Bob Denver Add to My Celebs Age 70 (passed away Sep. 2nd, 2005) Birthday Jan. 9th, 1935 Born in New Rochelle, New York, USA Height 5' 8

Bob Denver's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Gilligan's Island Gilligan The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Maynard G. … The New Adventures of Gilligan Gilligan Far Out Space Nuts Junior Dusty's Trail Dusty The Good Guys (1968) Rufus Butte…

Main Movie Roles 1987 - Back to the Beach 1967 - Who's Minding The Mint? 1963 - Take Her, She's Mine

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

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 part of Gilligan, in "Gilligan's Island" (1964). After Gilligan's three-year run ended he did a few other television shows (including the Gilligan wannabe "Dusty's Trail" (1973)) and Broadway plays. On September 2, 2005, he died of complications related to cancer treatment at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina. He had most recently lived in Princeton, West Virgina. He is survived by his wife Dreama, and four children.


TRIVIA:

• Playing beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the _"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959)_ (qv) comedy series, Denver's most enduring line from that show was his freaked-out exclamation "Work!?" whenever anyone mentioned the word within hearing distance.
• After surviving quadruple bypass surgery in early 2005, he was diagnosed with cancer only a few months before his death on September 2nd. Treated at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital, he died in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• In real life, he is diametrically opposite of the well-known inept and goofy characters he has portrayed on television. He is an enormously talented, introverted, and well-read man who loves children, especially his own.
• His future co-star on _"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959)_ (qv), 'Dwayne Hickman' (qv), was a classmate at Loyola-Marymount.
• The Gilligan/Skipper slapstick exchange was modeled after the comedy icons Laurel and Hardy.
• Replaced 'Woody Allen' (qv) as the protagonist in Allen's play "Play It Again, Sam" on Broadway in 1970.
• Raised in Brownwood, Texas where he graduated from high school. The family eventually moved to California.
• Denver suffered a broken neck in 1956, which prevented him from getting inducted in the U.S. Army.

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