Don Knotts was 50 years old when he made his Disney debut in The Apple Dumpling Gang. He had already won five Emmy Awards for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. He’d also successfully made the transition to feature films with movies like
I will always have a fond spot in my heart for Knots and Conway thanks to The Private Eyes being overplayed on cable in my latch key kid days.