The star of the island of Gilijan, Russell Johnson, spent his retirement just like the professor

Several show fans noted that Professor Roy Henkli (Russell Johnson) was the only reason that anyone can survive on “Gilijan Island”. Not only was he able to keep a wonderful head in the maximum situations, but he was also the only person who had any kind of engineering knowledge. He was able to repair radio devices, examine mysterious chemicals that washed on the beach, and it was likely to be the one who designed the canal system on the island. While the Master and Mrs. Huil (Jim Bakos and Natalie Chevir) were lying about drinking Mai Tays and Jelgan (Bob Denver) was competing throughout life, The professor was accomplished on “Gilijan Island”. The fact that he never got angry at the confrontation is largely speaking to the maturity of the character and the charge of driving.

The original “Gilijan Island” series had no appropriate closureBut some late TV films followed what happened to Castaways later in life. In the 1978 movie “Rescue from Gilligan’s Island”, Castaways – finally – managed to return to the mainland. However, they found that they were all satisfied. The professor became a celebrity, a situation that has never been asked of him; It was preferable to return to the laboratory for research. By the end of the “rescue”, the castles, through a dark event, were deposited on the same island as before, they were separated on an equal footing.

In the next movie, though, the rescue has always been. In 1979, “The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island”, the army finally managed to appoint Al -Jazeera and save Castaways once and for all. In the development of the “Sisyphus legend”, both Castaways found that they liked to live on a tropical island, decided to return on, and opened a beach resort. It is appropriate, the resort was called “The Castaways”. They made their rock their thing.

In an interview with the Toronto star in 1997, Johnson revealed that the end of “The Castaways” was suitable for his true life, in which he also retired to an island.

Note that Johnson retired is not on a remote tropical island, but to the island of Penberbridge and Washington, which is part of PUGET Sound. Looking at the weather on PUGET, it is completely unlike a completely warm tropical island. Instead, it is likely to be rainy and cold for most of the year. Bainbridge is the west of Seattle, but it is considered the city’s suburb. It is small enough to perform only one road, the 308 highway, to stop it via the bridge.

Johnson, who was 73 years old in 1997, admitted the Toronto star that despite a long and varied profession, “Gilijan Island”, with a large margin, brought him more fame. He was contacted all the time by the people who remembered him from the show and was amazed when he learned that President Bill Clinton at the time saw the series as a boy. Sometimes it did not regret the party. Johnson also admitted the paradox of moving to an island, given the fate of his personality. “Old customs die heavily,” he said. In his autobiography “Here on the island of Gilijan”, Johnson also talked about his home on the island, and writing:

“So this is the professor and his wife live on a inhabited island in Pogit Sound in a beautiful house surrounded by a wooded sky, where the deer comes directly to the door of our courtyard. Above the shelf it is a gift from Sherwood Schwartz: a brilliant, glorious picture of the seven revolutions.”

Schwartz was, of course, the creator and writer of “Gilijan Island”, one of the great Impressarios on TV.

Johnson died in 2014 at the age of 89. Memorial It was announced in the local newspapers. Perhaps he was known to play a professor on “Gilijan Island”, but it also seems to be a good neighbor.