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The Professor from Gillian's Island - No one noticed?

posted 17 years ago by imdb-19357
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I find these things that tie movies together interesting, but nobody else has mentioned it.

Hank, the guy on this island that uses and later repairs the radio, is the same actor Russell Johnson that years later played the Professor on Gillian's Island. And what did he do as Professor on Gilligan's Island - the SAME THING - he was in charge of their transistor radio and somehow keeps it going (among other things).

I wonder if someone saw him in this movie, thought he made a good radio guy, and offered him a like part in Gilligan's Island?

[–] HunterSVonnegut 17 years ago

Yes, I noticed. In fact the only way I could find the title of this movie was to check Russell Johnson's credits.

[–] fivefids 16 years ago

I absolutely noticed this too. When Gilligan's Island reruns were the dominant show after school in the early 1970s, you don't miss things like that when seeing a movie like this. It is interesting, fixing the radio, life on an island...

[–] MsMellylou 16 years ago

That is the first person I recognized in this great old horror flick. I just watched this on our local retro tv channel tonight and had to come find out more about the movie. I also recognized the lieutenant(?) but haven't figured out the actor's name yet. I just had to reply to this post first, I thought it was funny about the radio thing too.

[–] escalera-2 16 years ago

OK -- what would be great is seeing an intrepid and savvy creative person work up a new short using scenes from this title with scenes from the early black and white Gilligan's Island episodes.

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[–] Fargo_North 16 years ago

Hey, that would be a really fun idea (a la "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid"), the Castaways are menaced by giant man-eating crabs!

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[–] escalera-2 16 years ago

Imagine a giant crab with the brain of Little Buddy!

[–] Flight_of_Fantasy 15 years ago

Oh, we all noticed. I about jumped out of my skin when I saw my beloved Professor. Man's a total badass.

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[–] tonyinjapan 13 years ago

Just finished watching "This Island Earth" (1955) in which he also featured.

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