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Biography

Russell David Johnson, born on November 10 1924, was born and grew up in Ashley, Pennsylvania. But when his father died, he and his…more

Born

11/10/1924, Ashley, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Russell David Johnson

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Gilligan's Planet
  Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr. (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 13 Gilligan's Army
    12/11/82
  - S 1: Ep 12 Super Gilligan
    12/4/82
  - S 1: Ep 11 Wings
    11/27/82
  - S 1: Ep 10 Invaders Of The Lost Birque
    11/20/82
  - S 1: Ep 9 Space Pirates
    11/13/82
  - + 8 More Credits
- The New Adventures of Gilligan
  Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr. (voice)
  - S 2: Ep 8 Moderation
    10/18/75
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Great Train Robbery
    10/11/75
  - S 2: Ep 6 Silence Is Leaden
    10/4/75
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Movie Makers
    9/27/75
  - S 2: Ep 4 Wheels On Parade
    9/20/75
  - + 19 More Credits
- Gilligan's Island
  Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.
  - S 3: Ep 30 Gilligan, the Goddess
    4/17/67
  - S 3: Ep 29 Bang! Bang! Bang!
    4/10/67
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Pigeon
    4/3/67
  - S 3: Ep 27 It's a Bird, It's a Plane
    3/27/67
  - S 3: Ep 26 Slave Girl
    3/20/67
  - + 97 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Peter Corrigan
  - S 2: Ep 13 Back There
    1/13/61
- Black Saddle
  Marshal Gib Scott
  - S 2: Ep 24 End Of The Line
    5/6/60
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Penalty
    4/22/60
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Case Of Slow
    4/15/60
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Return
    4/8/60
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Cabin
    4/1/60
  - + 39 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Grant
  - S 3: Ep 2 Once a Lion
    9/19/73
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Girl Named Tham
    3/14/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Assistant DA Grant
  - S 2: Ep 7 Five Will Get You Six
    10/26/72
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Brenton Grant
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Color of Respect
    2/10/72
  - S 1: Ep 6 Men Who Care: Part 2
    10/21/71
Guest Star (99)

