The actor’s father, the late John Ritter, starred opposite Don Knotts on the beloved ABC sitcom Three’s Company from 1979 to ...

Knotts played his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife. Griffith died at the age of 86 following a heart attack in 2012. Knotts died in 2006 at the age of 81 of complications from lung cancer. Howard went ...

At the same time, bring up the subject of the show to people, more often than not they'll respond with some variation of "I love Barney Fife—Don Knotts is just great!" "People connected with him ...

Knotts died in 2006 at the age of 81 of complications ... social media that showed him with his co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. “A fun photo of the day in ‘97 when #AndyGriffith and ...

“It was recently confirmed that Don and I were actually distant cousins ... Griffith died at the age of 86 following a heart attack in 2012. Knotts died in 2006 at the age of 81 of complications ...

Yes I Can Fight' CBS Photo Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Don Knotts and Andy Griffith in 'The Andy Griffith Show' in 1965 Despite the connection, however, Ritter said he never got to meet Griffith, who ...