Yahoo: Gilligan's Island Nearly Cast This Sitcom Legend As The S.S. Minnow's Skipper (According To Russell Johnson)
It seems Alan Hale Jr. competed with this sitcom legend for the role of the Skipper on Gilligan's Island (although the actor himself later claimed otherwise).
Gilligan's Island Nearly Cast This Sitcom Legend As The S.S. Minnow's Skipper (According To Russell Johnson)
After playing the Skipper on Gilligan's Island, Alan Hale Jr. appeared in a Western that greatly helped Clint Eastwood's movie career.
Yahoo: Alan Hale Jr.’s Private Battle: How The 'Gilligan's Island' Skipper Escaped His Father’s Shadow
Alan Hale Jr.’s Private Battle: How The 'Gilligan's Island' Skipper Escaped His Father’s Shadow
Gilligan and the Skipper on a fake boat on Gilligan's Island - CBS As has been written about in the pages of /Film in the past, the opening sequence for Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's ...
MSN: Alan Hale Jr.'s private battle: How the 'Gilligan's Island' skipper escaped his father's shadow
Alan Hale Jr.'s private battle: How the 'Gilligan's Island' skipper escaped his father's shadow
Yahoo: Alan Hale Jr: 16 Facts About the Skipper from 'Gilligan's Island'
The Cheat Sheet: ‘Gilligan’s Island’: The Skipper Filmed Several Season 1 Episodes With a Broken Arm No One Knew About
‘Gilligan’s Island’: The Skipper Filmed Several Season 1 Episodes With a Broken Arm No One Knew About
/Film on MSN: After Gilligan's Island, Alan Hale Jr. appeared in one of Clint Eastwood's most important westerns
After Gilligan's Island, Alan Hale Jr. appeared in one of Clint Eastwood's most important westerns
Looper on MSN: The canceled Gilligan's Island movie that could have revived the franchise