Two stars of Gilligan's Island both appeared in a Western film that debuted just a few months before their hit comedy show.

Long before Thurston Howell III washed up on Gilligan's Island, Jim Backus appeared in a now-forgotten — yet strangely familiar — NBC sitcom.

Alan Hale Jr. and Jim Backus are arguably the two "Gilligan's Island" cast members with the most esteemed filmographies. Sure, Bob Denver was probably more well-known, and every member of the ...

Jim Backus was already something a household name before Gilligan's Island, and it was all thanks to one character he'd been playing since the late '40s.

Many of the "Gilligan's Island" cast members worked together on other projects. For instance, Alan Hale Jr. and Jim Backus had a "Gilligan's Island" reunion in a dismal 1979 action comedy that's ...