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3 unusual facts about No Time for Sergeants


Cordele, Georgia

Mac Hyman, American fiction writer who is known for his best-selling novel No Time for Sergeants and Take Now Thy Son; born in Cordele and a lifelong resident.

No Time for Sergeants

Andy Clyde, formerly of The Real McCoys, had a supporting role in the television series as Grandpa Jim Anderson.

Unlike Jim Nabors' Gomer Pyle (of the Andy Griffith Show spin off of the same name, inspired by No Time for Sergeants), Jackson's Stockdale was no idiot; rather he had an unlimited amount of common sense, which was displayed in various episodes.


Bill Hinnant

He attended the Yale School of Drama, but left after his sophomore year in 1958 to originate the role of the navigator in the Broadway play, No Time for Sergeants.

Theatre of Dare

Recent performances include Little Shop of Horrors, Annie, Fools, The Diary of Anne Frank, Peter Pan, No Time For Sergeants, Bell, Book and Candle, The Gin Game, and Little Women the musical.


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