A Film Not About Chickens
In 1966, Don Knotts starred in the film The Ghost and Mr. Chicken alongside Joan Staley. While you might think the movie is somehow connected to Knotts’ previous job of plucking chickens at the market, it was really far from that. He played the character of newspaper typesetter Luther Heggs, who spends a night inside a haunted house located in Rachel, a fictitious community in Kansas. As for Joan Staley, she played a role on multiple episodes of Perry Mason and many other roles on Broadway.
A Film Not About Chickens
A Last Appearance Together
One of last award show appearances that Don Knotts made was the 2004 TV Land Awards. It was one of the last appearances he and Griffith made together, with a lot of critics commenting about Knotts’ aging appearance compared to Griffith. There are awards in various categories (which slightly change from year to year), and there used to be awards that were voted on by people who visited TV Land’s website. At that award ceremony, Don Knotts won TV Land Legend Award, which solidified his great career.
A Last Appearance Together
