Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson had a special connection from the start of Gilligan’s Island. While the five other characters stranded on that uncharted desert isle were called out individually during ...

"Gilligan's Island" only ran for three seasons starting in 1964, but it taught the world that if you're stranded on an island with seven people, it's best to have a Professor, a Skipper and a bumbling ...

Throughout its history, there has been a push-and-pull between the critical consensus on "Gilligan's Island" and its overwhelming popularity among audiences. Few step forward to defend the show's ...

It helped that "Gilligan's Island" featured a theme song that surely remains one of the most strikingly efficient in TV history, with Schwartz and George Wyle's "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" ...

Actor Russell Johnson, who became known to generations of TV fans as "The Professor," the fix-it man who kept his fellow "Gilligan's Island" castaways supplied with gadgets, has died. He was 89.

This Oct. 2, 1978 photo shows Russell Johnson, as the professor, posing during filming of a two-hour reunion show, "The Return from Gilligan's Island," in Los Angeles. NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Russell ...

"The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, the millionaire, and his wife, the movie star and the rest, are here on Gilligan's Isle!" When that ...

Actress Dawn Wells once owned two houses in the beach community. Paul Guzzo is a former culture reporter. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week ...

Actor Russell Johnson, who became known to generations of TV fans as “The Professor,” the fix-it man who kept his fellow “Gilligan’s Island” castaways supplied with gadgets, has died. He was 89.