Role
- The Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Gilligan's Island & Diff'rent Strokes
    4/15/08
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 56 Gilligan's Island
    12/12/99
- Roseanne
  Mark (uncredited)
  - S 7: Ep 26 Sherwood Schwartz: A Loving Tribute
    5/24/95
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Gilligan
    4/22/94
- My Two Dads
  Frank Mooney
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Man in the Pink Slip
    2/8/89
- Monsters
  Jeffrey
  - S 1: Ep 8 Sleeping Dragon
    12/10/88
- Knots Landing
  Tim Murphy
  - S 9: Ep 2 The Trouble with Peter
    10/1/87
- ALF
  Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.
  - S 2: Ep 2 Somewhere Over the Rerun (a.k.a.) The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
    9/28/87
- Dynasty
  Earl Thompson
  - S 7: Ep 28 Shadow Play
    5/6/87
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Arraignment
    11/5/86
- Newhart
  Unknown
  - S 5: Ep 24 Much to Do Without Muffin
    4/13/87
- Fame
  Duke Mackie
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Big Contract
    2/16/87
- MacGyver
  Oslow
  - S 1: Ep 18 Ugly Duckling
    3/12/86
- Dallas
  Sheriff Wyatt Mansfield
  - S 9: Ep 16 Twenty-Four Hours
    1/10/86
- Buffalo Bill
  Dr. Murphy
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    6/1/83
- The Jeffersons
  Mac Steele
  - S 9: Ep 9 Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (2)
    11/28/82
  - S 9: Ep 8 Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (1)
    11/21/82
- Bosom Buddies
  Mr. Shaw
  - S 1: Ep 9 Amy's Career
    1/29/81
- The Righteous Apples
  Sgt. Mcguinty
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2 "Who's The Victim?"
    5/22/80
- Lou Grant
  Karlan
  - S 2: Ep 10 Babies
    12/11/78
- Wonder Woman
  Colonel
  - S 3: Ep 5 Disco Devil
    10/20/78
- Police Story
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 6 No Margin for Error
    4/30/78
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Mr. Calder
  - S 6: Ep 1 Hewitt's Just Different
    10/12/77
- Code R
  Ike
  - S 1: Ep 10 Beauty and the Beach
    4/15/77
- McMillan & Wife
  Carl Jensen
  - S 6: Ep 4 Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    1/30/77
- McMillan
  Carl Jensen
  - S 1: Ep 4 Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
    1/30/77
- Cannon
  Paul Merrick
  - S 4: Ep 21 Lady On the Run
    3/5/75
- Mannix
  Brasher
  - S 8: Ep 5 The Green Men
    10/20/74
- Cannon
  John Romano
  - S 3: Ep 20 Blood Money
    2/6/74
- Gunsmoke
  Link Parrin
  - S 18: Ep 7 The Fugitives
    10/23/72
- Ironside
  Martin Lucas
  - S 6: Ep 3 Programmed for Panic
    9/28/72
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 4 I Can Hardly Tell You Apart
    10/15/71
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Agent Oliver Wells
  - S 1: Ep 4 Operation: Bribery
    10/8/71
- The Young Lawyers
  Bonelli
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Bradbury War
    2/17/71
- The F.B.I.
  Dr. McGregor
  - S 5: Ep 26 The Quest
    3/8/70
- That Girl (1966)
  Jon
  - S 4: Ep 19 Ugh, Wilderness (2)
    2/5/70
  - S 4: Ep 18 Fly By Night (1)
    1/29/70
- Beyond Westworld
  Patrick
  - S 1: Ep 5 Take-over
- Meego
  Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mommy 'n' Meego
- Lassie
  John Bradley
  - S 16: Ep 7 Father and Son
    11/9/69
- Gunsmoke
  Diggs
  - S 14: Ep 21 The Long Night
    2/17/69
- The F.B.I.
  James Kellogg
  - S 4: Ep 18 Caesar´s Wife
    1/26/69
- Death Valley Days
  Reynolds
  - S 16: Ep 25 The Pieces of the Puzzle
    5/11/68
- The Felony Squad
  Tye Laughlin
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Human Target
    3/7/68
- The F.B.I.
  Phillip Graham
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Dynasty
    1/7/68
- The Big Valley
  Davey Dunigan
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Good Thieves
    1/1/68
- The Invaders
  Robert Bernard
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Trial
    10/10/67
- Gilligan's Island
  Roy Hinkley Jr.
- The Great Adventure
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 25 Escape
    4/17/64
- The Outer Limits
  Maj. Benedict
  - S 1: Ep 22 Specimen: Unknown
    2/24/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 20 Man In A Hole
    2/18/64
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Harry Devlin
  - S 6: Ep 11 The Toy Jungle
    12/6/63
- The Farmer's Daughter
  Walter
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Stand-In
    11/1/63
- Rawhide
  Burt Harvey
  - S 5: Ep 29 Incident at Alkali Sink
    5/24/63
- Lassie
  Ranger Allen
  - S 9: Ep 28 Operation Woodland
    4/21/63
- Empire
  Bill Carey
  - S 1: Ep 27 Arrow in the Sky
    4/9/63
- Hawaiian Eye
  Warren Boyd
  - S 4: Ep 18 Go for Baroque
    2/12/63
- The Dakotas
  Lt. Clyde Mariot
  - S 1: Ep 3 Mutiny At Fort Mercy
    1/21/63
- General Electric True
  John T. Metcalf
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mile Long Shot To Kill
    11/25/62
- Laramie
  Al Denning
  - S 4: Ep 8 Double Eagles
    11/20/62
