List of Gilligan 's island characters - wikipedia List of Gilligan 's island characters This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article 's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia 's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. ( December 2009 ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2012 ) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia 's quality standards. No cleanup reason has been specified. Please help improve this article if you can. ( December 2009 ) The following lists the main and recurring characters of the American television situation comedy Gilligan 's Island, created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. Contents 1 Main characters ( the castaways ) 2 Recurring characters 3 Guests on Gilligan 's Island 4 References Main characters ( the castaways ) Gilligan ( played by Bob Denver ) - The title character of the show. Gilligan is a crewman of the S.S. Minnow who worked for the Skipper. He is well - meaning but bumbling, and he always seems to inadvertently mess up the castaways ' escape. He wears a red shirt, light blue pants, and a white sailor 's hat. The Skipper ( played by Alan Hale, Jr. ) - His real name is Jonas Grumby and he is the captain of the S.S. Minnow. He is well over-weight, leading to numerous fat jokes from Gilligan. Such an instance is when the Professor and Gilligan are helping him into a wetsuit : the Skipper says that he just has big bones, to which Gilligan adds : `` and they 're covered in big meat. '' Whenever he gets frustrated with Gilligan, he swats him in the head with his hat. Thurston Howell, III ( played by Jim Backus ) - Thurston is a millionaire used to luxurious living and never does any work on the island. The only exception is when the castaways believe that Mr. Howell is broke and make him work. He devises many get - rich - quick schemes on the island. Thurston was originally a multi-billionaire until the stock market crash rendered him a multi-millionaire. Mrs. Howell ( played by Natalie Schafer ) - Thurston 's wife. She can be more spoiled than Mr. Howell at times, but is always the first to want to try something new. Mr. Howell always calls her `` Lovey ''. Her maiden name is Wentworth. Ginger Grant ( played by Tina Louise ) - A movie star from Hollywood. Ginger usually tries to use tricks from the movies she starred in to solve problems causing other castaways to rescue her from any dangers that befall her. She helps Mary Ann with cooking and dishwashing. Professor ( played by Russell Johnson ) : His real name is Roy Hinkley and he was a high school teacher before being stranded on the island. He has numerous scientific degrees and uses his knowledge to build many things on the island out of available materials. He is the most well - educated of the group and always has a logical answer to everything ( although not always correct ). Mary Ann Summers ( played by Dawn Wells ) - A farm girl from Winfield, Kansas. Not much is known about her before she gets to the island. She is portrayed as a typical `` girl next door '' and does most of the laundry and cooking with some help from Ginger. She is famous for her coconut cream pies which usually end up on Gilligan 's face. She also appears to have a slight crush on Gilligan. Recurring characters Radio Announcer ( voiced by Charles Maxwell ) - An announcer on the radio that the castaways own. The castaways would listen to his plot - advancing radio bulletins in many episodes and always with perfect timing to hear the exact news they needed to know. Wrongway Feldman ( played by Hans Conried ) - A fighter pilot from World War I. He was stuck on the island when he tried to fly around the world in the spirit of the Bronx. He leaves at the end of the episode, but returns later saying he will stay on the island. He leaves again however, but he crashes and never appears again. The castaways get a message from him saying he `` crashed on a strange island '' which appears to be Hawaii. Dr. Balinkoff ( played by Vito Scotti ) - A mad scientist who appears twice. For his first appearance, he takes the castaways to his secret lair on another island. In the end, the castaways escape. The second time, he uses mind - control rings to get the castaways to rob Fort Knox. He then flees when they attack him with coconuts and is never seen by them again. He owns a pet monkey named Igor. Japanese Sailor ( played by Vito Scotti ) - Appeared in two episodes. For his first appearance, he locks everybody on the island up except Gilligan and Skipper. In his second appearance, he appears in a flashback of events that never happened. The Gorilla ( played by Janos Prohaska ) - The only animal antagonist on the island, causes mayhem and mischief. In the episode `` Diamonds Are an Ape 's Best Friend, '' he kidnaps Mrs. Howell because her perfume acted as a pheromone. In the episode `` Chain of Command '', he disciplines Gilligan to be a better leader. In the episode `` Forward March, '' he shells the castaways with hand grenades after finding WWII weapons in a cave. In the episode `` Our Vines Have Tender Apes, '' the Gorilla is replaced by an Orangutan. Guests on Gilligan 's island This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( January 2014 ) In some episodes, there are different people who appear on Gilligan 's Island that are either visitors or have been on the unexplored parts of the island. The Mosquitoes - A rock / pop group who came to the island to escape all their fans. They were annoyed into leaving by the castaways, who eventually got them to leave by the girls forming the musical group `` The Honeybees. '' The Mosquitoes left, leaving behind one of their records, called `` The Mosquitoes at Carnegie Hall ''. Their names are Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving. Erika Tiffany - Smith ( played by Zsa Zsa Gabor ) - Appeared in the season two episode `` Erika Tiffany - Smith to the Rescue ''. Erika is a rich socialite and is a rival to Mrs. Howell. However, Mr. Howell takes a liking to Erika when she lets word out that she wants to buy the island ; and, as usual, Mr. Howell takes all money offers. Erika falls in love with the Professor, ignores Mary Ann 's sweetness and the Skipper 's advances of romance, and treats Gilligan ( like everyone else ) as a butler. Ginger adores Erika because of her owning several movie studios ; however, Ginger does n't appear on screen with Erika at all. Erika leaves claiming to return and rescue the castaways and buy the island. Like other visitors, she never returns. She 's heard on the radio at the end of the episode saying she does n't know the coordinates of the island. Harold Hecuba ( played by Phil Silvers ) - Season 3, episode 4 was `` The Producer '' ( air date October 3, 1966 ). It featured obnoxious, smarmy, and overbearing Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba crash - landing on the island. When waiting on him hand and foot and Ginger 's acting both fail to impress, the castaways attempt to woo Hecuba with their collective talent in hopes of enticing him to rescue them. In perhaps one of the most memorable sequences in 60 's TV history, they put on an original play : A musical version of Hamlet consisting of a hodgepodge of opera and classical recordings which managed to survive the shipwreck of the Minnow. Sadly, true to form as both guest to the island and conniving producer stereotype, Harold Hecuba sneaks back to civilization in the night, alone. The castaways soon hear of his new hit smash‍ -- ‌a musical version of Hamlet. Eva Grubb ( Tina Louise ) - A double of Ginger who comes to the island who tries to be Ginger who appears in All About Eva. References Jump up ^ Gilligan 's Island seasons 1 - 3 Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0588103/ Gilligan 's Island Episodes Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Characters Gilligan The Skipper The Professor Ginger Grant Mary Ann Summers Thurston Howell III Lovey Howell Spin - offs The New Adventures of Gilligan Rescue from Gilligan 's Island The Castaways on Gilligan 's Island The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan 's Island Gilligan 's Planet Surviving Gilligan 's Island Related Episodes S.S. Minnow The Adventures of Gilligan 's Island Gilligan 's Island pinball machine The Real Gilligan 's Island Gilligan 's Wake Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Gilligan%27s_Island_characters&oldid=820341279 '' Categories : Gilligan 's Island characters Lists of American sitcom television characters Lists of American television series characters Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles needing style editing from December 2009 All articles needing style editing Articles needing additional references from May 2012 All articles needing additional references Articles needing cleanup from December 2009 All pages needing cleanup Cleanup tagged articles without a reason field from December 2009 Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from December 2009 Articles with multiple maintenance issues Articles to be expanded from January 2014 All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 January 2018, at 06 : 29. 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Question: what was the captains name on gilligans island
Answer: Jonas Grumby