His son died of AIDS and there is a great interview where he reflected on it as a very loving Dad, too. Seems to have been a class guy all around. He was also in a Twilight Zone episode.
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:57:49 PM UTC-7, bobby cormier wrote: > > 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.
