***I don't think Don Knotts had a lot of dramatic acting roles although he did appear occasionally on various?TV series. If a person possessed the talent for comedy like our lovable Barney Fife I suppose there would?be no need to expand to other areas of acting.***
Actually Vic one of Don's earliest roles *was* dramatic. In 1953 he played a character on the CBS daytime soap "Search for Tomorrow" who was hysterically mute and wouldn't speak to anyone but his sister. The one known existing episode in which he appears, I have on tape somewhere. He's seen in something of a dream sequence, as he's hypnotized in an effort to recover a repressed memory. Very unusual. I could see Don on some type of "Waltons" type series, had he ever decided to flirt more heavily with dramatic roles. You could even argue his role in "Pleasantville," especially when his character starts to get a little darker toward the end, would be somewhat dramatic. Of course, he never had any of the roles Andy had in say, "A Face in the Crowd." Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
