russell johnson is one of my favorite underrated actors for 2 reasons (maybe more). pre-gilligan, he was a regular in medium to low budget westerns. somehting we know but most people don't. the thing is, he took supporting roles in these westerns & could play a good guy OR a very convincing bad guy. i'm not saying he was jack palance in "shane", but he was more than convincing, laid-back or evil. AFTER gilligan, he was the star of an afterschool special from the '70s called "hewitt's just different" which was a fairly complex & nuanced role where he was the single dad of a teen with mental retardation. he was GREAT in this & i can find neither hide nor hare of it on youtube etc. would love to see it again. i would watch this again ANYTIME. in short, he was an overlooked gem by a public who mainly knows him as only the professor on gilligan. a few months ago i put two cowboy pictures of him up on facebook. i'll miss him. also, on a personal note, he was in a tv series briefly called "my two dads." one of the last few things he did. class act.
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:34:57 PM UTC-5, t bedford wrote: > > Oddly enough, earlier today I watched *Attack of the Crab Monsters* (one > of whose stars is Russell Johnson). When it was over, I saw the headline. > > And I just realized that Dave Madden was on Laugh In.... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
