Nabors rose to fame playing Mayberry yokel Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show from 1962 to 1964.
Jim Nabors, the actor best known for playing the dimwitted but good-natured Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, has died, according to WTHR in Indiana.
He proved so popular in his 23 appearances on The Andy Griffith Show that he got his own spin-off in 1964, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., in which he joined the Marine Corps and constantly exasperated his drill sergeant Vince Carter (Frank Sutton).
Nabors also appeared in every season premiere of The Carol Burnett Show, since Burnett considered him her “good luck charm.”