Don Knotts (1924–2006)

Born: July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Died: February 24, 2006 (age 81) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Frances Yarborough (2002 – 24 February 2006) (his death)
Loralee Czuchna (12 October 1974 – 1989) (divorced)
Kathryn Metz (27 December 1947 – 17 March 1966) (divorced) (2 children)

QUOTES:

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they’re thinking, if they’re happy or sad. That’s what I tried to do with Barney.

We began to do little things, have little scenes where we just talked about things that had nothing to do with the plot. In fact, in the beginning, they didn’t want us to do that. But as time went on, you see that in so many shows. I think we were the first to do that.

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.