Denver, Bob 1935– (Robert Denver)

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DENVER, Bob 1935
(Robert Denver)

PERSONAL

Born January 9, 1935, in New Rochelle, NY; married Maggie Ryan, 1960 (divorced, 1966); married Jean Carole Webber, 1967 (divorced, 1970); married Dreama Peery, 1976; children: (first marriage) Patrick, Megan; (second marriage) Emily; (third marriage) Colin. Education: Graduated from LoyolaMarymount University.

Addresses: Agent Amsel, Eisenstadt & Frazier, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Contact Nationwide Entertainment Services, Inc., 2756 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 449, Las Vegas, NV 890142100.

Career: Actor. Previously worked as a mailman, grammar school coach, and teacher.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Maynard G. Krebs, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as Dobie Gillis ), CBS, 19591963.

Gilligan, Gilligan's Island, CBS, 19641967.

Rufus Butterworth, The Good Guys, CBS, 19681970.

Dusty, Dusty's Trail, syndicated, 1973.

Voice of Gilligan, The New Adventures of Gilligan (animated), ABC, 19741977.

Junior, The Far Out Space Nuts, CBS, 19751977.

Voice of Gilligan, Gilligan's Planet (animated), CBS, 19821983.

Various characters, Twilight Theater (also known as Steve Martin's Twilight Theater ), NBC, 1982.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Gilligan, Rescue from Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1978.

Gilligan, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1979.

Gilligan, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1981.

Dr. Dudley Plunkett, The Invisible Woman, NBC, 1983.

Milton Feld, High School U.S.A., NBC, 1983.

Maynard G. Krebs, Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis, CBS, 1988.

Himself, Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (also known as Surviving Gilligan's Island ), CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Maynard G. Krebs, Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?, CBS, 1977.

Oliver Hopkins, Scamps, NBC, 1982.

Twilight Theatre II, NBC, 1982.

The Real Trivial Pursuit, ABC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Gilligan, Gilligan's Island: Marooned, 1964.

The Bob Goulet Show Starring Robert Goulet, ABC, 1970.

The AllStar Salute to Mother's Day, NBC, 1981.

The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, ABC, 1985.

Friday Night Surprise!, NBC, 1989.

Himself/Gilligan, Gilligan's Island: Underneath the Grass Skirt (documentary), 1999.

Himself, Gilligan's Island: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

TV Guide's Truth behind the Sitcoms 2, Fox, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Paul Garrett, "If You Can't Believe the Truth," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1963.

Lieutenant Tenner, "An Enterprising Young Man," The Farmer's Daughter, ABC, 1963.

Dudley J. Wash, "The Darlings Are Coming," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1963.

Dudley J. Wash, "Mountain Wedding," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1963.

Dudley J. Wash, "Divorce, Mountain Style," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1964.

Harold, "My Son the Genie," I Dream of Jeannie, NBC, 1967.

Earl, "Love and the Hitchhiker," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970.

Guest, Kraft Music Hall, 1970.

"Love and the Cake," Love, American Style, ABC, 1971.

"Love and the Baby Derby," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973.

"Love and the Eat's Cafe," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973.

Jason, "Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy: Parts 1&2," The Love Boat, ABC, 1979.

Morris Binstock, "Eagleman/Children of Mentu," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980.

Francis Elkins, "House of Dolls/Wuthering Heights," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1982.

"The Magic Camera/Mata Hari/Valerie," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1982.

Norman Lomax, "A Dress to Remember," The Love Boat, ABC, 1982.

Tim Kearns, "Love Island/The Sisters," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1983.

Gilligan, "Gilligidge Island," The New Gidget, syndicated, 1987.

Gilligan, "Somewhere over the Rerun," ALF, NBC, 1987.

Willy Gilligan, "Now, Sit Right Back, and You'll Hear a Tale," Baywatch, syndicated, 1992.

Himself, "The Graduation," Evening Shade, CBS, 1993.

Late Show with David Letterman, 1993.

Himself, "The Herm from Ipanema," Herman's Head, Fox, 1994.

Himself, "Gilligan," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network, 1994.

Himself, "Sherwood SchwartzA Loving Tribute," Roseanne, ABC, 1995.

Gilligan, "Mommy 'n' Meego," Meego, CBS, 1997.

Himself, "Islands: Bee Stung Lips and Deserted Island Tips," Road Rules, 1997.

Voice of himself, "Simpson Tide," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1998.

Film Appearances:

(As Robert Denver) MacIntosh, A Private's Affair, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1959.

(As Robert Denver) Emmett, Take Her, She's Mine, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1963.

Kelp, For Those Who Think Young, United Artists, 1964.

Willie Owens, Who's Minding the Mint?, Columbia, 1967.

Bertram Webb, Did You Hear the One about the Traveling Saleslady?, Universal, 1968.

Choo Choo Burns, The Sweet Ride, Twentieth Century Fox, 1968.

Dusty, The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West, Topar, 1976.

Bartender, Back to the Beach, Paramount, 1987.

Stage Appearances:

The Foreigner, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 1985.

Radio Appearances:

Host (with Dreama Denver), Weekend with Denver & Denver, 1997.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Himself, TV Land Presents Blast from the Past, 2001.

WRITINGS

Autobiography:

Gilligan, Maynard and Me, 1993.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, June 19, 1998, p. 14; September 11, 1998, p. 22.

U.S. News & World Report, October 19, 1998, p. 14.

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