Bob Denver
Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denverwas an American comedic actor. He portrayed Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 January 1935
CityNew Rochelle, NY
air year
It's 40 years this year it's been on the air continually,
bad certainly experience realized series
It was the mid-'70s when I realized it wasn't going off the air. I certainly didn't set out to have a series rerun forever, but it's not a bad experience at all.
realized
It was the mid-'70s when I realized it wasn't going off the air,
few
Oh, one of my fans! One of my few fans!
minutes
I think it's all been fantastic. It has only been 45 minutes and we've already done really well.
both chance character chose enjoyed gave offered physical wonderful word
I enjoyed both equally, but in different ways, ... Maynard gave me the chance to do wonderful word comedy...When I was offered Gilligan, I chose it because that character gave me the chance to do physical comedy, which I love.
ask dropped low
Nah, the Smithsonian doesn't ask for anything back from Gilligan, ... They haven't dropped that low yet.
best both
With Maynard and Gilligan, I had the best of both worlds.