Perhaps Wayne Knight’s most popular performance was his recurring role as Newman, a disgruntled mailman and arch-nemesis of the titular character on the NBC sitcom “Seinfeld.” Newman’s mysteriously bitter feud with Jerry and string of failed get-rich-quick schemes with Kramer (Michael Richards) serve up a lot of good laughs, even more than 20 years later.As the beloved ’90s show approached its final seasons, Knight found a second gig with another NBC sitcom, “3rd Rock from the Sun,” which centers on four extraterrestrials who pose as humans in the fictional city of Rutherford, Ohio.
Knight plays Don Orville, an incompetent police officer who has an on-again, off-again romance with one of the aliens, Sally Solomon (Kristen Johnston).
Though not as revered as “Seinfeld” — not many shows are, to be fair — “3rd Rock from the Sun” had a successful six season run; Johnston and John Lithgow, who plays alien Dick Solomon,
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