Gilligan

Skipper Jonas Grumby

Thurston Howell III 

Lovey Howell

Ginger Grant

Professor Roy Hinkley

Mary Ann Summers

Radio Announcer - Charles Maxwell

Season #1 - 1964-65

Bob Denver

Alan Hale, Jr.

Jim Backus

Natalie Schafer

Tina Louise

Russell Johnson

Dawn Wells

1. Two on a Raft
Gilligan and the Skipper build a bamboo raft and set out to sea. After a shark attack, theythink they're beached on an island inhabited by Marubi
headhunters, but we know better!
Directed by John Rich

2. Home Sweet Hut
With a tropical storm heading their way, the castaways decide to build a community hut, but when they start getting on each other's nerves, they
decide to build individual huts.
Directed by Richard Donner

3. Voodoo Something to Me
The Skipper admits his belief in native superstitions and thinks Gilligan
has been transformed into a monkey via voodoo witchcraft
.
Directed by John Rich

4. Goodnight Sweet Skipper
Believe it or not, the Professor can't fix the radio in this episode, but he can hypnotize the Skipper so he'll recall how to transform the radio into a transmitter in order to contact a female pilot, The Vagabond Lady,  who is flying over the island.
Directed by  stage and screen great, Ida Lupino

5. Wrongway Feldman
The castaways aren't alone on the island after all. Forgotten aviator Wrongway Feldman disappeared 33 years earlier and is living on the island as well. With the Professor's help, Wrongway finally makes it off the ground, but can't remember
the island's coordinates when he meets up with authorities.
Guest Starring Hans Conried - Directed by Ida Lupino

6. President Gilligan
Since nobody will dig a well for fresh water, an island election for president is set.
One Castaway bribes another and finally Gilligan is elected by a write-in vote.
Directed by Richard Donner

7. The Sound of Quacking (dream sequence)
The Castaways are running out of food when a wild duck lands on the island
and they have to decide whether to eat it or use it like a carrier pigeon to carry
a message back to the mainland. Of course, Gilligan befriends the bird, and
in the series' first dream sequence plays the Marshal who tries to protect the
duck from outlaws in this "Gunsmoke" take-off.
 
Directed by Ray Montgomery

8. Goodbye Island
The Professor tries to make nails from an outcropping of ferrous oxide he finds
on the island. His nails are too limp, but Mary Ann and Gilligan discover tree sap that bonds like glue, albeit only temporarily.

Directed by John Rich

9. The Big Gold Strike
While the Castawys prepare to leave the island on the Minnow's inflatable life
raft, Gilligan discovers a gold mine when he falls into a pit. Mr. Howell stakes a claim and has Gilligan mine it for him. Everyone becomes greedy, stowing away bags of gold on the raft until it eventually sinks. No rescue this time.

Directed by Stanley Z. Cherry

10. Waiting for Watubi
Skipper unearths an ancient tiki god he recognizes as Kona and feels sure he has been cursed for the discovery. Only the witch doctor, Watubi can remove the curse, so Gilligan dresses up as Watubi and performs the ritual to break the spell.
Directed by Jack Arnold

11. Angel on the Island
Ginger is distraught when she misses her Broadway debut because of the shipwreck. To cheer her up, the Castaways put on a production of Cleopatra
with Mr. Howell as the angel (backer) of the production.
Mel Blanc, the famous
voice-characterizationist who spoke for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble
and hundreds more, provided the voice of the parrot at the end of the epiosde
.
Directed by Jack Arnold

12. Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk
The only Christmas-themed episode ever filmed. Through flashbacks (including much of the original pilot film), the audience finds out exactly what happened
when the S.S. Minnow was wrecked.
Blooper: Look very closely at the people
who are sleeping on the Minnow's outer deckwhen Gilligan wakes up.
Clearly the original Professor, Ginger and Mary Ann from the pilot.
Original pilot footage directed by Rod Amateau; new footage directed by John Rich

13. Three Million Dollars More or Less
Mr. Howell bets Gilligan, beginning with a 25 cent wager. Within 48 hours, it
has swelled to 3 million dollars, which Mr. Howell owes Gilligan. Mr. Howell
tries to unload a supposedly worthless oil company, but then the radio
reports it's a gusher.
Directed by Ray Mongomery

14. Water, Water Everywhere
While the island is going through a drought, Gilligan manages to waste every
bit of water that has been saved. Finally, a frog leads Gilligan to a
fresh-water underground spring.

The frog's 'ribbot' was supplied by voice-man Mel Blanc.
Directed by Stanley Z. Cherry

15. So Sorry, My Island Now
A Japanese soldier who thinks WWII never ended arrives on the island in a one-man submarine and captures the castaways. Note: This was one of those epsidoes filmed in the lagoon while the water was ice-cold. If you look closely at Bob's red shirt, you'll see that his collar is buttoned all the way to the top to conceal the wet suit he had to wear underneath.
Guest starring Vito Scotti, the great character actor; directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.

