In 1955, on the stage of Broadway’s Alvin Theater, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts first bonded as they co-starred in the stage production of “No Times for Sergeants,” cementing a friendship ...

From the waist up, Don Knotts was perhaps the perfect assembly of male imperfections. His high forehead, perched above a worried, wrinkly brow, set off his trademark googly eyes, ever-ready to pop ...