Pyle was an oafish, childlike employee at the local Mayberry gas station. Thanks to Nabors’ comedic chops, however, he quickly became one of the most popular characters in the series. When Pyle wasn’t ...

Jim Nabors, the star who played the clumsy deputy sheriff Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and eventually starred in his own spinoff, has died. He was 87. Nabors' husband, Stan Cadwallader, told ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've gotta love those eccentric characters surrounding Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, whether you're talking ...

In the mid-1960s, America tuned in weekly to watch Gomer Pyle, the lovable, bumbling Marine portrayed by Jim Nabors. Gomer was naive, innocent, and ridiculously optimistic. He was lovable, even ...

Jim Nabors, a singer and actor best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died, according to family friend and CNN affiliate KHNL-KGMB producer Phil Arnone. He was 87 ...

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. By ...

Jim Nabors, the Alabama-born comic actor who starred as TV’s dim but good-hearted Southern rube Gomer Pyle and constantly surprised audiences with his twang-free operatic singing voice, died early ...

Actor Jim Nabors made a name for himself as Mayberry’s Gomer Pyle, the gas station attendant with a sweet and childlike disposition on The Andy Griffith Show. One of the classic comedy’s directors ...

Jim Nabors, who starred as the bumbling gas-station-attendant-turned-Marine Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and his own subsequent spinoff, died Thursday morning in Hawaii. He was 87. His death ...

After 37 years, fictional Pfc. Gomer Pyle has achieved the promotion to lance corporal that eluded him during five years in the Marine Corps on the popular television sitcom in the 1960s. Actor Jim ...

The actor best known for playing the the character of Gomer Pyle on the 'The Andy Griffith Show' has married his male partner of 38 years. Jim Nabors and his partner, Stan Cadwallader, traveled from ...

(CNN)Jim Nabors, a singer and actor best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died, according to family friend and CNN affiliate KHNL-KGMB producer Phil Arnone. He was 87.