Godspeed Ronnie Schell

🫧 Open on Bubbles Ronnie Schell, best known for playing Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 94. He was also a voice actor on several cartons. Ronnie Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond, California. He attended Richmond Union High School. As a baseball player, he played first base for both American Legion and semipro teams in th San Francisco Bay Area. He served in the United States Air Force for four years, at which point he began doing comedy. He graduat