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Known primarily for his role as Gilligan in the CBS sitcom "Gilligan's Island" (1964-67), Bob Denver... (Learn more)

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Bob Denver’s Milestones
Played Junior in the CBS comedy adventure series for children "Far Out Space Nuts"
Portrayed Rufus Butterworth in "The Good Guys"; perhaps in an effort to capitalize on "Gilligan" chemistry, CBS included both Alan Hale Jr and Jim Backus in the cast
Provided voice of Gilligan once again for the animated children's series "Gilligan's Planet"
Reprised Gilligan vocally in ABC animated series "The New Adventures of Gilligan"
Reunited with Gilligan creator Sherwood Schwartz as the dimwitted trail scout Dusty in the short-lived syndicated sitcom "Dusty's Trail"
Starred as Gilligan in the CBS situation comedy "Gilligan's Island"
1959 Film debut in the role of MacIntosh (billed as Robert Denver) in "A Private's Affair"
1959 - 1963 Played Maynard G Krebs, the beatnik buddy of Dobie Gillis (Dwayne Hickman) in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (CBS)
1977 Appeared once again as Maynard G Krebs in the CBS pilot episode for a proposed revival series titled "Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?"
1978 First of three TV-movie reunions produced by NBC, "Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
1979 "The Castaways on Gilligan's Island" aired on NBC
1981 NBC weighed in with final installment "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island"
1985 Appeared in "The Foreigner" at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ
1988 Once again reprised Krebs in "Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis" (CBS)
1994 Appeared in an episode of "Roseanne" that spoofed "Gilligan's Island"
1997 With wife Dreama, hosted "Weekend with Denver and Denver", broadcast in West Virginia
1998 Arrested for possession of marijuana in June

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Also known as

AKA : Robert Denver

Born

January, 09 1935 in New Rochelle, New York, USA

Professions

actor, radio host