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.