16 January 2014

The Professor, Dead at 89

 


The Professor, Gilligan's Island
United Artists Television

Actor Russell Johnson, best known as "the professor" in the 1960s TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Thursday, his agent said. Johnson was 89.

Johnson played the iconic role of Professor Roy Hinkley, whose scientific schemes to get the castaways rescued were always foiled by Gilligan's bumbling.

I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Baby-Boomers cried out, and felt old ...

13 comments:

Cathy said...

Oh boy. Makes me feel so old :(

Old NFO said...

Yep old here too... sigh... May he Rest In Peace.

Rev. Paul said...

Cathy, I hear you. Me, too.

Concur, NFO!

Stephen said...

Makes me feel so darn old. Ah the memories.

denimflyz said...

I am so sad, sad because our tv characters are dropping over like flies and then comes the thought that I will drop over like a fly too...not a good thought.

Rev. Paul said...

May we all leave such happy memories as he did, Stephen. I suspect that you will.

Rev. Paul said...

denimflyz, that is the way of all life, as you know. All things pass. Rather, let us concentrate on leaving warm & loving memories behind, in those who love us.

threecollie said...

He was always a favorite so I looked him up on Wikipedia yesterday. Quite a military career.

Rev. Paul said...

" He joined the Army Air Corps in World War II, and earned the Purple Heart when his B-24 Liberator was shot down in the Philippines during a bombing run in March, 1945." That earns my respect, right there.

Cathy said...

Very lovely, Rev. Paul :
" . .All things pass. Rather, let us concentrate on leaving warm & loving memories behind, in those who love us."

Rev. Paul said...

Thank you, Cathy. I appreciate that.

joated said...

And then there were two. Tina Louise and Donna Wells are all that remain from that three hour tour that yielded so many laughs.

Rev. Paul said...

Sad but true. Oh well, I'll be passing by that small boat marina again in a couple of months, and will remember them.