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Russell Johnson‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Russell Johnson

Ashley, Pennsylvania, USA

Russell Johnson

Ashley, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1924-11-10

Popularity

star8.7

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island. Military career After graduating from high school, Johnson enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet. On completing his training, he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He flew 44 combat missions in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a bombardier in B-25 twin-engined medium bombers. On March 4, 1945, while flying as a navigator in a B-25 with the 100th Bombardment Squadron, 42nd Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, his B-25 and two others were shot down during a low-level bombing and strafing run against Japanese military targets in the Philippine Islands. The B-25s encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire, and all three had to ditch in the sea off Zamboanga. Johnson broke both ankles in the landing, and his bomber's co-pilot was killed. Johnson received a Purple Heart for his injuries. He was also awarded the Air Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three campaign stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one campaign star, and the World War II Victory Medal. After Japan's surrender, Johnson was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant on November 22, 1945. He joined the United States Air Force Reserve and used the G.I. Bill to pay for his acting studies at the Actors' Lab in Hollywood. While there, he met actress Kay Cousins (1923–1980), whom he married in 1949. His early roles were primarily in Westerns such as Rancho Notorious (1952, starring Marlene Dietrich), Seminole (1953), Law and Order (1953, opposite Ronald Reagan), and Badman's Country (1958), and science fiction films such as It Came from Outer Space (1953), This Island Earth (1955), Attack of the Crab Monsters (1956), and The Space Children (1958). He also appeared in a Ma and Pa Kettle vehicle, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), as well as in Roger Corman's rock-'n'-roll crime drama Rock All Night (1957). In 1955, he had a role in Many Rivers to Cross along with Alan Hale Jr., later as the Skipper from Gilligan's Island. "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island Johnson was best known for playing Professor Roy Hinkley (usually called the "Professor"), the very knowledgeable polymath who could build all sorts of inventions out of the most rudimentary materials available on the island. As Johnson himself pointed out, though, he could not fix the hole in the boat. In the first episode of the show, the radio announcer describes the Professor as a research scientist and well-known scoutmaster. Gilligan's Island aired from 1964-67, but has been shown in reruns continuously ever since. CLR

Movie Credits

Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

This Island Earth

This Island Earth‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

The Bastard

The Bastard‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Attack of the Crab Monsters‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Rescue from Gilligan's Island‌
star4.7
calendar 1978

Hitch Hike to Hell

Hitch Hike to Hell‌
star5.2
calendar 1977

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

The Horror at 37,000 Feet‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

The Turning Point

The Turning Point‌
star6.2
calendar 1952

Seminole

Seminole‌
star5.2
calendar 1953

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki‌
star6.8
calendar 1955

It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space‌
star6.3
calendar 1953

Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross‌
star6.2
calendar 1955

The Ghost of Flight 401

The Ghost of Flight 401‌
star5.7
calendar 1978

Loan Shark

Loan Shark‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History

Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

The Man from Independence

The Man from Independence‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Rock All Night

Rock All Night‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island‌
star6.6
calendar 1979

Adventures of the Queen

Adventures of the Queen‌
star4.8
calendar 1975

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Column South

Column South‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

MacArthur

MacArthur‌
star6.2
calendar 1977

The Saga of Hemp Brown

The Saga of Hemp Brown‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

You Lie So Deep, My Love

You Lie So Deep, My Love‌
star1.0
calendar 1975

Courage of Black Beauty

Courage of Black Beauty‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

For Men Only

For Men Only‌
star5.6
calendar 1952

Police Story: No Margin for Error

Police Story: No Margin for Error‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Back at the Front

Back at the Front‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed‌
star6.1
calendar 1953

Law and Order

Law and Order‌
star4.8
calendar 1953

The Great Skycopter Rescue

The Great Skycopter Rescue‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

The Movie Murderer

The Movie Murderer‌
star6.5
calendar 1970

The Rebels

The Rebels‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!‌
star4.0
calendar 2021

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island‌
star5.4
calendar 1981

A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet‌
star5.2
calendar 1964

The Stand at Apache River

The Stand at Apache River‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Off the Wall

Off the Wall‌
star3.0
calendar 1983

Ride Clear of Diablo

Ride Clear of Diablo‌
star5.7
calendar 1954

Badman's Country

Badman's Country‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Beg, Borrow...or Steal

Beg, Borrow...or Steal‌
star7.5
calendar 1973

Cry for Poor Wally

Cry for Poor Wally‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Blue Movies

Blue Movies‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

The Gilligan Manifesto

The Gilligan Manifesto‌
star5.5
calendar 2018

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

The Space Children

The Space Children‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Aloha Means Goodbye

Aloha Means Goodbye‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

Lou Grant

Lou Grant‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Gilligan's Planet

Gilligan's Planet‌
star5.7
calendar 1982

Fame

Fame‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island‌
star7.5
calendar 1964

That Girl

That Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

Roseanne

Roseanne‌
star6.9
calendar 1988

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

Hawkins

Hawkins‌
star7.2
calendar 1973

Dynasty

Dynasty‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

Bosom Buddies

Bosom Buddies‌
star6.3
calendar 1980

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

MacGyver

MacGyver‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Knots Landing

Knots Landing‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

The New Adventures of Gilligan

The New Adventures of Gilligan‌
star4.8
calendar 1974

Newhart

Newhart‌
star7.2
calendar 1982

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

ALF

ALF‌
star7.7
calendar 1986

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Monsters

Monsters‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Ripcord

Ripcord‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Felony Squad

Felony Squad‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

You Are There

You Are There‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Black Saddle

Black Saddle‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Vanished

Vanished‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Code R

Code R‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

General Electric True

General Electric True‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

City Detective

City Detective‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Kings Row

Kings Row‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin‌
star6.9
calendar 1954

Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

Jefferson Drum

Jefferson Drum‌
star4.5
calendar 1958

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II‌
star8.4
calendar 1976

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Steve Canyon

Steve Canyon‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

McMillan and Wife

McMillan and Wife‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Stevie and Zoya

Stevie and Zoya‌
star0.0
calendar

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Beyond Westworld

Beyond Westworld‌
star5.3
calendar 1980

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The Invaders

The Invaders‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

Temple Houston

Temple Houston‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

The Detectives

The Detectives‌
star5.6
calendar 1959