

Russell Johnson (The Professor) - Two seasons on Dynasty and numerous guest starring roles kept Johnson busy after Gilligan’s wrapped though he admitted in a 2004 interview with the Archive of American Television that it was a struggle to regain his footing in Hollywood, “In those years, when you came off a television show, you were put away. She’s a lifetime member of the Actor’s Studio, has written several books and has shown her artwork in galleries in New York. That may have been true immediately following Gilligan’s Island but the actress has since re-established herself in a number of more serious projects.
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Tina Louise (Ginger) - Schwartz said Louise was unhappy that her role as breathy movie star Ginger made it difficult for her to book dramatic work. She guest starred on programs like Vegas, Simon & Simon, CHiPs, and Crazy Like a Fox before her death in 1991.

Howell) - Born in 1900, New Jersey native Schafer was typecast as a woman from high society before and after Gilligan’s Island. He worked in radio, film, television, on stage and famously voiced the cartoon character Mr. Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III) - Backus died in 1989 after a decades long career in entertainment. VIDEO: Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and ‘The Brady Bunch,’ Dies (Video) He also owned a Los Angeles restaurant called The Lobster Barrel, and died in 1990. (The Skipper) - A child actor and son of character actor Alan Hale, Hale teamed up with Denver after Gilligan’s Island for the short-lived The Good Guys on CBS. He spent four years on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis before landing the lead role as the iconic first mate.Īlan Hale Jr. Joel Rapp, Sitcom Writer on 'McHale's Navy' and 'Gilligan's Island,' Dies at 87īob Denver (Gilligan) - The actor died in 2005 at the age of 70.
