The series itself was famously dismissed by critics when it premiered in 1964. Its premise—a three-hour tour gone oh-so-wrong—was absurd even by sitcom standards, and its broad comedy made no attempt ...

Alan Hale Jr., who played The Skipper on Gilligan's Island, had an impressive career outside of that beloved series. Here are ...

Alan Hale Jr. was born Alan Hale MacKahan on March 8, 1921, in Los Angeles, into a household where show business was neither exotic nor romanticized. His mother, Gretchen Hartman, had worked as a ...