I heard that Don Knotts was the most feared drill instructor on Parris Island during World War II. Origins: Positing improbable military backgrounds for popular entertainment figures is a common ...

Internet myth debunker Snopes went after this rumor in 2003, based on online users making claims like, “I heard that Don Knotts was the most feared drill instructor on Parris Island during World ...

American television actor Don Knotts (right) stands his family on the porch of their home, March 2, 1961. From left, daughter Karen, son Tom, Knotts, and wife Kay.

Don Knotts, the Little Guy Who Made It Big Making Us Laugh. February 26, 2006. By Paul Farhi. Don Knotts played a variation on the same character for more than 50 years -- on radio, in movies and ...

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...

Don Knotts' legacy. Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Andy Griffith, 1960-68 Courtesy Everett Collection. When de Vise considers the actor's legacy, he quickly opines, "It's as one of ...

When Don Knotts was on his deathbed, his daughter Karen needed to run out of the room so she could laugh. The actor, best known for starring as bumbling, bug-eye Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy ...

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best-known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...

Don was an army drill instructor during World War II and an expert in the manual of arms.” Of course no one would guess. Knotts made a living playing nervous cowards who shook in their boots at ...