The two-person crew of the charter boat SS Minnow and five passengers on a "three-hour tour" from Honolulu run into a storm and are shipwrecked on an uncharted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The exact l… See more

• Bob Denver as Willy Gilligan, the hapless first mate of the S.S. Minnow.
• Alan Hale Jr. as Captain Jonas Grumby ("The Skipper"), the captain of the S.S. Minnow
• Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III, a Wall Street millionaire… See more

The pilot episode, "Marooned," was filmed in November 1963. The pilot featured seven characters (as in the series), but only four of the characters—and their associated actors—were carried forward into the series: Gilli… See more

The shipwrecked castaways are desperate to leave the island, and various opportunities frequently present themselves but invariably fail, nearly always due to some bumbling error committed by Gilligan. Sometimes… See more