Robert Osbourne Denver was an American actor. He portrayed Gilligan on the 1964–1967 television series Gilligan’s Island. He also played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He later created a feature film, The Wackiest Wagon in the West, which was released in the U.S. in the summer of 2013. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on October 25, 2013.
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Robert Osbourne Denver was an American actor. He portrayed Gilligan on the 1964–1967 television series Gilligan’s Island. He also played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He continued to appear as Gilligan in several movies, as a guest on other television series, in personal appearances, and as a voice actor in the animated version of the series. During the 1980s, he reprised the character of Gilligan for numerous cameo appearances, including episodes of ALF, Meego, Baywatch, and Back to the Beach. Denver’s other television roles included guest appearances on multiple episodes of American Love, The Love Boat, and In Love, American Style.
He later created a feature film, The Wackiest Wagon in the West, which was released in the U.S. in the summer of 2013. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on October 25, 2013. His son, Robert Denver Jr., is an actor who starred in the TV series The Voice and the movie The Voice 2. He is also the father of actor and comedian Robert Denver III. He was the grandfather of two children, Michael Denver and Michael O’Neill. Denver was born on January 9, 1935, in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in Brownwood, Texas. He graduated from Loyola University with a degree in political science. He acted in college productions and met fellow student Dwayne Hickman.
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