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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.
Gomer’s dating life begins on The Andy Griffith Show in the December, 1963 episode "A Date for Gomer", when he agrees to take Thelma Lou’s cousin, Mary Grace, to a town dance. As a Marine, Gomer's romantic interest is Lou Ann Poovie, a fellow North Carolinian who came to California for a singing career, although she proves to be tone deaf.
In 1955, he received his big break in the Academy Award-winning movie Marty, in which he played the title character's friend, Ralph. He also had a role in The Satan Bug, a 1965 spy thriller. He returned to the stage in The Andersonville Trial in the early 1960s. Sutton and Nabors in Gomer Pyle premiere, 1964
Elizabeth Hendon MacRae (February 22, 1936 – May 27, 2024) was an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s.
In 1997, he made a move to television and received an Emmy nomination for his appearance as John Lange in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Subway". In 1999, he turned down a role in The Sopranos. [14] D'Onofrio portrayed leftist radical Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie! in 2000, starring Janeane Garofalo as his wife. [citation needed]
Elizabeth MacRae, whose acting credits included 'General Hospital' and 'The Andy Griffith Show' spinoff 'Gomer Pyle, USMC,' has died.
She had parts on General Hospital, Gunsmoke, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Kojak, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and many more.Her last known acting ...
Across 25 years, she'd come to feature in Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Andy Griffith Show, General Hospital, The Fugitive, Route 66 and more, including, perhaps, her most famous role of Lou Ann Poovie ...