This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, June 2, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)

category: Television

clue: Despite some incredible film roles, audiences best remember this lovable goofball in his roles as an overconfident small-town deputy in the 1960s and a farcical Santa Monica landlord in the 1980s.

explanation: Knotts starred in The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Andy Griffith Show, and Three's Company. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk


Similar Goos

Bob Barker

This game show host went a long way from his childhood on a Sioux reservation to hosting a long-running show at CBS Television City. Go »

Phil Hartman

Before his shocking 1998 death, he was the glue that held together the SNL cast, the anchor of a news radio program, and a pair of fraudulent phonies (one a lawyer, the other an actor) encountered by the Simpson family. Go »

Kristin Cavallari

The truest thing about this real O.C. star is that she's very herself. Go »

Avery Brooks

This actor has spent most of his career singing on a stage or teaching in a classroom, which is why almost half of the credits on his fairly short screen resume are for his two most famous roles, in the Spenser and Star Trek franchises. Go »

Millie Bobby Brown

Starring in eleven more Godzilla movies wouldn't be as strange as her breakthrough role on Netflix. Go »

Daniel Dae Kim

He's been lucky enough to film two long-running shows in Hawaii, one in which he played a husband from 2004 to 2010, and another in which he played a cop from 2010 to 2017. Go »