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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.
He hosted a variety show, The Jim Nabors Hour (1969–1971), which featured his Gomer Pyle co-stars Ronnie Schell and Frank Sutton. [27] Despite a poor critical reception, the show was popular [28] [29] and earned an Emmy nomination. [30] After the cancellation of The Jim Nabors Hour, Nabors embarked on a nationwide roadshow. [31]
Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton in the Gomer Pyle premiere, 1964. Vince Carter (played by Frank Sutton), a gunnery sergeant from Kansas, is Gomer's irritable, abrasive, and socially inept drill instructor (later his platoon sergeant) who is constantly annoyed by Gomer's well-intentioned mistakes. [49] Carter disdains Gomer's country idiosyncrasies ...
Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and on his own sitcom, has died at the age of 87.
The Jim Nabors Hour is an American variety television series hosted by Jim Nabors that aired on the CBS television network from 1969 to 1971.. Fresh from his success with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which put his backwoods "Gomer Pyle" character from The Andy Griffith Show in a military context, the show not only built on that success, but also displayed his baritone singing voice, which had been ...
At the end of season four (May 1964), the backdoor pilot "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." aired and the following September, the spinoff series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. debuted with Jim Nabors in the role of Gomer and Frank Sutton as drill instructor Sergeant Vince Carter.
Set in California (originally in North Carolina), it stars Jim Nabors as sweet-but-naive private Gomer Pyle, Frank Sutton as Gomer's hard-nosed and irritable sergeant (and later in the series, best friend) Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell as Pyle's friend, Duke Slater.
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