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Dick Shawn, Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton

Synopsis: With this all-star Cinerama epic, producer/director Stanley Kramer vowed to make "the comedy that would end all comedies." The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before (literally) kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the Read More

11/7/63
Move Over, Darling

Actors: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors, Thelma Ritter

Synopsis: A man makes the highly unexpected discovery that he has two wives in this romantic comedy. Widower Nick Arden (James Garner) has just set off on his honeymoon with his new wife Bianca (Polly Bergen) when his mother Grace (Thelma Ritter) receives a very unexpected guest -- Nick's late wife Ellen (Doris Day Read More

1963
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 04

Actors: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier, Ronny Howard, Jim Nabors

Synopsis: The fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show opens with one of the series' finest episodes, as well as the favorite episode of co-star Ronny Howard (now better known as film director Ron Howard). "Opie the Birdman" poignantly details the efforts by Opie Taylor (Howard), son of Mayberry sheriff Andy Read More

1963
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 03

Actors: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier, Ronny Howard, Jim Nabors

Synopsis: The Andy Griffith Show offered some of its best-ever episodes during the series' third season on the air. Highlights include "Andy and the New Mayor," introducing Parley Baer as Mayberry's freshly elected mayor, Roy Stone; "The Cow Thief," in which sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and deputy Read More

1962