Gomer Pyle

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".: 20 : 76 Nabors played Pyle for 23 episodes, from 1962 to 1964.: 77-78 After two seasons on The Andy Griffith Show, the character was spun off to Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. in 1964, which ran until 1969.: 20