Bob Denver

Bob Denver was born on Jan 09, 1935 in USA. Bob Denver's big-screen debut came with A Private's Affair directed by Raoul Walsh in 1959, strarring MacIntosh. Bob Denver is known for Gilligan's Island directed by Jack Arnold, Bob Denver stars as Gilligan and Alan Hale Jr. as Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby. The most recent award Bob Denver achieved is TV Land Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Bob Denver plays is Meego - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 19, 1997.

Bob Denver was attending college at Loyola-Marymount University, in Los Angeles, when he got into acting. At first, Denver wasn't sure he wanted to be an actor, but gradually gave in, deciding that's what he was going to do for a career. Before he became established, he worked as a mailman and teacher. He then got a screen test for the part of Maynard G. Krebs and to his surprise won the part. After four years on Dobie Gillis (1959), Denver got his most famous part of Gilligan, in L'île aux naufragés (1964). After Gilligan's three-year run ended he did a few other television shows (including the Gilligan wannabe Dusty's Trail (1973)) and Broadway plays. On September 2, 2005, he died of complications related to cancer treatment at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina. He had most recently lived in Princeton, West Virgina. He is survived by his wife Dreama Perry Denver, and four children.