Bob Denver

However, none of these matched the success of his earlier roles. and for television at 7001 Hollywood Blvd. After the show ended in 1963, Denver landed the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island, following which he appeared in other television shows including The Good Guys (1968–1970) and Dusty's Trail (1973). Fitzgerald has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for movies at 6220 Hollywood Blvd. His co-star Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis, was also a graduate of Loyola Marymount University. He won the Supporting Actor Oscar. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis in 1959. He performed a feat never done in the history of the Academy Awards when he was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same performance, in 1944's Going My Way.

Denver graduated from Loyola University, one of the predecessors to today's Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, California, USA and worked as a mailman and a high school teacher before landing the role of Maynard G. He had a successful Hollywood career in such films as The Long Voyage Home, How Green Was My Valley, And Then There Were None and The Quiet Man. Krebs on the program The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to star in another O'Casey work, The Plough And The Stars, directed by John Ford. Earlier, Denver played beatnik Maynard G. Born William Joseph Shields in Dublin, he joined the Abbey Theatre, and starred in such plays as Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, a role he recreated for Alfred Hitchcock in his screen debut in 1930. Bob Denver (born January 9, 1935) is an actor who is best known for his role as Gilligan in the television show Gilligan's Island. Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 - January 14, 1961) was an Irish actor.