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Russell David Johnson

ラッセル・ジョンソン　/　らっせる・じょんそん

American television actor

November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014　・　Ashley, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania
television actor
film actor
actor

My Take

What gets me about Russell Johnson is the distance between his two lives. Here was a decorated combat airman, a Purple Heart and Air Medal recipient, who then spent decades as the lovable, ever-resourceful Professor on Gilligan's Island. He never chased prestige awards, yet he carved out a role that lodged itself permanently in the cultural memory of generations. To me that is its own kind of greatness: not flashy, but durable. A small-town Pennsylvania kid who survived a war and then made millions laugh, and kept doing dependable work into his late eighties. I admire that quiet, steady kind of staying power enormously.

Overview

Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor. He played Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island and Marshal Gib Scott in Black Saddle.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Russell David Johnson
Name (Japanese): ラッセル・ジョンソン
Reading: らっせる・じょんそん
Born: November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rat
Origin: Ashley, Pennsylvania, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: television actor / film actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Girard College

Awards & achievements

Purple Heart
Air Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://russell-johnson.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

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