- Lassie
  Mark Adams
  - S 9: Ep 6 Fawn Patrol
    11/4/62
- Ben Casey
  Dr. Burke
  - S 2: Ep 5 Go Not Gently Into The Night
    10/29/62
- The Real McCoys
  Ross
  - S 5: Ep 24 Allergies Anonymous
    4/5/62
- Route 66
  Bob Keel
  - S 2: Ep 23 Go Read the River
    3/16/62
- Laramie
  Murkland
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Dynamiters
    3/6/62
- Laramie
  Wayne Cady
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Perfect Gift
    1/2/62
- Adventures in Paradise
  Bowman
  - S 3: Ep 13 Survival
    12/31/61
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Lee Taber
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Queen of Craven Point
    12/22/61
- Alcoa Premiere
  Major
  - S 1: Ep 9 End of a World
    12/19/61
- Hawaiian Eye
  Bert Jackson
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Kupua of Coconut Bay
    10/4/61
- Ripcord
  Stan Warner
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Sky Diver
    9/28/61
- Death Valley Days
  Grant Noble
  - S 9: Ep 22 Dead Man's Tale
    2/26/61
- Thriller
  Adam Talmadge
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Hungry Glass
    1/3/61
- The June Allyson Show
  Tom Richards
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Desperate Challenge
    12/15/60
- The June Allyson Show
  Hugh Grafton
  - S 1: Ep 30 Intermission
    5/2/60
- The Twilight Zone
  George Manion
  - S 1: Ep 26 Execution
    4/1/60
- Gunsmoke
  Harry Webb
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Bear
    2/28/59
- Lawman (1958)
  Wade Horgan
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Encounter
    1/18/59
- Rescue 8
  Reverend Friend
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Bells Of Fear
    12/22/58
- Wagon Train
  Steve Marshall
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Beauty Jamison Story
    12/17/58
- Flight
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Minefield
    11/11/58
- Casey Jones
  Jeff Tyler
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Trackwalker
    10/5/58
- Lassie
  Mr. Matthews
  - S 5: Ep 5 The Crash
    10/5/58
- Steve Canyon
  Maj. Pitch Hammer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Operation Heartbeat
    10/4/58
- Jefferson Drum
  The Sundown Kid
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Very Deadly Game
    5/30/58
- Wagon Train
  Craig
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Cliff Grundy Story
    12/25/57
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  William Dodd
  - S 1: Ep 9 Rio Grande
    6/3/57
- Code 3
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Fugitive
    5/21/57
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Turk
  - S 2: Ep 29 Vicious Circle
    4/14/57
- Cavalcade of America
  Don Marshall
  - S 5: Ep 23 Don Marshall's Brat
    3/19/57
- Gunsmoke
  Joe Stranger
  - S 2: Ep 21 Bloody Hands
    2/16/57
- Circus Boy
  Ben Osgood
  - S 1: Ep 5 Corky And The Circus Doctor
    10/21/56
- You Are There
  Fletcher Christian
  - S 5: Ep 5 Mr. Christian Seizes the Bounty
    10/7/56
- Climax!
  Rusty
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Lou Gehrig Story
    4/19/56
- Cavalcade of America
  Karl Nader
  - S 4: Ep 11 Postmark: Danger
    12/27/55
- Crossroads (1955)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Unholy Trio
    10/21/55
- Conflict
  Mark
  - S 1: Ep 1 King's Row: Lady In Fear
    9/13/55
- The Lone Ranger
  Tom Levering
  - S 4: Ep 51 Counterfeit Redskins
    8/25/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Carter
  - S 5: Ep 38 Eight Iron Men
    5/12/55
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Lefty
  - S 4: Ep 34 The Touch of Steel
    5/1/55
- City Detective
  Stocker
  - S 2: Ep 2 Why Should the Beautiful Die?
    10/26/54
- Adventures of Superman
  Chopper
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Runaway Robot
    1/9/53

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Trivia
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- Russell auditioned for the role of neurosurgeon Ben Casey in the 1961 medical drama Ben Casey, but he lost out to Vince Edwards.
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- Russell's daughter, Kim Johnson, briefly made it into show business starring in movies such as The Great Skycopter Rescue, Looker, Priest and Antwone Fisher.
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- He is currently married to Constance Dane, and has one stepson with her. He was previously married to Kay Cousins Johnson until she died. He had two children with her.
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Quotes
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- Russell: Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available.
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- Russell: I was at a speaking engagement for MIT and I said the Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this very institution! And that's why I can make a radio out of a coconut, and not fix a hole in a boat!
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