Boomer TV: Don Knotts, Movie Star
Don Knotts may be best known for his role as Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," but he also carved out a movie career of sorts, in the mid-1960s, starring in several kooky, kid-friendly comedies. Two of them, "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and "The Reluctant Astronaut," air tonight on AMC at 8 and 10 p.m., respectively.
(As for me, I'm still waiting to again catch "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," in which Knotts dreams about becoming a fish (what the heck does that mean, Dr. Freud?) and then -- becomes one.
Anyway, here's the trailer from 1966's "Ghost and Mr. Chicken," in which Knotts plays a reporter who spends a night in a haunted house. The cast also includes Dick (Darrin, Too) Sargent and the world's grouchiest character actor, Charles Lane.
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