Ralph Furley

Ralph Furley
Don Knotts as Ralph Furley
First appearance	"The New Landlord"
Last appearance	"Friends and Lovers"
Created by	Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, and Bernie West
Portrayed by	Don Knotts
Information
Aliases	"Mr. Furls" (only on one episode) "R.F."
Gender	Male
Occupation	Landlord
Relatives	Bart Furley (Brother) Veronica (Niece) Mark (Nephew)

Ralph "RF" Furley is the name of a fictional character from the sitcom Three's Company, played by Don Knotts.

Mr. Furley is the landlord of a Santa Monica apartment building that is owned by his brother, Bart, who acquired it from Stanley Roper. It is the home to Jack Tripper, Larry Dallas, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow (later to Cindy Snow and Terri Alden). Furley fancies himself a "ladies' man" and a "macho man", despite the fact he has not had a date in years.

Ralph is very subservient and seems to fear his brother.

He often wears outlandish leisure suits in very loud colors with ascots. Usually his shirts are very brightly colored. For his role as Mr. Furley, Knotts donned a toupee.

In other media

• The character of Ralph Furley appeared in the Family Guy episodes "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou" and "Jerome is the New Black". Both episodes were produced after the death of Don Knotts.
• Knotts also appeared as Furley in an episode of John Ritter's series 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, in a dream sequence in which Ritter is playing the part of Mr. Roper.
• Furley also appeared on "Stone Cold Crazy", an episode of That '70s Show, as Jackie and Fez's landlord (this was one of Knotts's final roles).
• In other character roles, Don Knotts appeared again with Susanne Sommers on an episode of "Step by Step", not as Mr. Furley, but as more of a "Barney Fife"-type cop.