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President Gilligan: Directed by Richard Donner. With Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer. The Skipper and Mr. Howell compete for leadership on the island by being named "President." When the castaways cast their votes, the result is surprising.
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- Comedy, Family
- Richard Donner
- 1964-10-31
The Big Gold Strike: Directed by Stanley Z. Cherry. With Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer. While Mary Ann, Ginger and the Skipper find the S.S. Minnow's inflatable liferaft in the lagoon, Gilligan and Mr. Howell discover gold in an underground mine on the island.
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- Comedy, Family
- Stanley Z. Cherry
- 1964-11-28
Mar 27, 2009 · WOLPERT, Roland H. (85), died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 25. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he was a graduate of City College of New York. After serving in the army in WWII...
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Roland Wolpert (born December 30, 1923-died March 25, 2009) wrote the episode of Good Times titled "God's Business is Good Business"; he also wrote the original story for the Season 1 episode "Thelma's Young Man".
A native of Brooklyn, New York, he was a graduate of City College of New York. After serving in the army in WWII as a Correspondent-Writer in Europe, he studied playwriting at the American Theater Wing in New York City. In 1961, he moved to Los Angeles with his family, where he began writing episodes for many TV shows, including Naked City, The Bol...
Roland died at his home in Los Angeles. He was survived by his wife of 59 years, Ruth, two sons Russell and Stuart, two granddaughters, and a brother, Stanley.
1.Social Security Death Index reference at Genealogy Bank website
2.Roland H. Wolpert Obituary, at Legacy.com, accessed 1/18/2015.
•Roland Wolpert at the Internet Movie Database
Skipper Jonas Grumby (Alan Hale Jr.) and First Mate Gilligan (Bob Denver) are building a raft to sail for help. Ginger and Mary Ann are sewing together a sail for the raft. The Professor finds evidence that headhunters were once on the island and may be on neighboring islands.
The Bold Ones: The Protectors: Created by William Sackheim, Roland Wolpert. With Leslie Nielsen, Hari Rhodes, Carl Byrd, Michael Bell. Sam Danforth is a big city deputy police chief whose old fashioned way of handling things didn't always work in the changing world.
Thelma's Young Man is the sixth episode of Season 2 of Good Times, and the nineteenth serues episode overall. Written as a teleplay by John Baskin and Roger Shulman from a story written by Roland Wolpert, the episode, which was directed by Herbert Kenwith, premiered on CBS-TV, airing on October...
