TV Military Characters

[Salty]

"[In response to the question, "Do you feel like a Marine?" on Major Dad (1989) during an on set 1992 interview by the Department of the Navy's, "Navy News This Week"] Beverly Archer - who portrayed Gunny Bricker on Major Dad, stated "I do not claim the privilege."

 

[tyndale1946]

Gall-lee... Guess who?... Brother Glen

I guess nobody else wants to play Salty...

 

[Revmitchell]

Gall-lee... Guess who?... Brother Glen

I guess nobody else wants to play Salty...

It wasn't gallee it was Gollllllyyyyyyyyy.....and it was Jim Nabors on Andy Griffith and Gomar Pyle show. By the way he was my cousin.

 

[tyndale1946]

It wasn't gallee it was Gollllllyyyyyyyyy.....and it was Jim Nabors on Andy Griffith and Gomar Pyle show. By the way he was my cousin.

SHAAAAAZAM!... Brother Glen

 

[Jerome]

And what a voice! Here is Gomer's interpretation of a classic Peter Paul & Mary folk song:

 

[Salty]

Gall-lee... Guess who?... Brother Glen

I guess nobody else wants to play Salty...

If they dont - I will be passing out Article 15's

 

[Rob_BW]

And what a voice! Here is Gomer's interpretation of a classic Peter Paul & Mary folk song:

That's funny, as that is about the ony episode I can recall ever watching.

 

[just-want-peace]

Don't know how long I watched his various characters before I heard him actually sing, BUT, when I did I was COMPLETELY blown away. Never remotely associated a beautiful voice with the "Gomer" character!!
Very pleasantly surprised!!

 

[tyndale1946]

The first time I heard him sing was in an episode of Andy Griffin called The Song Festers where he sang Santa Lucia... Brother Glen

 

[Rob_BW]

Don't know how long I watched his various characters before I heard him actually sing, BUT, when I did I was COMPLETELY blown away. Never remotely associated a beautiful voice with the "Gomer" character!!
Very pleasantly surprised!!

This may be off topic, but for an actor with surprising musical talent, Steve Martin playing the banjo blew me away.

 

[Reynolds]

It wasn't gallee it was Gollllllyyyyyyyyy.....and it was Jim Nabors on Andy Griffith and Gomar Pyle show. By the way he was my cousin.

Odd thing is that as nice as they seemed on TV, Nabors and Griffith were both first class jerks in person.

 

[Reynolds]

Don't know how long I watched his various characters before I heard him actually sing, BUT, when I did I was COMPLETELY blown away. Never remotely associated a beautiful voice with the "Gomer" character!!
Very pleasantly surprised!!

You also wouldn't think he was queer from watching him on The Andy Griffith Show.

 

[Reynolds]

This may be off topic, but for an actor with surprising musical talent, Steve Martin playing the banjo blew me away.

Me too. Martin and Scruggs have picked together a few times.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

My most memorable military character on tv was Ernie Yost in the NCIS episode Call of Silence. In the movies, it's a tossup between the platoon in Battleground and Kelley's crew in Kelly's Heroes. Yeah, the last one's a fantasy. But, it's an only in the US Army fantasy.

 

[Reynolds]

"[In response to the question, "Do you feel like a Marine?" on Major Dad (1989) during an on set 1992 interview by the Department of the Navy's, "Navy News This Week"] Beverly Archer - who portrayed Gunny Bricker on Major Dad, stated "I do not claim the privilege."

I guess Ronald Lee Ermey in "Full Metal Jacket" is my favorite.