Sad Experiences
Born in Morgantown in West Virginia, Don Knotts was conceived when his parents had already brought up other sons. The prospect of bringing up another child led to his father having a nervous breakdown, and sadly, the man ended up mentally crashing and becoming an alcoholic and a paranoid schizophrenic. In 1942, teenaged Knotts lost his older brother Earl, who was nicknamed “Shadow” due to his thinness, to asthma. Unfortunately, this was also just a year before the United States called Don Knotts into service.
Sad Experiences
First Marriage
Don Knotts’ first wife was Kathryn Metz, and they were together from 1947 to 1966 and had two children, a son named Thomas Knotts and a daughter named Karen Knotts. While Karen Knotts may not be a very famous actress, her family name has definitely helped her land some acting parts. She went to the USC School of Cinematic Art and is now a SAG/AFTRA actor and a standup comedians as well. Her parents, Kathryn Metz and Don Knotts, got divorced in 1966, and her dad Don got married two other times after that, but his first marriage was more successful than the other two.
First Marriage
