![]() ![]() Russell Johnson (Professor Roy Hinkley): Johnson died Thursday at 89 of kidney failure. She was also a regular on CBS' Search for Tomorrow. The actress guest-starred on many TV shows afterward, including Mayberry RFD, The Brady Bunch and Phyllis. Natalie Schafer (Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell): Schafer died at 90 in 1991 of cancer in Los Angeles. He was well-known for his voice work for the cartoon Mr. Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III): The actor, who had an extensive acting career before getting stuck on the island, died in 1989 at 76 of pneumonia in Santa Monica, Calif. He also had numerous film roles in the years that followed. He also teamed up with Denver briefly in The Good Guys, which had a short run on CBS, and guest-starred on a slew of other TV shows. After Gilligan's, the Los Angeles native stayed in Hollywood, where he owned a restaurant, Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel. (The Skipper): Hale died in 1990 at 68 after a battle with thymus cancer. He later moved to Princeton, W.Va., and worked as a radio personality alongside his wife.Īlan Hale, Jr. ![]() He reprised his role with his voice as Gilligan in TV movies and the animated series New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet (along with much of the original cast). After leaving the island, he was in the film comedy Who's Minding the Mint? and did more TV work, starring in The Good Guys Love, American Style and Dusty's Trail. Here's a look at what the cast did after the wildly popular 1960s show ended:īob Denver (Gilligan): The actor, who played the show's titular character, died in 2005 at 70 in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he was being treated for cancer at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. With the passing of "Professor" Russell Johnson Thursday, there are now two living cast members remaining of Gilligan's Island's original crew of seven - 75-year-old Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers, and 79-year-old Tina Louise, who played Ginger Grant. Five passengers (and one skipper and one first mate) set sail that day for a three-hour tour, but where are they now?
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