Bob Denver

Age: 70 (passed away Sep. 2nd, 2005)
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Born: Jan. 9th, 1935

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Bob Denver's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Gilligan's Island	Gilligan
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Maynard G. …
Far Out Space Nuts	Junior
The New Adventures of Gilligan	Gilligan
Dusty's Trail	Dusty

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:

Discovered acting while studying law at Loyola University in Los Angeles in the 1950s.
Raised in Brownwood, Texas where he graduated from high school. The family eventually moved to California.
Replaced 'Woody Allen' (qv) as the protagonist in Allen's play "Play It Again, Sam" on Broadway in 1970.
The first name of his Gilligan character, which was almost never mentioned on the show, was Willy.
Made his film debut in a small role in _A Private's Affair (1959)_ (qv) starring 'Sal Mineo' (qv) just prior to finding TV fame.
Graduated from Loyola University in Los Angeles (now Loyola Marymount University) in 1957.
His future co-star on _"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959)_ (qv), 'Dwayne Hickman' (qv), was a classmate at Loyola-Marymount.
Denver often went out of his way to help his fellow cast members on _"Gilligan's Island" (1964)_ (qv). This is included trying to give 'Dawn Wells (I)' (qv) an equal share of publicity as 'Tina Louise' (qv) and demanding that she and 'Russell Johnson (I)' (qv) be given an equal credit in the show's title sequence.