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Russell Johnson

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Mostly Credited As:	Russell Johnson
Sometimes Credited As:	Russell D. Johnson Russ Johnson
Birth Name:	Russell David Johnson
Date Of Birth:	November 10, 1924 (Age 85)
Country Of Birth:	USA
Birth Place:	Ashley, Pennsylvania

Long before he was known as "The Professor" in the cult comedy classic "Gilligan's Island" (1964), Russell Johnson was a well-known character actor, starring in several Westerns and Sci-Fi classics as This Island Earth (1955) and It Came from Outer Space (1953). Johnson grew up in Pennsylvania and was sent to a boarding school in Philadelphia with his brothers when his father died.

Unlike his Professor character, Johnson said he was not a bright student and was in fact held back a grade. Johnson did redeem himself later on in his school career and made the National Honor Society in high school. He joined the Army Air Corps in World War II, and earned the Purple Heart when his B-24 Liberator was shot down in the Philippines during a bombing run in March, 1945. After the war, he used the G.I. Bill to enroll in acting school to ply his new trade. Johnson currently lives in the state of Washington, and has done several guest shots on television shows.

Russell Johnson TV Appearances

Main cast

Show: Gilligan's Planet(1982)	As: Professor -- [Voice]
Show: The New Adventures of Gilligan(1974)	As: Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr. (voice) -- [Voice]
Show: Gilligan's Island(1964)	As: Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.
Show: Black Saddle(1959)	As: Marshal Gib Scott

