Don Knotts on the live soap opera ‘Search for Tomorrow’
Don Knotts’ first role on television was on the CBS soap opera
Search for Tomorrow from 1953-54. His character was named
Wilbur Peterson, a neurotic guy who didn’t talk much. He would
only speak to one person, his sister. it was Don’s first and only
serious professional role.
Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006)
Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford in “The Rifleman” on
ABC TV from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963.
John Ernest Crawford (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021)
Johnny Crawford was an actor, singer, and musician. He first
performed before a national audience as a Mouseketeer. At age
12, Crawford rose to prominence playing Mark McCain in the
ABC Western series The Rifleman, which he was nominated for
an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 13 for his
work om the show.
Crawford had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019.
Felix Anthony Silla (January 11, 1937 – April 16, 2021)
(Foe News) – Felix Silla, a versatile actor best known for his
role as hairy Cousin Itt on ABCTV’s “The Addams Family,”
died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer. He also played
the robot Twiki on the NBC sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the
25th Century.
James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021)
(Fox News) – Actor James Hampton, best known as bugler
Hannibal Dobbs on “F Troop,” (ABC) Caretaker in the
original “The Longest Yard” (1974) and the father in
“Teen Wolf,” (1984) has died at age 84.
The Hollywood Reporter, citing a family source, revealed
Hampton died at his home in Fort Worth, Texas due to
complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Hampton in “F Troop” (1965-1967)
James Hampton in the 1979 film “The China Syndrome”
