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Bernard "Barney" Fife [nb 1] is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy, southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five seasons (1960–65) as a main character, and after leaving ...
He believed the television show would only last 5 years, so he signed a contract to do film work. The storyline was that Barney had gotten a job with the Raleigh, NC, police force. Knotts periodically guested on the program as Barney Fife, but after 1965, he was no longer in a Mayberry uniform, etc. on the Andy Griffith Show.
Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, for which he earned five Emmy Awards.
Barney Fife: Don Knotts: Deputy Sheriff of Mayberry Main: Guest: 162 Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier: Andy's paternal aunt Main [a] 188 Emma Watson [b] Cheerio Meredith: A townsperson Recurring: 6 Jud Fletcher Burt Mustin: Elderly citizen of Mayberry Recurring: Guest: Guest: Guest: 8 [c] Otis Campbell: Hal Smith
Getty Images / Handout. ... Andy Griffith with Bernard P. Fife, better known to all of Mayberry as "Barney" The Real Issue With Perfecting A Southern Accent.
For first-generation North Carolinians of a certain age, our impressions of the state were shaped by basketball coaches Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski … and Deputy Barney Fife.. Three iconic men ...
Thelma Lou, or Thel by boyfriend Barney Fife, is a character on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968). The character appeared in 26 episodes, starting with the first-season episode, "Cyrano Andy". [1]
During the first half of the 1965–1966 season of The Andy Griffith Show, in an attempt to replace the Barney Fife character after Don Knotts left the show, Burns was cast as Warren Ferguson, a dedicated but inept deputy sheriff. Warren possessed some of the same qualities as Barney which irritated Andy but without the chemistry.