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James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.. Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and he later joined The Andy Griffith Show, where he played the good-natured, unsophisticated Gomer Pyle.
Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and on his own sitcom, has died at the age of 87.
He died of liver cancer after suffering for many years with hepatitis C. [74] Ken Kesey: 1935–2001 Best known for his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Died of liver cancer, caused by hepatitis C. [75] Richard McCann: 1949–2021 Writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, best known for his book Mother of Sorrows. He was diagnosed in ...
Gomer Pyle is a fictional character played by Jim Nabors and introduced in the middle of the third season of The Andy Griffith Show. A naive and gentle auto mechanic, he became a recurring character with the January 1963 episode "Man in a Hurry". [1]: 20 [2]: 76 Nabors played Pyle for 23 episodes, from 1962 to 1964. [2]: 77-78
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. [fn 1] is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot episode was aired as the season finale of the fourth season of its parent series on May 18, 1964.
Sutton and Nabors in Gomer Pyle premiere, 1964. Having primarily acted in dramas, [6] Sutton's breakthrough role was on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a 1964 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, in which he played the cynical and easily exasperated Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter opposite Jim Nabors' character Gomer Pyle.
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The show creator previously said that although he knew Tony had done horrible things, he’d grown fond of the character and was surprised fans would want to see him die on-screen.