Of the big-name guest stars who appeared on Gilligan's Island, only one could get the best of The Professor. This famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2004, Johnson sat down with the Television Academy Foundation and looked back on it all with a mix of humor, humility and ...

Most actors are lucky to be remembered for one role once they've shuffled off this mortal coil, let alone a handful or more. Would you rather be consigned to dinner theater until you're too old to ...

Many fans of the show have noticed that Professor Roy Hinkley (Russell Johnson) was the only reason anyone could survive on "Gilligan's Island." Not only was he able to keep a cool head in extreme ...

REUTERS - Russell Johnson, the veteran character actor who appeared in science fiction films and Westerns before earning enduring fame as "The Professor" on the classic 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island ...