On June 12, 1930, actor/singer Jim Nabors was born in Sylacauga, Alabama. From 1962 to 1964, Nabors played Gomer Pyle on the CBS sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and later on Gomer Pyle USMC (1964-69). Nabors also hosted the musical variety show The Jim Nabors Show (1978). The U.S. Marine Corps, citing his positive portrayal of Gomer Pyle, gave Nabors an honorary promotion to lance corporal in 2001 and later to corporal in 2007.