The First Film Of The Comedy Duo Don Knotts And Tim Conway
Don Knotts appeared with Tim Conway in the American comedy-western film The Apple Dumpling Gang in 1975. The plot centers around Russell Donovan (played by Bill Bixby), a gambler who is tricked into looking after a group of orphans that eventually strike gold in the California Gold Rush.
The First Film Of The Comedy Duo Don Knotts And Tim Conway
Playing A Goofy Sidekick
In the comedy No Deposit, No Return in 1976, Don Knotts played Bert, the goofy sidekick. The movie was written by Don Nelson and Arthur Alsberg and is about two children (Jay and Tracy) who hold themselves for ransom and are reluctantly aided by petty criminals Duke (an expert safecracker who never manages to actually steal anything) and Bert (his sidekick). This movie is one of the many family films Knotts did in his long career.
Playing A Goofy Sidekick
