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| Born | Robert Osbourne Denver January 9, 1935 New Rochelle, New York, USA |
| Died | September 2, 2005 (aged 70) Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Maggie Ryan (1960-1966) 2 children Jean Webber (1967-1970) Carole Abrahams (1972-?) 1 child Dreama Perry (1979-2005) 1 child |
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Early life and television career
Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and reared in Brownwood in central Texas. New Rochelle ( French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the south-east portion of the U Brownwood is a city in and the County seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. He graduated from Loyola University (predecessor to today's Loyola Marymount University) in Los Angeles, California. Loyola Marymount University (LMU is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles California, United States Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He first found work as a mailman. He would later coach physical education and teach mathematics at Corpus Christi School, a Roman Catholic elementary school in Pacific Palisades. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Pacific Palisades is a district within the US city of Los Angeles California, located between Brentwood to the east Malibu to the west
He costarred with Dwayne Hickman on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis in 1959. Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles) is an American Actor and Television executive The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is a Situation comedy that ran on CBS in the USA from 1959–1963 Denver played the role of Maynard G. Krebs, while Hickman played Dobie Gillis. Hickman was also a Loyola graduate. Also in the series was Steven Franken, who played the dilettante playboy Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. Steven Franken, sometimes spelled Stephen Franken (born May 27, 1932, in Brooklyn New York) is an American Actor
Credited as "Robert Denver," he landed a small role in the 1963 Jimmy Stewart film, Take Her, She's Mine, playing a beatnik poet working at a coffee shop named "The Sleeping Pill. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor " Denver appeared in the 1964 beach movie For Those Who Think Young with Tina Louise prior to the development of Gilligan's Island. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. For Those Who Think Young is an album by Canadian new wave band Rough Trade, released in 1981. Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American model, Singer and actress.
Though remembered primarily as a comic actor, Denver appeared in one dramatic role on television, as a physician (Dr. Paul Garrett) in one episode of Dr. Kildare. Dr James Kildare is a Fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical Films in the late 1930s and early 1940s an early 1950s Telecast on October 10, 1963, the episode, "If You Can't Handle the Truth" also featured Barbara Eden and Ken Berry. Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23, 1934) is an American film and television actress and Singer who is best Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry (born November 3, 1933 in Moline Illinois) is an American Dancer, and comedic Actor
When Dobie Gillis ended in 1963, Denver landed the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.
Later career
After the conclusion of Gilligan's Island, he performed in other shows such as The Good Guys (1968–1970), Love American Style and Dusty's Trail (1973) (a facsimile of Gilligan's Island, with the basis of a lost wagon train). Love American Style is an hour-long television Anthology which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September Dusty's Trail was a 1973 - 1974 syndicated Television series set in the 1800s He also starred in a children's program, Far Out Space Nuts (1975), which was essentially Gilligan in space. Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft Children's television series starring Bob Denver as Junior, a seemingly dim-witted Although appreciated by Bob Denver fans, none of these shows matched the wider audience success of his earlier roles.
In 1998, Denver was arrested for having a parcel of marijuana delivered to his home. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a He originally said that the parcel had come from Dawn Wells (who had played "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island) but later refused to name her in court, and testified that "some crazy fan must have sent it". Dawn Elberta Wells (born October 18, 1938, in Reno, Nevada) is an American actress best known for her television work in the 1960s particularly The police reportedly found more of the drug and related paraphernalia in Denver's home. He pleaded no contest and received six months probation. la Nolo contendere is a legal term that comes from the Latin for "I will not contend it Probation is the suspension of all or part of a jail sentence the Criminal who is "on probation" has been convicted of a crime but instead of serving jail [1]
Later on in his life, Denver returned to his adopted home of Princeton, West Virginia. Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. He became an FM radio personality. Along with his wife Dreama, they ran a small "oldies format" station, WGAG-LP. He also earned a small income making public appearances, often costumed as Gilligan.
In May 2005, Denver underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery, and was subsequently diagnosed with throat cancer. He died September 2, from pneumonia and squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx[2] at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the age of 70, surrounded by his family — his last wife (of 28 years), the former Dreama Peery; and his children from 3 of his 4 different marriages; Patrick, Megan, Emily, and Colin. The larynx (plural larynges) colloquially known as the voicebox, is an organ in the Neck of Mammals involved in protection of the Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483
References
- ^ Gilligan's Dreams Dana Stevens at slate. msn. com, September 6, 2005
- ^ North Carolina Death Certificate (September 7, 2005) via Find A Grave. Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records
External links
- Bob Denver at the Internet Movie Database
- Bob Denver at the Internet Broadway Database
- Bob Denver at TV.com
- Gilligan's Minnow no longer lost
- Bob Denver's Gilligan Fan club
- Find-A-Grave profile for Bob Denver
- Bob Denver Halloween Pumpkin Carving
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Denver, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Denver, Robert Osbourne |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Rochelle, New York, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2005-9-2 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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