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Gomer Pyle: USMC

  • TV Series
  • 1964–19691964–1969
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
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Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton in Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964)
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The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
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    • Jim Nabors
    • Frank Sutton
    • Ronnie Schell
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    • Frank Sutton
    • Ronnie Schell
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    Jim Nabors
    Jim Nabors
    • Pvt. Gomer Pyle
    Frank Sutton
    Frank Sutton
    • Sgt. Vince Carter
    Ronnie Schell
    Ronnie Schell
    • Duke…
    Roy Stuart
    Roy Stuart
    • Corporal Boyle…
    Forrest Compton
    Forrest Compton
    • Col. Edward Gray…
    Barbara Stuart
    Barbara Stuart
    • Bunny…
    Ted Bessell
    Ted Bessell
    • Frankie…
    Allan Melvin
    Allan Melvin
    • Sgt. Charley Hacker
    William Christopher
    William Christopher
    • Lester Hummel…
    Elizabeth MacRae
    Elizabeth MacRae
    • Lou-Ann Poovie…
    Tommy Leonetti
    • Cpl. Cuccinelli…
    Larry Hovis
    Larry Hovis
    • Larry
    Buck Young
    Buck Young
    • Sergeant Whipple…
    Craig Huebing
    • Lieutenant…
    Mark Slade
    Mark Slade
    • Eddie…
    Victor Brandt
    • Cpl. Jensen…
    Eddie Smith
    Eddie Smith
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    Allison McKay
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    • Trivia
      Frank Sutton, who played Gunnery Sgt. Vince Carter, did not pass the U . Marine Corps physical during World War II and ended up serving in the army. During his service, he distinguished himself by taking part in 14 assault landings, including Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor.
    • Goofs
      Throughout season 1, the length of Sgt. Carter's career in the Marines varies from 14 years to 18 years.
    • Quotes

      Sgt. Carter: Pyle. My old grandmother could do better than that.

      Gomer Pyle: Well, bless her heart.

    • Connections
      Featured in TV Guide: The First 25 Years (1979)

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    9/10
    A chestnut from the golden age of TV sitcoms.
    For those of us who were very young and just discovering the fun of watching TV comedies with our parents you couldn't ask for better shows than the Andy Griffith Show and it's spin-offs. Perhaps the best spin-off show was Gomer Pyle USMC. It's excellence is due primarily to the chemistry between Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton. The writing was good too, but these pros made that easier because they could carry the load so effectively.

    Of course the show's formula was lifted wholesale from the already successful Andy Griffith's comedic career. That formula started, as far as I know, with Andy's routine called "What It Was Was Football" which I still think of when I see a "big orange" soda (Crush or similar ilk)! It was honed further by the movie "No Time For Seargeants" and then refined for sitcoms in The Andy Griffith Show. American loved the formula so as long as it was changed enough to camouflage the sameness...Success was almost guaranteed.

    Oh yeah, the formula was basically exploiting, in a kind way, the innocence of someone who was naive and stripped of all pretension. It worked to the "nth-degree" with Jim Nabors as Gomer! He was so believable that it likely sabotaged him after his stint as Gomer. That can happen when a character is so fully inhabited by an actor who is both a great actor and is so well suited for a persona that you see this as the person's natural persona. In spite of this, I see his whole acting career as a qualified success due to the fact this show will continued to loved by millions more around the world...Especially now that it's out on DVD.

    Simply put, "they don't make 'em like they used to" and this is truly a gem of a series.
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      • September 25, 1964 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Andy Griffith Enterprises
      • Ashland Productions
      • T & L Productions
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