I never had any thoughts of going into the business.'Īfter college, Nabors moved to New York City, where he found work as a typist for the United Nations. 'You know how Hollywood was back then-everybody was a 'hero.' The only thing I could possibly think of was I could have been a character actor in a Western or something. 'I was from a small town and, God knows, I was no leading man,' he once said. It was there that he first started acting, his debut performance coming via a Greek skit show as a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.ĭespite Nabors's fondness of the stage, he had trouble seeing much of a future in it for himself.

He joined the glee club in high school as well as the choir, and took to the clarinet.Īt the University of Alabama, where he earned a degree in business administration, Nabors continued to perform. Prevented from playing school sports on account of his respiratory issues, Nabors turned to performance arts. The Nabors family never had much money, and as a child young, Nabors suffered from severe asthma. His childhood was framed by a rural Alabama life, much of which he later drew from to create his signature character, Gomer Pyle.

The youngest of three children, James Thurston Nabors was born on June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama. A versatile performer, Nabors recorded more than 30 albums. Nabors gained national recognition playing the lovable gas attendant, Gomer Pyle, first on The Andy Griffith Show, and later on the CBS spinoff Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Plagued by poor health, which prevented him from playing sports in school, Nabors took to the stage. Actor and singer Jim Nabors was born in Sylacauga, Alabama, in 1930.

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