The sitcom was a hit spinoff of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and focused on the eponymous character played by actor and singer Jim Nabors Character actor Ronnie Schell has died Schell played Pvt. Duke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Nabors, who gave popular culture its most enduring image of a wide-eyed, good-natured if none too bright hayseed in a ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Ronnie Schell, who played Gomer Pyle's best friend on the CBS sitcom, has died at the age of 94. The veteran actor passed away from natural causes at UCLA Medical Center, according to his family.