Jim Nabors
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American actor and singer (1930-2017)
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Jim Nabors (1930–2017) was an American male artist whose professional career began in 1954. He is associated with the United States and has been referenced by 463 other encyclopedia articles. His official website is jimnabors.com.
Nabors is credited with five works, including *Takin Spring Longbeards*, *Nice Guys Finish Funny*, *Klandaught*, and *Heart of Wild*. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with terms such as "singer," "vocal," "Shady," "pride," and "queer." The platform records 10,272 listeners and a total playcount of 66,653 for his discography.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- TAKIN SPRING LONGBEARDS
- Nice Guys Finish Funny
- Klandaught
- Heart of Wild
- Takin' spring longbeards
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-06-12
- Active to
- 2017-11-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,272
- Total plays
- 66,653
Tags
Jim Nabors (James Thurston Nabors, Sylacauga, Alabama, June 12, 1930 - November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian. While working at a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, Jim Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith and later joined The Andy Griffith Show, playing Gomer Pyle. Nabors, Betty Lynn, Elinor Donahue, and Ron Howard are the last surviving regular cast members from that series. The character proved popular, and Nabors was given his own spin-off show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,499x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,233x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,626x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- James Thurston Nabors , ( 1930-06-12 ) June 12, 1930, Sylacauga, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) (aged 87), Honolulu, Hawaii , U.S.
- Resting place
- Ashes sprinkled in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Alabama
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Years active
- 1954–2014
- Known for
- Portraying Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle – USMC , Singing " Back Home Again in Indiana " at the Indianapolis 500 race
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Spouse
- Stan Cadwallader ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 15, 2013</span>"}]]}'>2013 )
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sylacauga
- Place of death
- Honolulu
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- University of Alabama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.jimnabors.com
- Image
- Jim Nabors c. 1965.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Jim Nabors
- date of birth
- 1930-06-12
- date of death
- 2017-11-30
- name in native language
- Jim Nabors
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- birth name
- James Thurston Nabors
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.
Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and he later joined The Andy Griffith Show, where he played the good-natured, unsophisticated Gomer Pyle. The character proved so popular that Nabors was given his own successful spin-off show, Gomer Pyle – USMC.
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