Russell Johnson

After Gilligan's Island he appeared in several other movies and televsion shows, perhaps most notably the miniseries Vanished, based on a novel by Fletcher Knebel (1971), uncredited in the Robert Redford spy thriller, Three Days of the Condor (1975), and on the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara. He is married with two children. Unlike fellow cast member Tina Louise, who was equally typecast as retro-glamourous movie queen Ginger Grant, he has willingly participated in all reunion movies, cartoons, and other events related to the program. He currently lives in New York City. He is still instantly recognizable to the show's legions of fans, but his ability to be cast in other sorts of roles has been quite limited. Alan is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Johnson was typecast in this sort of role, and seems to have regarded his stint as The Professor as a mixed blessing. His TV roles include Stewart Bondek, a humorously perverted member of the mayor's staff on the former ABC sitcom Spin City.

The Professor was a genius who could build and devise ways of doing almost anything, except something which would get himself and the other castaways off of the island. His most recent work in film was as Steve Martin's neighbor in Cheaper by the Dozen. However, he is by far best known to the public as "The Professor" (a/k/a "Roy Hinckley") on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island, which was in first-run from 1964 to 1967 but has been shown in reruns essentially continuously since that time. He was also Captain John Harriman of USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B in Star Trek: Generations, and a passenger on the ill-fated bus in the 1994 classic Speed. He also appeared in a Ma and Pa Kettle vehicle. Ruck is perhaps best known for his role as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Johnson's Hollywood career began in 1952, and his early roles were primarily in westerns and science fiction. Alan Ruck (July 1, 1956-) is an American actor with experience in both television and movies.

He became a close friend of Audie Murphy and later appeared with him in one of his films. He had a very distinguished record and was higly decorated for his service. Mister Johnson joined the Army Air Corps in World War II and served as a gunner on bombers. Johnson (born November 10, 1924) is an American television and film actor.

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