U-Emmy umlingisi onomklomelo nomculi uJesse Donald "Don" Knotts (July 21, 1924 - Februwari 24, 2006) uyaziwa ngokubonakala kwakhe kwePhini likaBenney Fife ku -Andy Griffith Show kanye nomsebenzi wakhe wobuhle njengoMnu Furley ngawo-1970 Sitcom Inkampani kaThathu . Muva nje, wanikeza izwi leMeya eTurkey Lurkey efilimu ye-Disney's animated Chicken Little (2005). Umsebenzi wakhe wekhulu le-50 wawuhlanganisa uchungechunge oluyisikhombisa lwe-TV namafilimu angaphezu kuka-25.
Iminyaka Yokuqala:
UDon Knotts wazalelwa eMorgantown, eWest Virginia, cishe ihora eleningizimu yePittsburgh, ku-Elsie L. Moore (1885-1969) noWilliam Jesse Knotts (1882-1937). Wayengomncane kunabo bonke emadodaneni amane emndenini owayebhekene nokucindezeleka. Ubaba wakhe, owayesezimpumputhe ze-hysterical kanye nokuwa kwesibindi ngaphambi kokuba uDon azalwe, wayevame ukushiya embhedeni wakhe. Unina waqhubeka nomndeni ngokuthatha abagibeli. Omunye wabafowabo, uShadow, wabulawa ngokuhlasela kwesifuba ngenkathi uDon engumfana osemusha.
Amakhono kaDon ekusebenzeni nasekwenzeni amahlaya avele kusenesikhathi. Ngisho nangaphambi kokungena esikoleni esiphakeme uDoni wayekwenzela njengenhlangano yokuzivocavoca futhi ehlaziya endaweni yesonto nasemisebenzini yesikole. Wathuthela eNew York City ngemuva kokuqeda ukuzama ukuzama ukwenza indlela yakhe njengomculi, kepha lapho umsebenzi wakhe wehluleka ukuhamba waya eMorgantown ukuya eN West Virginia University.
Lapho iWWII ifika, imfundo kaDon yaphazanyiswa okwesikhashana ngesigatshana seSystem Special Services Branch, ejabulisa amabutho eSouth Pacific njengomculi we-Stars neGripes revue.
Ngemva kokuvuselelwa, uDon waphindela ekolishi, waphumelela nge-degree emidlalo yaseshashalazini ngo-1948.
Ukuphila Komndeni:
UDon Knotts washada nomngane wakhe wekolishi, uKathryn Metz, ngo-1947, futhi ngemva kokuqeda isiqephu lo mbhangqwana wathuthela eNew York lapho uDon maduze abe khona njalo ezinhlelo eziningi zethelevishini nezomsakazo.
Lo mbhangqwana wayenabantwana ababili - uKaren noTomas - ngaphambi kokuhlukanisa ngo-1964. UDon washada nomkakhe wesibili, uLoralee Czuchna, kusukela ngo-1974 kuya ku-1983.
Umsebenzi owenzayo:
Ngo-1955, uDon Knotts wenza i-Broadway kwi-comedy, No Time for Sergeants , ukubambisana kwakhe no-Andy Griffith. I-knotts iphinde ibonakale njengelungu elivamile leqoqo elihlelwe ku-NBC sikaSteve Allen Show , kusukela ngo-1956 kuya ku-1960.
Lapho uSteve Allen Show ehambela ngo-1959, uKototts wathatha umkhumbi wabe eseya eHollywood. Ngo-1960, wajoyina umngani wakhe u-Andy Griffith esitokisini esisha, i- The Andy Griffith Show , edlala iSekela likaSheriff Barney Fife. Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala ohola ifilimu wafika ngo-1964, neThe Incredible uMnu Limpet , futhi yalandelwa yizintambo zamafilimu aphansi-bhajethi, kuhlanganise noThe Ghost noMnu Chicken (1966) , i-Reluctant Astronaut (1967), iShakiest Isibhamu eNtshonalanga ne -Ample Dumpling Gang (1975).
Buyela emiphakathini yakhe ye-TV:
UDon Knotts wabuyela emiphakathini yakhe ephumelele ye-TV ngo-1979, ejoyina i-comedy hit, i- Three's Company , njengomnikazi wendlu kaMnu Furley. Wahlala nombukiso waze wahamba emoyeni ngo-1984. UDon Knotts waphinde wahlangana no-Andy Griffith we-movie ye-TV Buyela ku-Mayberry .
Wabuye wadlala umakhelwane onamandla, uLes Calhoun, ochungechungeni lukaMatlock no-Andy Griffith, kusukela ngo-1988 kuya ku-1992. UDon Knotts washicilela umbono wakhe wokuphila kwakhe - u- Barney Fife no-Other Characters Engaziwa ngo-1999.
UDon Knotts wafa ngoFebhuwari 24, 2006, izinkinga zamapulmonary kanye nokuphefumula komdlavuza wamaphaphu, eKedars Sinai Medical Centre. Wayeneminyaka engu-81.
Imiklomelo & Ukuqashelwa:
UDon Knotts wathola ama-Emmy Award emihlanu yokusebenza okuvelele enkambeni exhasayo ekwenzeni umsebenzi wakhe ku- The Andy Griffith Show .