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Nov 30, 2017 · Jim Nabors, who gave popular culture its most enduring image of a wide-eyed, good-natured if none too bright hayseed in a character whose very name - Gomer Pyle - would become synonymous with ...
Nov 30, 2017 · Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and on his own sitcom before retiring the wide-eyed, countrified character at the height of his popularity, has died. He was 87.
Jim Nabors. James Thurston "Jim" Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American singer, television, and movie actor. He was best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on the TV programs The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Nabors was the host of two programs. They were The Jim Nabors Hour and The Jim Nabors Show .
Nov 30, 2017 · Jim Nabors and his husband married in 2013 in Seattle. He had become an instant success on “The Andy Griffith Show” in the early 1960s, playing the character of Gomer Pyle who would exclaim ...
Nov 30, 2017 · Nabors, who died Thursday at 87, made Pvt. Gomer Pyle a perfect foil for the immovable object of Marines boot camp: Grinning, gentle Gomer was the irresistible force. On “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” a spinoff from “The Andy Griffith Show” that premiered in 1964, Gomer arrived in the fictional Camp Henderson with a happy attitude and eager ...
Jim Nabors was cast to play Gomer; he had been performing for a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, when Andy Griffith discovered him. [3] [4] Though originally intended to appear in only one episode, Gomer proved popular, and after appearing in seasons 3 and 4, Nabors was given his own spin-off produced by Aaron Ruben.
Nov 30, 2017 · As Gomer Pyle, the earnest, simple-minded gas station attendant who became a U.S. Marine, Jim Nabors, who died at 87 on Thursday in Hawaii, played one of the most popular characters on U.S ...
