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He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead role as Captain Jonas Grumby, better known as The Skipper, on the 1960s CBS comedy series Gilligan's Island (1964–1967), a role he reprised in three Gilligan's Island television films and two spin-off cartoon series.
Jan 4, 1990 · Alan Hale Jr., an actor who gained fame as the jolly Skipper in the television series ''Gilligan's Island,'' died of cancer of the thymus on Tuesday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los...
1 win. Photos 108. Known for. Gilligan's Island. 7.4. TV Series. Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby. Agent 1. Captain John Silver. 1964–1992 • 99 eps. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island.
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Played by Alan Hale Jr., the Skipper (the character's actual name was rarely mentioned after the show's pilot episode) was the owner and captain of the S. S. Minnow on its "three-hour tour" from Hawaii when he, first mate Gilligan (portrayed by Bob Denver ), and their tourist passengers were caught in a violent storm and stranded on a deserted i...
- Sherwood Schwartz
- "Gilligan's Army", Gilligan's Planet (1982)
- "Marooned", Gilligan's Island (pilot, 1963)
- Alan Hale Jr.
Jan. 4, 1990 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Alan Hale Jr., a veteran character actor best remembered as the blundering but likable skipper of a charter boat that for three television seasons...
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Jan 2, 2022 · Actor Alan Hale Jr., a 1960s household name known for playing Skipper on Gilligan’s Island, died 32 years ago in Hollywood at 71. Hale had cancer of the thymus, which is a small organ in the front part of the chest behind the breast bone (sternum).
Jan 4, 1990 · LOS ANGELES -- Alan Hale Jr., 68, an actor best known for his role as the jovial skipper who led a zany band of castaways on television's "Gilligan's Island," died of cancer Jan. 2 at St....
