Barney Fife

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional comic character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five black and white seasons (1960 1965) as a main character, and, after leaving the show at the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the following three color seasons (1965 1968). He also appeared in the first episode of the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968 1971), and in the 1986 reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry.