He mea kaulana loaʻo Emmanuel Winner actor a me Jesse comedy Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (Iulai 21, 1924 - Pepeluali 24, 2006) no kona hōʻikeʻana iā Hope Barney Fife ma The Andy Griffith Show a me kāna hana pili likeʻo Mr. Furley i nā makahiki 1970 nohoʻekolu Hui . I kēia manawa, ua hoʻolakoʻo ia i ka leo o Mayor Turkey Lurkey ma kahi kiʻi hoʻokipaʻo Disneyʻo Chicken Little (2005). I loko o kāna kūlana makahiki heʻehiku kaukani TV aʻoi aku iʻoi aku ma mua o 25 mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Ka wā mua:
Ua hānauʻiaʻo Don Knotts ma Morgantown, West Virginia, e pili ana i hoʻokahi hola ma ka hema o Pittsburgh, iā Elsie L. Moore (1885-1969) a me William Jesse Knotts (1882-1937). ʻO ia ka muli loa o nā keiki kāneʻehā i loko o kaʻohana e hakakā ana i ka pilikia. ʻO kona makuakāne, ka mea iʻeleʻele i ka makapō a me ka makaʻu i mua o ka hānauʻana o Don,ʻaʻole i waiho iki kona moena. Ua mālama ka makuahine i kaʻohana ma ka laweʻana i ka poʻe komo. ʻO kekahi o kona mau kaikunāne,ʻo Shadow, makeʻo ia i ka hōʻehi hānai aʻo Don i'ōpio.
Uaʻike kokeʻia nā mākaukau o Don i ka hana a me ke comedy. Ma mua o ka komoʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, hanaʻo Don ma keʻano he'anikeni a me ke mele ma ke kahua pule a me nā hana kula. Ua neʻeʻo ia i New York City ma hope o ka hoʻolālāʻana e ho'āʻo ai e hele ma keʻano he hoa pili, akā i ka pauʻole o kānaʻoihana, hoʻiʻo ia i Morgantown e hele i ke Kulanuiʻo West Virginia.
I ka wā i hōʻea mai ai ka WWII, ua hoʻopiʻiʻia ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana o Don no ka manawa pōkole no ke kākoʻoʻana i ka Papahana Kūikawā o nā Koa, e hoʻokipa ana i nā pūʻali koa ma ka Pākīpika Hema e like me ka hui pū i nā Hōkū a me Gripes.
Ma hope o ka demobilization, ua hoʻiʻo Don i ke kulanui, a me ke kulanui i ke kēkelē ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka makahiki 1948.
Ola Ola:
Ua maleʻo Don Knotts i kona puʻuwai kula nui,ʻo Kathryn Metz, i ka makahiki 1947, a ma hope o ke kula, neʻe akula ka wahine i New York kahi i noho mau aiʻo Don i nā polokalamu televio a me ka leka uila.
Ua loaʻa iā lāua he mau keikiʻelua -ʻo Karen lāuaʻo Thomas - ma mua o ka haʻaleleʻana i ka makahiki 1964. Ua mareʻo Don i kāna wahineʻeluaʻo Loralee Czuchna, mai 1974 a 1983.
Hana Mahi:
I ka makahiki 1955, hoʻokumuʻo Don Knotts i kāna mele ma Broadway ma ke'alemu paʻakikī, No Time for Sergeants , kāna hana mua me Andy Griffith. Uaʻikeʻia hoʻiʻo Knotts he lālā maʻamau o ka hui nui i hōʻikeʻia ma ka hōʻike NBC o Steve Allen Show , mai 1956 a 1960.
I ka hōʻikeʻana o Steve Allen Show i kahi i ka makahiki 1959, ua laweʻo Knotts i ka wai a hoʻoneʻe i Hollywood. I ka makahiki 1960, hui pūʻo ia me kāna hoalohaʻo Andy Griffith, ma kahi noho kaʻa hou,ʻo Andy Griffith Show , e hoʻokani ana i ke kāpena Sheriff Barney Fife. ʻO kāna alakaʻi mua ma ka pīʻani i hele mai i ka makahiki 1964, me Mr. Limpet ka Mea Hanohano , a ua ukaliʻia e nā mele kiʻi haʻahaʻa e pili ana i ka haʻawina haʻahaʻa,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) , The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), ka Shakiest Ka Lū ma ke Komohana a me The Ample Dumpling Gang (1975).
E hoʻi i kona kapa TV:
Ua hoʻiʻo Don Knotts i kāna mau polokalamu'onikala maikaʻi i ka makahiki 1979, me ka hui pūʻana me ka mea hoʻokani pila, ʻekolu Hui , ma keʻano he haku'āina nuiʻo Mr. Furley. Ua nohoʻo ia me ka hōʻike a hiki i ka leleʻana o ke ea i ka makahiki 1984. No laila, hui pūʻo Don Knotts me Andy Griffith no ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni TV i Mayberry .
Ua pāʻaniʻo ia i ka hoa noho aloha,ʻo Les Calhoun, ma ka series Andy Griffith's Matlock , mai 1988 a 1992. Hoʻokumuʻo Don Knotts i kahi moʻolelo pilikino o kona ola -ʻo Barney Fife a me nā mea'ē aʻe iʻikeʻia i 1999.
Ua makeʻo Don Knotts i ka lā 24 o Pepeluali, 2006,ʻo ka hanu a me ka hanu hauʻoli o ka maʻi kanesa, ma Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He 81 ia.
Nā Hoʻohanohano & Hoʻomaopopo:
Ua lanakila 'o Don Knotts iʻelima mau Emmy Awards no ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke Kākoʻo Kākoʻo i kahi Series no kāna hana ma Andy Griffith Show .