DON KNOTTS HAND SIGNED 8X10~AUTO~PSA DNA~W/ BARNEY FIFE

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eBay's largest sellers use AuctionLynxx to increase sales... shouldn't you? DON KNOTTS HAND SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO ~AUTOGRAPHED~WITH BARNEY FIFE~PSA DNA COA~THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW~ PICTURE Click Image for Larger Preview Description THIS NO RESERVE AUCTION IS FOR THE FOLLOWING: 8X10" BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF ENTERTAINMENT LEGEND DON KNOTTS AS BARNEY FIFE FROM THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW HAND SIGNED BY DON WITH BLUE SHARPIE. NICE, CLEAN AND BOLD SIGNATURE AND INSCRIPTION FROM MR. KNOTTS ON THIS PHOTO - SEE PIC. PHOTO IS SIGNED "DON KNOTTS BARNEY FIFE". CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR CLEARER AND LARGER IMAGES. PSA/DNA NUMBERED AUTHENTICATION STICKER ON PHOTO, WITH MATCHING NUMBERED PSA/DNA CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) INCLUDED. PSA/DNA COA #F71031. FOR PSA/DNA CERT VERIFICATION. Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three's Company. He also appeared opposite Tim Conway in a number of comedy films aimed at children. Early life: Knotts was born in the university town of Morgantown, West Virginia to William Jesse Knotts and his wife, Elsie L. Moore. He graduated from Morgantown High School. His father had been a farmer, but suffered a nervous breakdown and lost his farm before Don was born. Don's mother then ran a boardinghouse in town. He had two brothers. His father's family had been in the United States since the 17th century, originally settling in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Knotts' father suffered from schizophrenia and alcoholism and died when Don was just thirteen years old. At 19, Knotts joined the Army and served in World War II as part of a traveling GI variety show called "Stars and Gripes." After the war, Knotts graduated from his hometown West Virginia University in 1948 with a degree in theater. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Career: After being a regular performer in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1953 to 1955, he gained additional exposure in 1956 on Steve Allen's variety show, appearing in Allen's mock "Man in the Street" interviews, always as a man obviously very nervous about being on camera. The humor in the interviews would be increased by having Knotts state his occupation as being one that wouldn't be an obvious choice for such a nervous, shaking person, such as a surgeon or an explosives expert. Knotts' first appearance with Andy Griffith was in the movie No Time for Sergeants in 1958, a comedy which showcased Griffith's talents that was based on the play and book of the same name. Knotts's portrayal of a bumbling deputy sheriff on the very popular television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) was the role which earned him his greatest recognition. A summary of the show from the website of the Museum of Broadcast Communications describes Deputy Barney Fife: Most of Andy's time, however, was spent controlling his earnest but over-zealous deputy. Self-important, romantic, and nearly always wrong, Barney dreamed of the day he could use the one bullet (which he kept in his shirt pocket) Andy had allowed him to be issued. While Barney was forever frustrated that Mayberry was too small for the delusional ideas he had of himself, viewers got the sense that he couldn't have survived anyw else. Don Knotts played the comic and pathetic sides of the character with equal aplomb. Andy Griffith was actually supposed to be the comedic lead with Don Knotts' as his "foil," or straight man. But, it didn't take long at all for Griffith and most everyone else to realize things were so much funnier the other way around. Thus began Griffith's lifelong admiration for Don Knotts and their lifelong friendship. After leaving the series in 1965, Knotts starred in a series of film comedies which drew on his high-strung persona from the TV series: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), The Ghost ... read more

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