Castaway Birthdays

Bob Denver (Gilligan)
Date of birth: 9 January, 1935.
Born in Rochelle, New York
He was 29 when Gilligan's Island first aired.


Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper)
Date of birth: 8 March, 1921. Born in Los Angeles, CA
** Date of death: 2 January 1990, Los Angeles, CA
Ashes Scattered at Sea. (Cancer of the Thymus)
He was 43 when Gilligan's Island first aired.
James Gilmore Backus (Jim Backus) (Mr. Howell)
Date of birth: 25 February, 1913. Born in Cleveland, Ohio
** Date of death: 3 July 1989, Los Angeles, CA. (Pneumonia and Parkinson's disease.)
Gravestone picture Westwood Memorial Park
He was 51 when Gilligan's Island first aired.
Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell)
Date of birth: 5 November, 1900. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey
** Date of death: 10 April 1991, Los Angeles, CA. (Cancer)
She was 65 when Gilligan's Island first aired.
Tina Blacker (Tina Louise) (Ginger)
Date of birth: 11 February, 1934.
Born in New York, New York
She was 30 when Gilligan's Island first aired.
Russell D. Johnson (Professor)
Date of birth: 10 November, 1924
He was 41 when Gilligan's Island first aired.
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann)
Date of birth: October 18, 1938
Reno, Nevada
She was 27 when Gilligan's Island first aired.