Barney Fife

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fictional character television character

Barney Fife is the bumbling yet well-meaning deputy sheriff of Mayberry, best known as Andy Taylor’s overzealous sidekick on the classic American sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
surface form: Return to Mayberry

The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
surface form: The Andy Griffith Show Reunion
awardAssociatedWithPortrayal Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ
catchphrase Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest! ⓘ
Nip it in the bud! ⓘ
characterTrait bumbling ⓘ
overzealous ⓘ
well-meaning ⓘ
closeFriend Andy Taylor ⓘ
comicRoleType comic relief ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Aaron Ruben ⓘ
Andy Griffith ⓘ
Danny Thomas ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard ⓘ
employer Mayberry ⓘ
surface form: Mayberry Sheriff’s Office
fictionalTown Mayberry ⓘ
firstAppearanceSeries The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
surface form: The Andy Griffith Show, Season 1
fullName Bernard P. Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWork American television comedy ⓘ
hairColor brown ⓘ
hasFriend Gomer Pyle ⓘ
Goober Pyle ⓘ
loveInterest Thelma Lou ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
networkOfOriginalSeries CBS ⓘ
notableGag keeps single bullet in shirt pocket ⓘ
notableProp revolver with no bullets in chamber ⓘ
occupation deputy sheriff ⓘ
originalLanguageOfSeries English ⓘ
policeRank deputy ⓘ
portrayalAwardWinner Don Knotts ⓘ
portrayedBy Don Knotts ⓘ
relationshipToAndyTaylor cousin ⓘ
relative Andy Taylor ⓘ
residence Mayberry ⓘ
surface form: Mayberry, North Carolina
seriesDebutYear 1960 ⓘ
seriesSettingState North Carolina ⓘ
sidekickOf Andy Taylor ⓘ
televisionGenre sitcom ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 1960s ⓘ
uniform deputy sheriff uniform ⓘ
workLocation Mayberry ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aunt Bee Taylor → appearsAlongside → Barney Fife ⓘ
Gomer Pyle → associatedWith → Barney Fife ⓘ
Opie Taylor → associatedWith → Barney Fife ⓘ
The Andy Griffith Show → character → Barney Fife ⓘ
Andy Taylor → friend → Barney Fife ⓘ
Mayberry → hasNotableResident → Barney Fife ⓘ