Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Willy "Gilligan" Gilligan on the television series "Gilligan's Island". Earlier, Denver had played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the (1959-1963) TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", a characterization that was similar to Gilligan in many ways.

Dwayne Hickman (born May 18, 1934) is an American actor and television executive. The younger brother of child actor Darryl Hickman, he also began his work at an early age. One of his earliest roles was an appearance in the 1942 "Our Gang" comedy "Melodies Old and New". He first gained wide notice when he played a recurring role as Bob's nephew on the situation comedy "The Bob Cummings Show" (a/k/a, …

Tuesday Weld (born August 27, 1943) is an American film and television actress.

Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American politician, and a former child actress. She is currently a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the highly urbanized 23rd district in Los Angeles County and parts of southern Ventura County.

Max Shulman (March 14, 1919-August 28, 1988) was a 20th century American writer best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels His earliest work was for"Ski-U-Mah", the college humor magazine of the University of Minnesota, in the 1930s. His writing often focused on young people, particularly in a collegiate setting. Shulman's works include the novels "Rally Round the Flag, …

Frank Faylen (December 8, 1905 - August 2, 1985) was an American movie and television actor. Born Frank Ruf in St. Louis, Missouri, he began his acting career as an infant appearing with his vaudeville performing parents on stage. After traveling with his showbiz parents through his childhood, Faylen became a stage actor at 18, and eventually began working in movies in the 1930s. He began playing a number of unmemorable bit parts for Warner Bros.

William Schallert (born July 6, 1922 in Los Angeles, California), is an actor who has appeared in many movies and television series such as "The Smurfs", "The Rat Patrol", "Gunsmoke", and "Get Smart". He is best known as patriarch Martin Lane on "The Patty Duke Show" and as teacher Leander Pomfritt on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".

Florida Friebus (b. 10 October 1909, Auburndale, Massachusetts - d. 27 May 1988, Laguna Niguel, California) was an American writer and actress of stage and television. She was most famous for playing the mother of Dobie Gillis on the CBS sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", and Mrs. Lillian Bakerman, the cheerful patient who was usually seen knitting while she interacted with other members of Dr. Robert Hartley's therapy group on "The Bob Newhart Show".

Doris Packer, real name Doris Edwards was an American actress best known for her role as Mrs. Rayburn, Theodore Cleaver's principal in "Leave It to Beaver". Packer was married to renowned stage director Rowland G. Edwards for twenty-five years, from 1928 until his death in 1953. Packer outlived her husband by twenty-six years, and died from natural causes in Glendale, California, on March 31, 1979, at the age of 74.

Joyce Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American actress who has appeared on TV ("As The World Turns", "The Odd Couple"), in movies ("The Bad News Bears", and on Broadway ("Rumors"). Van Patten was born in New York City, New York to Josephine Rose Acerno, an Italian American, and Richard Byron Van Patten, who had distant Dutch ancestry from a great-grandfather. She is the younger sister of actor Dick Van Patten, …

Leonard Weinrib (April 29, 1935 - June 28, 2006) was an American actor, voice actor and writer. He is best known for playing the title role in the children's television show "H.R. Pufnstuf", and as the original voice of Scrappy-Doo. Weinrib, a native of the Bronx, got his start in show business working with comedian and musician Spike Jones, then later in "The Billy Barnes Revue". He made notable guest appearances on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", …

Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 - January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage and radio actress. Born in Petersburg, West Virginia on October 30, 1918, she worked in radio, and was a regular on the 1930s series Gangbusters, with weekly episodes based on real criminal incidents. She married fellow "Gangsbusters" voice actor Frank Lovejoy, with whom she had two children (a boy and a girl). Banks began her Hollywood career with small roles in film, …

Linda Kaye Henning (born September 16, 1944, in Los Angeles) is an American actress who starred on the 1960's sitcom "Petticoat Junction". TV Producer Paul Henning, the creator-writer-producer of such CBS TV series as "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction", is her father. Linda shares a September 16th birthday with her father. She is generally billed as Linda Kaye (as she was on "Petticoat Junction").

American hot rod builder Norm Grabowski is best known for creating an influential T-bucket hot rod that was used in the television show 77 Sunset Strip. The car was owned and driven in the show by the character Kookie who was played by Edd Byrnes. Grabowski bought a hot rod after leaving military service in 1952 and made a number of modifications to the vehicle that gave it a unique stance and appearance which have been imitated many times.

Al Rinker (born December 20, 1907 - died June 11, 1982) began performing as a partner with Bing Crosby in 1925 and the two singers formed the Rhythm Boys, which singer/songwriter/pianist Harry Barris later joined. Barris wrote the songs "Mississippi Mud", "I Surrender, Dear", and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dream" among others. The singing trio worked with Paul Whiteman's Big Band in Los Angeles until Crosby dissolved the group to go solo, …

Starting out as a radio writer, Rodney Amateau began his film career as a second-unit director before getting a chance to direct his own features in the early 1950s. Not meeting with much success, he soon turned to directing TV series, which he did for many years before returning to film directing in the 1970s. This time his films met with more financial success, being mostly softcore "T&A" romps and unfunny sex comedies.

Boyishly handsome Dwayne Hickman, the younger brother of child actor Darryl Hickman, followed in his sibling's tiny footsteps as a moppet film actor himself appearing in such features as Captain Eddie (1945) (with Darryl) and playing the role of Nip Worden in The Return of Rusty (1946), and the rest of the dog adventure series. On a temporary sabbatical from acting, he returned to Hollywood following college studies (Loyola University) and won the hearts of many young female baby-boomers...

Bob Denver was attending college at Loyola-Marymount University, in Los Angeles, when he got into acting. At first, Denver wasn't sure he wanted to be an actor, but gradually gave in, deciding that's what he was going to do for a career. Before he became established, he worked as a mailman and teacher. He then got a screen test for the part of Maynard G. Krebs and to his surprise won the part. After four years on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959), Denver got his most famous...

Author, lyricist ("Young and Foolish"), and screenwriter, educated at New York University (Bachelor of Arts) and at the Columbia School of Journalism (Master of Science). He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Plain and Fancy", "The Girls Against the Boys", "Are You With It?", and "Make Mine Manhattan". While serving in the military during World War Two, he wrote soldier shows. In addition, he wrote sketches for "Call Me Mister" and "Inside USA". Joining ASCAP in 1946, his other...