Don Knotts

Hot Property: Actress Debra Messing hoping for an off-Broadway hit

2013-02-09 05:55:00

Debra Messing, who stars on "Smash" as Broadway lyricist Julia Houston, has listed her showstopper in Bel-Air for $11.995 million. The traditional-style house, designed by architect Paul R. Williams and built in 1937, features bay windows, updated...

Andy Griffith, folksy TV sheriff and comedian, dies at 86

2012-07-04 00:00:00

Andy Griffith was starring on Broadway in the 1959 musical comedy "Destry Rides Again" when he told his agent that he was ready for a new challenge: He wanted his own television series. His chance came in 1960, when Sheldon Leonard, the producer of...

George Lindsey dies at 83; 'The Andy Griffith Show's' Goober Pyle

2012-05-07 12:21:00

George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D.," died early Sunday morning. He was 83. Lindsey, who later was a regular on the...

Around Town: 'Mad, Mad World' and other comedy classics

2011-12-29 21:37:53

As a reminder to some, Andrew Bynum is a big reason for Lakers' success

2011-04-28 23:15:00

Eddie Carroll dies at 76; voice of Jiminy Cricket and Jack Benny impersonator

2010-04-11 00:00:00

Eddie Carroll, an actor who for decades gave voice to Jiminy Cricket in Disney projects and impersonated Jack Benny in a noted one-man stage show, has died. He was 76. Carroll died Tuesday from a brain tumor at the Motion Picture and Television Fund...

Vic Mizzy dies at 93; film and TV composer wrote 'Addams Family' theme song

2009-10-20 00:00:00

Vic Mizzy, a film and television composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sit-coms "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family," has died. He was 93. Mizzy died of heart failureSaturday at his home in Bel-Air, said Scott Harper, a...

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Crossroads' on CMT.

2010-06-17 21:35:34

Drama supporting actors prove Emmy winners not always TV reruns

2010-07-13 16:33:42

Emmys love only a few funny featured fellows

2010-07-14 16:34:00

Quiz: Who's the youngest actor to win an Emmy?

2010-07-28 16:33:50

Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 81

2006-02-25 14:30:00

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on ABC's '70s sitcom "Three'...

The former home of Don Knotts in Glendale, listed at $1.295 million, is in escrow.

2013-02-06 15:23:13

This Glendale residence was once the home of comic actor Don Knotts.

2013-01-15 08:46:00

This Glendale residence was once the home of comic actor Don Knotts.

2013-01-14 17:38:00