When thinking about Sergeant Carter from the classic Andy Griffith spinoff, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., many fans of the show are often stuck with an image of Sarge berating Gomer in one way or another. Despite all the yelling, Gomer never took it the wrong way because he knew that if one looked past all of Sergeant Carter’s bluster, there was a man with a heart of gold.
Similarly, the actor who played Sarge was a man of incredible values, full of integrity, and most importantly, just like Carter, he had a heart of gold. Frank Sutton played the cynical and easily exasperated Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter opposite Jim Nabors‘ character, Gomer Pyle, for five seasons until the show ended its run in 1969.
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