found: Stroker ace [MP] 1983:credits (cast, Jim Nabors)
found: Theatre, film and television biographies master index, 1979(Nabors, Jim; b. 1932)
found: Int'l WW pop. mus., 2004:p. 410 (Nabors, James Thurston (Jim); b. June 12, 1930)
found: Wikipedia www home page, Aug. 5, 2009(James Thurston "Jim" Nabors ; born June 12, 1930)
found: Allmusic www home page, Aug. 5, 2009(Jim Nabors; James Thurston Nabors; b. June 30, 1930)
notfound: Encyc. mus. theatre, 2001;Encyc. pop. mus., 1998.
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 30, 2017(Jim Nabors; b. James Thurston Nabors, June 12, 1930, Sylacauga, Ala.; d. Thursday [Nov. 30, 2017], Honolulu, aged 87; comic actor who found fame in the role of the amiable bumpkin Gomer Pyle in two hit television shows of the 1960s while pursuing a second career as a popular singer with a booming baritone voice; played supporting roles in three movies starring his friend Burt Reynolds)