16.Plant You Now, Dig You Later
While working for Mr. Howell, Gilligan finds a treasure chest that Mr. Howell
claims as Howell property. The Professor settles the matter by becoming judge
and ruling that they 'share and share alike' - it's community property. Mr. Howell offers each Castaway $100,000 for his/her portion and finds out the chest
is filled with old cannonballs.
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin

17. Little Island, Big Gun
Gangster Jackson Farrell arrives on the island with his accomplices, planning to hide the sack of money from a bank they robbed, but the sack of dough ends up getting chewed up by the propeller of their boat.
Guest starring Larry Storch and Jack Sheldon; Directed by Abner Biberman

18. X Marks the Spot
The Air Force drops an experimental missile on the island in a strategic test called
"Operation Powder Keg". Written by Sherwood and Elroy Schwartz (his brother)
Directed by Jack Arnold

19. Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy
Yet another inhabitant of the island shows up when Gilligan finds Jungle Boy,
who doesn't know how to speak the language. Jungle Boy shows the Professor
a natural gas opening in the earth, and they make a hot-air balloon from sealed raincoats. Jungle Boy gets off the island, but can't tell anyone about the
castaways stranded there.
Guest starring Kurt Russell; Directed by Lawrence Dobkin

20. St. Gilligan and the Dragon
The women protest, then vacate the community hut when the men don't keep their
promise to build private residences. The men decide to drive the woman back by dressing up as a dragon and scaring them away from their primitive camp.

Directed by Ray Montgomery

21. Big Man on Little Stick
Duke Williams rides a giant tsunami to the island, recovers there and works out before he rides the tsunami back to Hawaii. But wouldn't you know he wipes out and hits his head, causing amnesia and never tells the tale of the Castaways?
Guest starring Denny Scott Miller; directed by Tony Leader

22. Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
A gorilla on the island becomes enchanted by Mrs. Howell's jewels and perfume, steals them, then kidnaps Lovey.
Written by Elroy Schwartz; directed by Jack Arnold

23. How To Be a Hero
When Gilligan is unable to save Mary Ann from drowning in the lagoon, Skipper jumps in and saves them both, becoming the resident hero. Gilligan becomes insatiably jealous, so the Castaways set out to make him a hero. When he actually saves them from a headhunter, they believe he really IS a hero.
Directed by Tony Leader

24. The Return of Wrongway Feldman
Wrongway wants nothing more to do with civilization and comes back to the island. The Castaways are distraught and try to force him to fly back to the mainland and form a rescue mission for them, but Wrongway takes off and
leaves them high and dry.
Guest starring Hans Conried; Directed by Ida Lupino

25. The Matchmaker
Since she's missed the year's social events and weddings, Mrs. Howell decides to engineer a romance between Gilligan and Mary Ann. The plan backfires and almost ruins the Howells' marriage, but they are reunited as the Castaways
provide a romantic dinner and entertainment courtesy of Ginger.

Directed by Tony Leader

26. Music Hath Charm
The Castaways form an orchestra for fun, but Gilligan's drums attract angry
native tribes from other islands, who think his drumbeats mean war.

Directed by Jack Arnold

27. New Neighbor Sam
The Castaways are petrified when they overhear voices of gangsters who are threatening to kill them. Turns out the 'voices' belong to a parrot speaking in
two different voices.

Parrot Voices courtesy of Mel Blanc and Herb Vigran; Directed by Ray Montgomery

28. They're Off and Running
After turtle racing, Mr. Howell wins everything Skipper owns, including Gilligan.
Howell wants Gilligan to be his permanent houseboy.

Note: During the filming of this episode, the animal trainers stored turtles in
Bob Denver's dressing room shower.
Directed by Jack Arnold

29. Three To Get Ready
Gilligan finds a rare gemstone and according to its legend, is granted three wishes.
The first two he wastes on ice cream that mysteriously floats ashore. Finally for
his last wish, Gilligan wishes the Castaways off the island. The patch of land
they're standing on separates into the lagoon

Directed by Jack Arnold

30. Forget Me Not
Skipper is struck on the head and suffers paranoid delusions, thinking the
Castaways are Japanese soldiers out to get him.
 
Directed by Jack Arnold

31. Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?
Gilligan is keeping a diary, recording the events of the Castaways day-to-day life stuck together on the island. Flashbacks reveal everyone's own version of how
they escaped the Japanese soldier a while back.
 
Guest starring Vito Scotti; Directed by Christian Nyby

32. Physical Fatness
Skipper goes on a diet to lose weight while Gilligan tries to gain weight by eating
everything in sight, including a phosphorescent dye the Professor has concocted.
 
Directed by Gary Nelson

33. It's Magic
The Castaways test every magic prop contained in a huge crate that's washed ashore. Of course, Gilligan screws up every attempt at prestidigation.
Directed by Jack Arnold

34. Goodbye, Old Paint
Yet another person is found on the island - abstract artist Alexandri Gregor
Dubov, who has a short-wave radio, but won't let anyone use it to call for help.
The Castaways scheme to make Dubov jealous of Gilligan's artistic talent.
It works! He becomes so jealous that he flees the island on a raft he has
made from his paintings.
Guest starring Harold J. Stone; Directed by Jack Arnold

35. My Fair Gilligan
Gilligan saves Lovey's life and the Howells are so grateful they decide to adopt
him as a Howell. Gilligan dreams he has become a prince, the son of King
Thurston and Queen Lovery, but wakes up and realizes he hates being a Howell and just wants to go back to being plain ol' first mate
.
Directed by Tony Leader

36. A Nose By Any Other Name
Gilligan nearly breaks his nose when he falls out of a tree, so the Professor pretends to operate on Gilligan and give him a nose job at the same time.
Written by Elroy Schwartz; Directed by Hal Cooper