Emmy award-winning actor uye muvakidzani Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (July 21, 1924 - February 24, 2006) anozivikanwa zvikuru nekuratidzwa kwake kwaVaSebenzi Barney Fife pane The Andy Griffith Show uye basa rake rehurukuro saVaFurley muma1970 Sitcom Company yeTatu . Munguva ichangopfuura, akapa hurumende yeTurkey Lurkey muDisney's animated film Chicken Little (2005). Basa rake rezana remakore rezana raisanganisira zvinomwe zveTV uye mafirimu anopfuura 25.
Makore ekutanga:
Don Knotts akaberekerwa muMorgantown, West Virginia, inenge awa iri kumaodzanyemba kwePittsburgh, kuna Elsie L. Moore (1885-1969) naWilliam Jesse Knotts (1882-1937). Akanga ari muduku pane vanakomana vana vari mumhuri vachinetseka kuburikidza nekuderera. Baba vake, avo vakanga vatambura kushaya hupenzi uye kugumburwa kwekutya pamberi peDon akaberekwa, kazhinji haana kusimuka mubhedha wake. Amai vake vaichengetedza mhuri ichienda nekutakura mubhokisi. Mumwe wehama dzake, Shadow, akafa nekurwiswa kwechifu apo Don akanga ari wechidiki.
Unyanzvi hwaDon pakubata uye kumushanyira wakaonekwa kare. Kunyangwe asati apinda chikoro chesekondari Don aive achiita sevhigiririloquist uye mudikanwi panzvimbo yechechi neyechikoro. Akatamira kuNew York City mushure mekunge apedza kudzidza kuedza nekuita nzira yake somutambo, asi apo basa rake rakakundikana kubvisa akadzoka kumba kuMorgantown kuenda kuWest Virginia University.
Apo WWII yakasvika, dzidzo yaDon yakapoteredzwa kwekanguva pfupi ye stint ne Army Special Services Branch, kufadza mauto muSouth Pacific semuvakidzani muNyeredzi neGripes revue.
Achitevera kusununguka, Don akadzoka kukolishi, akapedza kudzidza nedhigiri munhandare muna 1948.
Upenyu hwemhuri:
Don Knotts akaroora college yake yekoroti, Kathryn Metz, muna 1947, uye mushure mokunge apedza kudzidza vaviri vacho vakatamira kuNew York uko Don munguva pfupi akazova akagara pane dzimwe nhepfenyuro dzeterevhizheni nemavhidhiyo.
Vaviri vacho vaiva nevana vaviri - Karen naTomas - vasati varambana muna 1964. Don akanga aroorwa nemudzimai wake wechipiri, Loralee Czuchna, kubva muna 1974 kusvika muna 1983.
Kubata Basa:
Muna 1955, Don Knotts akaita chibvumirano chake pa Broadway mumutambo comedy, No Time for Sergeants , kubatana kwake kokutanga naAndy Griffith. Knotts akaonekwawo seanogara ari nhengo yekambani yakakonzerwa neNBC yaSteve Allen Show , kubva muna 1956 kusvika muna 1960.
Apo Steve Allen Show paakadzokera muna 1959, Knotts akatora ndokuenda kuHollywood. Muna 1960, akabatana neshamwari yake, Andy Griffith, pane imwe nzvimbo yepasi, The Andy Griffith Show , achitamba munyunyuta mukuru weSiriff Barney Fife. Basa rake rokutanga rokutungamirira mufirimu rakauya muna 1964, pamwe neThe Incredible Mr. Limpet , uye rakateverwa neketani yemafirimu emari-pasi, kusanganisira The Ghost uye Mr. Chicken (1966) , The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), Shakiest Gun muWest uye The Ample Dumpling Gang (1975).
Dzokera kuTV yake Mitsara:
Don Knotts akadzokera kumasvondo ake akabudirira eTV muna 1979, achibatana ne hit comedy, Tatu Company , semuridzi weimba yaFurley. Akaramba ari kuratidzwa kusvikira yaenda mumhepo muna 1984. Don Knotts akazobatana zvakare naAndy Griffith nokuda kwefirimu yeTV Kudzokera kuMayberry .
Akaridzawo muvakidzani ane pesky, Les Calhoun, muAndy Griffith's Matlock series, kubvira muna 1988 kusvika muna 1992. Don Knotts akabudisa nhoroondo yehupenyu hwake - Barney Fife uye Vamwe Characters IWakaziva muna 1999.
Don Knotts akafa musi waFebruary 24, 2006, wepermonary uye kuporesa kwekenza yemapapu, paCedars Sinai Medical Center. Aive nemakore 81.
Mikana & Recognition:
Don Knotts akakunda Emmy Awards mashanu nokuda kweKushanda Kwekuita mune Basa Rokutsigira muChirongwa chebasa rake pane The Andy Griffith Show .