By the time Backus played Thurston Howell III on Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island," he was a massive star, deeply entrenched in Hollywood. Backus was certainly the biggest ...
More than 60 years ago, seven castaways arrived on a deserted island. Find out what happened to the cast of 'Gilligan’s Island' after the series finale in 1967 CBS Photo Archive/Getty In 1964 ...