Don Knotts

He also appeared with Griffith in the 1986 made for television movie Return to Mayberry where he once again played Barney Fife.

. Joe Mantegna received the Lifetime Achievement Award on April 26, 2004, at the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival. He also had an small role on Matlock, which starred his old friend Andy Griffith. In 1991, Mantegna starred in the highly praised police thriller Homicide. Knotts returned to television in the 1980s, appearing as Ralph Furley on Three's Company. He also starred in the critically acclaimed movies House of Games (1987) and Things Change (1988), for which he and co-star Don Ameche both received the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. In the 1970s, Knotts and Tim Conway starred together in a series of slapstick movies. Other early movies include co-starring roles in The Money Pit (1986), Weeds (1987) and Suspect (1987).

Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) , The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) and The Love God? (1969). He played womanizing dentist Bruce Fleckstein in Compromising Positions (1985). Limpet (1964), The Ghost and Mr. He made his feature motion picture debut in Medusa Challenger (1977). Don Knotts starred in a series of films in the 1960s; The Incredible Mr. He also helped write Bleacher Bums, an award-winning play. He won five Emmy Awards for his work as Barney Fife. He debuted on Broadway in Working (1978).