U-Emmy u-winner u-winner kunye nomculi u-Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (ngoJulayi 21, 1924 - ngoFebhuwari 24, 2006) owaziwayo ngokubonakalisa uSekela uBarney Fife kwi -Andy Griffith Show kunye nendima yakhe yobuhlanga njengoMnu Furley kwiminyaka yama-1970 I-sitcom yeNkampani yeThathu . Kungekudala, unikeze ilizwi likaMeya eTurkey Lurkey kwifilimu eDisney yefilimu ephakamileyo ye- Chicken Little (2005). Umsebenzi wakhe wenkulungwane yesibini wawuquka uchungechunge lwee-TV ezisixhenxe kunye namafilimu angaphezu kwama-25.
Iminyaka Yokuqala:
UDon Knotts wazalelwa eMorgantown, eNtshona Virginia, malunga neyure elingaphantsi kwePittsburgh, ku-Elsie L. Moore (1885-1969) noWilliam Jesse Knotts (1882-1937). Wayeyena mncinane kunabo bonke oonyana abane kwintsapho elwa neNkcitho. Uyise, owayenobungqina obuyimpumputhe kunye nokuwa kwexhala phambi kokuba uDon azalwe, wayengavumi ukushiya embhedeni wakhe. Unina wayegcina intsapho ihamba ngokubakho kwiibhodi. Omnye wabazalwana bakhe, uShadow, wafa ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kwe-asthma ngoxa uDon wayeselula.
Izakhono zikaDon ekusebenzeni kunye nokuhlaziywa kuboniswa kuqala. Ngaphambi kokungena esikolweni esiphakamileyo uDon wayeqhuba njengomqhubi we-ventriloquist kunye nomhlaziyiyo kwisebe kunye nemisebenzi yesikolo. Wathuthela kwisixeko saseNew York emva kokugqwesa ukuzama ukwenza indlela yakhe njengomculi, kodwa xa umsebenzi wakhe wehlulekile ukuhamba naye waya eMorgantown ukuya kwiWest Virginia yaseYunivesithi.
Xa iWWII ifike, imfundo kaDon yaphazanyiswa ixesha elifutshane kwisigxina kunye neSebe leeNkonzo zeeNkonzo eziZodwa, ukuzonwabisa kwimikhosi eMzantsi Pasifiki njengomhlaziyili kwiNkwenkwezi kunye neGripes revue.
Ukulandela ukuvuselela, uDon ubuyele kwikholeji, waphumelela kwisidanga kwimidlalo yaseshashalazini ngo-1948.
Ubomi Bentsapho:
UDon Knotts watshata nekolishi yakhe, uKathryn Metz, ngo-1947, kwaye emva kokugqitywa kwesi sibini sathuthela eNew York apho kungekudala uDon wahlala ehleli rhoqo kwiinkqubo zethelevishini kunye nomsakazo.
Esi sibini sinabantwana ababini - uKaren noTomas - ngaphambi kokuqhawula ngo-1964. UDon washada nomkakhe wesibini, uLoralee Czuchna, ukususela ngo-1974 ukuya ku-1983.
Umsebenzi owenzayo:
Ngama-1955, uDon Knotts wenza intetho yakhe kwi-Broadway kwi-comedy edibeneyo, Akukho Isihlandlo seSergeants , intsebenziswano yakhe yokuqala kunye no-Andy Griffith. AmaN Knot aphinde avele njengelungu eliqhelekileyo leqela eliqhutywe kwi-NBC sikaSteve Allen Show , ukususela ngo-1956 ukuya ku-1960.
Xa uSteve Allen Show eshenxisiwe ngo-1959, amaNotot athatha i-plunge aze afudukela eHollywood. Ngo-1960, wajoyina umhlobo wakhe, u-Andy Griffith, kwi-sitcom entsha, i -Andy Griffith Show , edlala i-Deputy deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. Inxaxheba yakhe yokuqala ehamba phambili kwifilimu yafika ngo-1964, kunye noMnumzana onqabileyo uMlimpet , kwaye yalandelwa yintambo yeefilimu zebhajethi eziphantsi, kuquka i -Ghost kanye noMnu Chicken (1966) , i -Reluctant Astronaut (1967), iShakiest Isibhamu eNtshona kunye ne -Ample Dumpling Gang (1975).
Buyela kwimida yakhe yeTV:
UDon Knotts wabuyela kwimpumelelo yakhe yeTV ngo-1979, ejoyina i-comedy, iNkampani yeThathu , njengendlalifa engumnxusa uMnu Furley. Wahlala kunye nomboniso wada wahamba emoyeni ngo-1984. UDon Knotts waphinda wahlangana noAndy Griffith kwifilimu yeTV.
Wadlala nommelwane ongenalutho, uLes Calhoun, kwiichungechunge zeMatlock , ukusuka ngo-1988 ukuya ku-1992. UDon Knotts wakhicilela umxholo wobomi bakhe - uBarney Fife kunye nezinye iziganeko endaziwayo ngo-1999.
UDon Knotts wafa ngoFebruwari 24, 2006, yeengxaki zepulmonary kunye nokuphefumula komdlavuza wamaphaphu, kwiCedars Sinai Medical Centre. Wayengu-81.
Awards & Recognition:
UDon Knotts uzuze ama-Emmy Awards emihlanu yeNtsebenzo eSebenzayo kwiNkxaso eSebenzayo kumsebenzi wakhe kwi -Andy Griffith Show .