Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

(1964-1972)

30 minutes

Comedy / Family / Sitcom

Created By Aaron Ruben

Producers: Edward H. Feldman, Jack Elinson, Aaron Ruben

Cast:

Private Gomer Pyle - Jim Nabors

Sgt. Vincent Carter - Frank Sutton

Private Duke Slatter - Ronnie Schell

Private Frankie Lombardi - Ted Bessell

Bunny, Carter’s girlfriend - Barbara Stuart

Sgt. Charles Hacker - Allan Melvin

Lou Anne Poovie, a friend of Gomer’s, a singer at the Blue Bird Cafe - Elizabeth MacRae

Corporal Charles Boyle, Carter’s aide - Roy Stuart

Colonel Edward Gray, the Commanding officer - Forrest Compton

Private Hummel - William Christopher

Anderson - Craig Huebing

Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. ran for five seasons and 150 episodes on CBS from September 25, 1964 - March 24, 1972.  Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell who wrote The Andy Griffith Show are also responsible for creating the character Gomer Pyle.  The show was an American situation comedy that was a spinoff from The Andy Griffith Show .  

Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was a comedy that avoided political commentary and tried to offer the public a distraction from the social changes occurring in the 1960's.  Even though this show aired during the Vietnam War, it did everything in it's power never to discuss war.  The plot was built around the two main characters personalities, Gomer and Sgt. Carter.  Gomer's character was a gas station attendant who enlists in the United States Marine Corps.  The show parody's on Gomer's innocence to various situations. 

Camp Henderson, a marine base in Los Angeles, California. The life of Gomer Pyle, a simple-minded and naive private with the Second Platoon , B Company. Stories depict the chaos that ensues when he unconsciously diverges from the set rules of the system and càmplicates matters; and the efforts of his superior, Sergeant Vincent Carter, a man constantly plagued by Pyle’s antics, to resolve the situations.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Intro