Episode Cast Credits

Show: E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
	• Gilligan's Island	03x50: (Dec/12/1999)	As	Himself
Show: Roseanne (1988)
	• Sherwood Schwartz: A Loving Tribute	07x26: (May/24/1995)	As	Mark Healy (Tag Scene), [Uncredited]
Show: Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
	• Gilligan	01x02: (Apr/22/1994)	*Voiced*	Himself
Show: Monsters (1988)
	• Sleeping Dragon	01x08: (Dec/10/1988)	As	Jeffrey, [Starring Roles]
Show: Knots Landing (1979)
	• The Trouble with Peter	09x02: (Oct/01/1987)	As	Tim Murphy
Show: ALF (1986)
	• Somewhere Over the Rerun (a.k.a.) The Ballad of Gilligan's Island	02x02: (Sep/28/1987)	As	Professor Roy Hinkley
Show: Dynasty (US) (1981)
	• The Siege (1)	08x01: (Sep/23/1987)	As	Earl Thompson
	• Shadow Play	07x28: (May/06/1987)	As	Earl Thompson
	• The Arraignment	07x05: (Nov/05/1986)	As	Earl Thompson
Show: Newhart (1982)
	• Much to Do Without Muffin	05x24: (Apr/13/1987)	As	Unknown
Show: Fame (1982) (1982)
	• The Big Contract	06x15: (Feb/16/1987)	As	Duke Mackie
Show: MacGyver (1985)
	• Ugly Duckling	01x18: (Mar/12/1986)	As	Oslow, [Co-Guest Stars]
Show: Dallas (1978)
	• Twenty-Four Hours	09x16: (Jan/10/1986)	As	Sheriff Wyatt Mansfield
Show: The Jeffersons (1975)
	• Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (2)	09x09: (Nov/28/1982)	As	Mac Steele
	• Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (1)	09x08: (Nov/21/1982)	As	Mac Steele
Show: Bosom Buddies (1980)
	• Amy's Career	01x09: (Jan/29/1981)	As	Mr. Shaw
Show: Lou Grant (1977)
	• Babies	02x10: (Dec/11/1978)	As	Karlan
Show: Wonder Woman (1976)
	• Disco Devil	03x05: (Oct/20/1978)	As	Colonel
Show: Police Story (1973) (1973)
	• No Margin for Error	05x06: (Apr/30/1978)	As	Unknown
Show: The ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
	• Hewitt's Just Different	06x01: (Oct/12/1977)	As	Mr. Calder
Show: Code R (1977)
	• Beauty and the Beach	01x10: (Apr/15/1977)	As	Ike
Show: McMillan and Wife (1971)
	• Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?	06x04: (Jan/30/1977)	As	Carl Jensen
Show: Cannon (1971)
	• Lady on the Run	04x21: (Mar/05/1975)	As	Paul Merrick
	• Blood Money	03x20: (Feb/06/1974)	As	Unknown
Show: Mannix (1967)
	• The Green Men	08x05: (Oct/20/1974)	As	Brasher
Show: Gunsmoke (1955)
	• The Fugitives	18x07: (Oct/23/1972)	As	Link Parrin
	• The Long Night	14x21: (Feb/17/1969)	As	Diggs
	• The Bear	04x25: (Feb/28/1959)	As	Harry Webb
	• Bloody Hands	02x21: (Feb/16/1957)	As	Joe Stranger
Show: Ironside (1967)
	• Programmed for Panic	06x03: (Sep/28/1972)	As	Martin Lucas
Show: O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
	• Operation: Bribery	01x04: (Oct/08/1971)	As	Agent Wells
Show: The F.B.I. (1965)
	• The Quest	05x26: (Mar/08/1970)	As	Dr. McGregor
	• Caesar´s Wife	04x18: (Jan/26/1969)	As	James Kellogg
	• The Dynasty	03x13: (Jan/07/1968)	As	Phillip Graham
Show: Lassie (US) (1954)
	• Father and Son	16x07: (Nov/09/1969)	As	John Bradley
	• Operation Woodland	09x28: (Apr/21/1963)	As	Mr. Allen
	• Fawn Patrol	09x06: (Nov/04/1962)	As	Mark Adams
	• The Crash	05x05: (Oct/05/1958)	As	Mr. Matthews
Show: The Felony Squad (1966)
	• The Human Target	02x26: (Mar/07/1968)	As	Tye Laughlin
Show: The Invaders (1967)
	• The Trial	02x06: (Oct/10/1967)	As	Robert Bernard
Show: Gilligan's Island (1964)
	• Two on a Raft	01x01: (Sep/26/1964)	As	Roy Hinkley Jr.
Show: The Great Adventure (1963)
	• The Siege of Boonesborough	01x24: (Apr/10/1964)	*Voiced*	Narrator
	• Kentucky's Bloody Ground	01x23: (Apr/03/1964)	*Voiced*	Narrator
	• The President Vanishes	01x21: (Mar/13/1964)	*Voiced*	Narrator
	• The Night Raiders	01x18: (Feb/21/1964)	*Voiced*	Narrator
Show: The Outer Limits (1963) (1963)
	• Specimen: Unknown	01x22: (Feb/24/1964)	As	Maj. Benedict
Show: The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
	• Man in a Hole	01x20: (Feb/18/1964)	As	Dr. Arnold Andrews
Show: 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
	• The Toy Jungle	06x11: (Dec/06/1963)	As	Harry Devlin
Show: Rawhide (1959)
	• Incident at Alkali Sink	05x29: (May/24/1963)	As	Burt Harvey
Show: Empire (1962) (1962)
	• Arrow in the Sky	01x27: (Apr/09/1963)	As	Bill Carey
Show: The Dakotas (1963)
	• Mutiny At Fort Mercy	01x03: (Jan/21/1963)	As	Lt. Clyde Marriott
Show: General Electric True (1962)
	• Mile Long Shot to Kill	01x09: (Nov/25/1962)	As	John T. Metcalf
Show: Wagon Train (1957)
	• The Shiloh Degnan Story	06x08: (Nov/07/1962)	As	Major Marriott
	• The Beauty Jamison Story	02x11: (Dec/17/1958)	As	Steve Marshall
	• The Cliff Grundy Story	01x15: (Dec/25/1957)	As	Craig Manson
Show: Ben Casey (1961)
	• Go Not Gently into the Night	02x05: (Oct/29/1962)	As	Dr. Burke
Show: Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
	• To Kill a Town	06x26: (Mar/31/1962)	As	Norman Hall
	• Rio Grande	01x09: (Jun/03/1957)	As	William Dodd
Show: Route 66 (1960) (1960)
	• Go Read the River	02x23: (Mar/16/1962)	As	Bob Keel
Show: Adventures in Paradise (1959)
	• Survival	03x13: (Dec/31/1961)	As	Bowman
Show: The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1959)
	• The Queen of Craven Point	03x11: (Dec/22/1961)	As	Lee Taber
Show: Hawaiian Eye (1959)
	• The Kupua of Coconut Bay	03x02: (Oct/04/1961)	As	Bert Jackson
Show: Ripcord (1961)
	• The Sky Diver	01x01: (Sep/28/1961)	As	Stan Warner
Show: Death Valley Days (1952)
	• Dead Man's Tale	09x24: (Feb/26/1961)	As	Noble
Show: The Twilight Zone (1959)
	• Back There	02x13: (Jan/13/1961)	As	Peter Corrigan
	• Execution	01x26: (Apr/01/1960)	As	George Manion
Show: Thriller (US) (1960)
	• The Hungry Glass	01x16: (Jan/03/1961)	As	Adam Talmadge
Show: The DuPont Show With June Allyson (1959)
	• The Desperate Challenge	02x12: (Dec/15/1960)	As	Tom Richards
	• Intermission	01x30: (May/02/1960)	As	Hugh Grafton
Show: Riverboat (1959)
	• The Unwilling	01x05: (Oct/11/1959)	As	Darius
Show: Lawman (1958)
	• The Encounter	01x16: (Jan/18/1959)	As	Wade Horgan
Show: Steve Canyon (1958)
	• Project Heartbeat	01x04: (Oct/04/1958)	As	Unknown
Show: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (1955)
	• Vicious Circle	02x29: (Apr/14/1957)	As	Turk
Show: Cavalcade of America (1952)
	• Don Marshall's Brat	05x23: (Mar/19/1957)	As	Don Marshall
	• Postmark: Danger	04x11: (Dec/27/1955)	As	Karl Nader
Show: You Are There (1953)
	• Mr. Christian Seizes the Bounty	05x05: (Oct/07/1956)	As	Fletcher Christian
Show: Kings Row (1955)
	• Lady in Fear	01x01: (Sep/13/1955)	As	Mark
Show: The Lone Ranger (1949) (1949)
	• Counterfeit Redskins	04x51: (Aug/25/1955)	As	Tom Levering
Show: The Lux Video Theatre (1950)
	• Eight Iron Men	05x38: (May/12/1955)	As	Carter
Show: Hallmark Hall Of Fame (1951)
	• The Touch of Steel	04x27: (May/01/1955)	As	Lefty
Show: City Detective (1953)
	• Why Should the Beautiful Die?	02x02: (Oct/26/1954)	As	Stocker
Show: Adventures of Superman (1952)
	• The Runaway Robot	01x17: (Jan/09/1953)	As	Chopper