Louis (May 1, 1913 – October 9, 2005) (died on October 9, 2005) made a name for himself on Steve Allen's old Tonight Show, with the artificially bright, foolishly full of himself and somewhat minty Gordon Hathaway character. As Gordon, Nye coined the fey greeting, Hi-ho, Steverino.

For the next 40 years, fans would call out to Steve that way, and many an article affectionately referred to him as Steverino as well. But if you can find kinescopes or DVDs of Steve's show, you'll see that Nye, along with regulars Don Knotts and Tom Poston, were much more than the Men in the Street segment. They played a wide range of characters and were very much adept at physical comedy, too. Aside from Gordon Hathaway, Nye's most famous role was Sonny Drysdale, the pretentious and pampered son of a banker on The Beverly Hillbillies.