Jim Nabors, TV's bumpkin Gomer Pyle, was in critical but stable condition after seven hours of surgery to replace his liver, which had been destroyed by hepatitis B.
Nabors, 61, underwent the transplant Monday at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center."The procedure was successful. The liver is functioning," hospital spokesman Richard Elbaum said. "His condition is a normal condition to be in following such a complex procedure."
Nabors said last month that he contracted the hepatitis B virus several years ago while traveling in India.
"I did a very stupid thing," Nabors told "Entertainment Tonight." "My electric razor ran down. I bought a straight razor, and I'd never shaved with one before. I whacked my face all up and I was a bloody mess."