"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:

Island | Professor | Castaway | Millionaire | Movie Star

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Bob Denver	...	Gilligan (99 episodes, 1964-1967)
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby (99 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jim Backus	...	Thurston Howell III (99 episodes, 1964-1967)
Natalie Schafer	...	Mrs. Lovey Howell (99 episodes, 1964-1967)
Tina Louise	...	Ginger Grant / ... (98 episodes, 1964-1967)
Russell Johnson	...	Professor Roy Hinkley / ... (98 episodes, 1964-1967)
Dawn Wells	...	Mary Ann Summers (98 episodes, 1964-1967)

Series Directed by
Jack Arnold		(26 episodes, 1964-1966)
Leslie Goodwins		(11 episodes, 1965-1967)
Gary Nelson		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jerry Hopper		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
Anton Leader		(6 episodes, 1965-1966)
Stanley Z. Cherry		(5 episodes, 1964-1967)
Ida Lupino		(4 episodes, 1964-1966)
John Rich		(4 episodes, 1964)
Richard Donner		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tom Montgomery		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Cahan		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Steve Binder		(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Hal Cooper		(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Wilbur D'Arcy		(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1965)
Charles Norton		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
David Orrick McDearmon		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Writing credits
Sherwood Schwartz		(37 episodes, 1964-1965)
Elroy Schwartz		(13 episodes, 1964-1966)
Alan Dinehart		(8 episodes, 1964-1967)
Herbert Finn		(8 episodes, 1964-1967)
Roland MacLane		(7 episodes, 1964-1967)
Charles Tannen		(5 episodes, 1964-1966)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fred Freeman		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bruce Howard		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Joanna Lee		(5 episodes, 1965-1966)
David P. Harmon		(5 episodes, 1965)
Brad Radnitz		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Budd Grossman		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Al Schwartz		(4 episodes, 1965)
Sam Locke		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Joel Rapp		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Austin Kalish		(3 episodes, 1964)
Sidney A. Mandel		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Ron Friedman		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Dick Conway		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Davenport		(2 episodes, 1964)
Roland Wolpert		(2 episodes, 1964)
Bob Rodgers		(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jack Gross Jr.		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
George O'Hanlon		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Michael R. Stein		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Walter Black		(2 episodes, 1965)
Howard Harris		(2 episodes, 1965)
Arnold Peyser		(2 episodes, 1965)
Lois Peyser		(2 episodes, 1965)
Roy Kammerman		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Fenton Murray		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jack Raymond		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Produced by
Sherwood Schwartz	....	producer / executive producer (99 episodes, 1964-1967)
Robert L. Rosen	....	associate producer (46 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jack Arnold	....	producer (23 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Froug	....	executive producer (14 episodes, 1964-1965)
Cy Brooskin	....	associate producer (12 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Original Music by
Gerald Fried		(39 episodes, 1965-1967)
John Williams		(20 episodes, 1964-1965)
Frank Comstock		(3 episodes, 1964)

Series Cinematography by
Richard L. Rawlings		(98 episodes, 1964-1967)

Series Film Editing by
Larry Heath		(34 episodes, 1964-1967)
Everett Sutherland		(18 episodes, 1964-1965)
Frank Capacchione		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
Donald W. Ernst		(9 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(5 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Pam Polifroni		(30 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Lister		(4 episodes, 1965)

Series Art Direction by
William Craig Smith		(97 episodes, 1964-1967)
Malcolm C. Bert		(3 episodes, 1965)

Series Set Decoration by
Herman N. Schoenbrun		(45 episodes, 1965-1967)
James Crowe		(21 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ray Molyneaux		(10 episodes, 1965)
Ned Parsons		(6 episodes, 1966-1967)
Hal Gausman		(5 episodes, 1965)
Buck Henshaw		(5 episodes, 1967)
John Lamphear		(5 episodes, 1967)

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 (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Cy Brooskin	....	unit production manager (10 episodes, 1965)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wilbur D'Arcy	....	assistant director (74 episodes, 1964-1967)
Christopher N. Seiter	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1967)

Series Sound Department
Richard Sperber	....	sound effects supervisor (1 episode, 1964)

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 music / composer: theme song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" (98 episodes, 1964-1967)
George Wyle	....	composer: theme music / composer: theme song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" (98 episodes, 1964-1967)
Herschel Burke Gilbert	....	music supervisor (32 episodes, 1964-1965)
Morton Stevens	....	music supervisor (11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Gerald Fried	....	conductor (3 episodes, 1966)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (37 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Other crew
David P. Harmon	....	script consultant (25 episodes, 1965-1967)
Elroy Schwartz	....	script consultant (17 episodes, 1966-1967)
William Froug	....	creative consultant / script consultant (11 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Tannen	....	script consultant (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Davenport	....	script consultant (6 episodes, 1964)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Gladysya Productions
• United Artists Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1964-1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Estate of Phil Silvers
• MGM/UA Television
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (1966-1967) (Japan) (TV)
• 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
• 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:

Runtime:

30 min (98 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

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

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G | New Zealand:G (season 1)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

The lagoon set was located at the CBS lot in Studio City, CA. If sequences there were filmed too early or too late in the day, microphones would record rush hour traffic noise from a nearby freeway.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Episode, "Gilligan's Island: X Marks the Spot (#1.18)" (1965), the radio announcer gives the target coordinates for the Powderkeg missile as 140 degrees latitude, 10 degrees longitude, which the Skipper (an old salt in these waters) and Professor confirm. Lines of latitude only go up to 90 degrees. Transposing the coordinates, though (to 10 degrees N latitude, 140 degrees W longitude) would place the missile several hundred miles southeast of Hawaii - the approximate location of their island.

Quotes:

Thurston Howell III:The 'Wizard of Wall Street' strikes again!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (#3.13)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle

Classic comedy.

I grew up on the reruns of this series,and I must say I love it.It was a very unique idea for a series,and the idea was carried out very well. What I especially enjoy about it is the Laurel and Hardy like relationship between Gilligan and the Skipper.Everyone associated with the series should be proud of it,and I do believe they were done wrong by the CBS network when they were canceled before a final "rescue" episode.All we ended up with was a cheesy "rescue" movie that wasn't done very well,and that we had to wait twelve years for on top of that. Thank goodness we still have the old reruns,where we can look in on our stranded friends,and the same old episodes never seem to get old.A classic.