"Gilligan's Island" (1964)TV series 1964-1967

Creator:

Sherwood Schwartz
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

26 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Seven men and women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm.

Plot Keywords:

Beauty | Beautiful Woman | Pretty Girl | Castaway | Professor

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Bob Denver	...	Gilligan / ... (84 episodes, 1962-1967)
Alan Hale Jr.	...	The Skipper / ... (84 episodes, 1962-1967)
Jim Backus	...	Thurston Howell III / ... (84 episodes, 1962-1967)
Natalie Schafer	...	Lovey Howell / ... (84 episodes, 1962-1967)
Russell Johnson	...	Professor Roy Hinkley / ... (83 episodes, 1964-1967)
Tina Louise	...	Ginger Grant / ... (82 episodes, 1964-1967)
Dawn Wells	...	Mary Ann Summers (82 episodes, 1964-1967)

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Series Directed by
Jack Arnold		(11 episodes, 1964-1965)
Gary Nelson		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Anton Leader		(4 episodes, 1965)
Richard Donner		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tom Montgomery		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Rich		(3 episodes, 1964)
Rodney Amateau		(2 episodes, 1962-1964)
Stanley Z. Cherry		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ida Lupino		(2 episodes, 1964)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1965)
Charles Norton		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Abner Biberman		(1 episode, 1965)
Leslie Goodwins		(1 episode, 1966)
George Cahan		(unknown episodes)
Jerry Hopper		(unknown episodes)
David Orrick McDearmon		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Sherwood Schwartz		(37 episodes, 1962-1965)
Elroy Schwartz		(8 episodes, 1962-1966)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fred Freeman		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Tannen		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
David P. Harmon		(4 episodes, 1965)
Austin Kalish		(3 episodes, 1962-1964)
Alan Dinehart		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Herbert Finn		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Roland MacLane		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Al Schwartz		(3 episodes, 1965)
Dick Conway		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Barney Slater		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Davenport		(2 episodes, 1964)
Roland Wolpert		(2 episodes, 1964)
Jack Gross Jr.		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Michael R. Stein		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Howard Harris		(2 episodes, 1965)
Joanna Lee		(2 episodes, 1965)
Sam Locke		(1 episode, 1964)
Joel Rapp		(1 episode, 1964)
Lou Huston		(1 episode, 1965)
Howard Merrill		(1 episode, 1965)
Stan Burns		(unknown episodes)
William Freedman		(unknown episodes)
Ron Friedman		(unknown episodes)
Ben Gershman		(unknown episodes)
Budd Grossman		(unknown episodes)
Roy Kammerman		(unknown episodes)
Sidney A. Mandel		(unknown episodes)
Bob Marcus		(unknown episodes)
Mike Marmer		(unknown episodes)
Mary C. McCall Jr.		(unknown episodes)
John Fenton Murray		(unknown episodes)
Brad Radnitz		(unknown episodes)
Jack Raymond		(unknown episodes)
Bob Rodgers		(unknown episodes)
Arne Sultan		(unknown episodes)
Gene Thompson		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Sherwood Schwartz	....	executive producer / producer (38 episodes, 1962-1967)
Jack Arnold	....	producer (23 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Froug	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Larry Heath	....	associate producer (1 episode, 1962)
Norman Henry	....	associate producer (1 episode, 1962)
Cy Brooskin	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Robert L. Rosen	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
John Williams		(20 episodes, 1962-1965)
Gerald Fried		(9 episodes, 1965)
Frank Comstock		(3 episodes, 1964)
Lyn Murray		(1 episode, 1964)
Herschel Burke Gilbert		(unknown episodes)
Morton Stevens		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Richard L. Rawlings		(35 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Film Editing by
Larry Heath		(19 episodes, 1964-1965)
Everett Sutherland		(16 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jim Faris		(1 episode, 1962)
Robert Moore		(1 episode, 1962)
Frank Capacchione		(unknown episodes)
Donald W. Ernst		(unknown episodes)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(unknown episodes)
Lester Orlebeck		(unknown episodes)
Howard A. Smith		(unknown episodes)
Robert B. Warwick Jr.		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
James Lister		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Art Direction by
William Craig Smith		(33 episodes, 1964-1965)
Malcolm C. Bert		(2 episodes, 1965)
Jack Senter		(1 episode, 1962)

