Gomer Pyle: Last News

E. Duke Vincent, a naval aviator and novelist who also, with partner Aaron Spelling, produced some of the most popular shows in television history, died on February 10 in Montecito. That, according to his wife, actress Pamela Hensley. He was 91.

Donn Cambern, the Oscar-nominated Romancing the Stone film editor whose credits also include Easy Rider, The Last Picture Show and Ghostbusters II and was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, died Wednesday, his family told the guild. He was 93.

Emmy-nominated producer Dale McRaven - who created Perfect Strangers and Mork & Mindy - died on September 5 at age 83.Dale - born on an Illinois farm - passed away due to complications from lung cancer at his Porter Ranch home in Los Angeles, according to THR.McRaven also created ABC sitcoms The Texas Wheelers and Angie as well as writing for CBS' The Dick Van Dyke Show, NBC's The Joey Bishop Show, and ABC's The Partridge Family.

Dale McRaven, the television writer and creator of Perfect Strangers and Mork & Mindy, died on September 5. He was 83.

Katie Reul editor Dale McRaven, an Emmy-nominated television writer and a creator behind shows like “Perfect Strangers” and “Mork & Mindy,” died Sept. 5 at his home in Porter Ranch, Calif. due to lung cancer complications. He was 83. McRaven’s death was confirmed to Variety by his son, David McRaven. McRaven received nominations from both the Writers Guild of America Awards and the Primetime Emmys for his work writing on ABC’s “Mork & Mindy,” which he served as a co-creator of alongside Joe Glauberg and the late film director Garry Marshall, who he worked closely with throughout his career.

Maureen Arthur, an actress best remembered for her performance as secretary Hedy La Rue in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and its 1967 screen adaptation, died June 15 of natural causes in Beverly Hills. She was 88.

tributes pour in.George died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills on Thursday (May 26) a publicist announced - no further details have been shared.He was a manager to a host of Hollywood stars including Andy Kaufman, Jerry Seinfeld and Carl Reiner. As well as Seinfeld, other shows' he was involved with included The Steve Allen Show, That Girl and Gomer Pyle.More recently, George served as executive producer of the Crackle/Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, hosted by Jerry Seinfeld.As well as running his own talent company and managing a number of big names, George was well known for being producer on hit TV shows.Shapiro also managed the star comic and produced a number of his standup specials including the likes of Jerry Before Seinfeld and 23 Hours to Kill.His last production was The Super Bob Einstein Movie which was released on HBO last year.Following the news of his death, stars and fans alike took to social media to share messages of condolence.

Maggie Peterson, an actress who made a lasting impression as the sweet-natured, occasionally flirtatious mountain girl Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s, died Sunday, May 15, in Colorado, her family has announced.

The spinoff is a time-honored TV tradition that’s met with mixed results through the years.Every success — “The Jeffersons,” “Maude” — has been matched by a dismal failure. Anyone else remember the “Friends” spinoff “Joey,” starring Matt LeBlanc or “Beverly Hills Buntz,” spun off from “Hill Street Blues” and starring Dennis Franz? Didn’t think so.Here’s a snapshot of some of the more memorable spinoffs with differing track records.Original show: “The Andy Griffith Show” (1960-68)Spinoff: “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” (1964-69)How it went: Lights out.

James Hampton was an actor known for roles including the incompetent bugler Hannibal Dobbs on TV’s “F Troop.”Hampton had just a handful of TV appearances before starring on “F Troop,” guest starring on shows including “Gunsmoke,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” and “Rawhide.” It was “F Troop” that kickstarted his career as he played Private Dobbs, the bugler for a troop of Wild West soldiers – who couldn’t play his bugle very well at all. He went on to star as ranch hand Leroy B.

Mike Fenton, the influential casting director who found actors for such landmark films as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Godfather: Part II, E.T. — The Extraterrestrial and the three Back to the Futuremovies, has died.

Gomer Pyle: USMC actor Forrest Compton has died at age 94 after losing his battle with COVID-19.

Forrest Compton passed away on Saturday, April 4, from complications due to the coronavirus at the age of 94.The actor is best known for playing Col. Edward Gray on the sitcom Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964-1969) and Mike Kerr on the daytime soap opera The Edge Of Night (1971-1984).The Pennsylvania native's resume also included roles on Mayberry RFD, Hogan's Heroes, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip and That Girl.He also portrayed President Flynn in the 1991 Christopher Walken film, McBain.

By Dino-Ray Ramos