Series Set Decoration by
James Crowe		(20 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ray Molyneaux		(10 episodes, 1965)
Hal Gausman		(5 episodes, 1965)
Norman Rockett		(1 episode, 1962)
Herman N. Schoenbrun		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Lillian Shore	....	head hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Keester Sweeney	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Robert L. Rosen	....	unit production manager (25 episodes, 1964-1965)
Cy Brooskin	....	unit production manager (10 episodes, 1965)
Bill Porter	....	production manager (1 episode, 1962)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wilbur D'Arcy	....	assistant director (36 episodes, 1964-1965)
Miles Middough	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1962)
Christopher N. Seiter	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Richard Sperber	....	sound effects supervisor (1 episode, 1962)
Nicholas James	....	sound restoration supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Richard M. Rawlings Jr.	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Tony Van Renterghem	....	assistant camera: IATSE (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Delmar	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Robert Fuca	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Sherwood Schwartz	....	composer: theme song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" (35 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Wyle	....	composer: theme song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" / composer: theme music (33 episodes, 1964-1965)
Herschel Burke Gilbert	....	music supervisor (32 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (37 episodes, 1962-1965)

Series Other crew
William Froug	....	creative consultant / script consultant (11 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Tannen	....	script consultant (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Davenport	....	script consultant (5 episodes, 1964)

Production Companies

• CBS Television
• Gladysya Productions
• United Artists Television

Distributors

• CBS Television (1964-1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Estate of Phil Silvers
• MGM/UA Television
• Telepictures Distribution
• Turner Entertainment
• Turner Program Services (TPS)
• United Artists Television
• Warner Bros. Television
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• CBS Studio Center  filming location
• Dupont  original sponsor (Lucite paints and Teflon cookware)
• Kellogg's  original sponsor
• Philip Morris Cigarettes  original sponsor
• Phillips  original sponsor
• Procter & Gamble  original sponsor (Jif peanut butter, Zest soap and Crest toothpaste)

Also Known As:

Gilligan's Travels (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (98 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1964-1965) | Color (1965-1967)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

CBS Television

Trivia:

The ship's name, S. S. Minnow, was not named for the fish but rather for Newton Minow, head of the FCC in 1961. Minow was the one who called television "America's vast wasteland". Sherwood Schwartz did not care for Minow so he named the soon-to-be shipwrecked ship after him.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: With the new remastered DVD releases of the 2nd and 3rd seasons -- which were filmed in color -- the makeup lines around various character's exposed skin reveal unnatural looking and very sharply defined makeup border lines (i.e. the Skipper's shirt collar, Mary Anne's shorts) rather than the gradual fading of a natural "farmer's tan."

Quotes:

Thurston Howell III: What is this slop?
Skipper Jonas Grumby: It's Gilligan's own creation, Mr. Howell, It's coconut pot pie.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle

Why are you reading this?

If you're old enough to use the computer, you've probably watched Gilligan's Island. Are you checking to see what other people think about it?

I remember every day after elementary school, I'd come home and watch Gilligan's Island, then Star Trek, the old series. It was the way of the world. I can still taste the cookies and milk I'd wolf down, and occasional apple.

One thing for sure: my parents knew that when I was watching Gilligan's Island, it was clean. Do we even have anything as purely non-sexual and clean as this series? (Ahhh Dawn Wells... siiiigh)

Our local cable provider recently started carrying a channel that replays Gilligan's Island, and I've watched them all again through the eyes of an adult. Even though I knew every line, and what would happen in every episode, I still laughed and felt like a kid again.

Maybe someone would complain that the portrayal of the Japanese sailor who doesn't know the war is over is a horrible stereotype, and did anyone notice how.... white... the cast is? But who cares? It's just fun, like a live action cartoon.

By today's standards, something like this would never even be proposed, let alone produced.

Maybe we need more shows like this!