Russell Johnson
Russell Johnson
Russell David Johnsonwas an American television and film actor, best known for his role as "the Professor" on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth10 November 1924
CityAshley, PA
CountryUnited States of America
landed
We really feel we landed the right one.
communication good school work
I think we have a good school system, but it can be better. I think we can work on communication.
approach bill ethics lobby novel pressure receives sort
I think it's a novel approach to the ethics issue. It is sort of a way to lobby for a bill that now receives so much lobbying pressure from the other direction.
grateful people rather shows talking thirty unique
There aren't many shows that people are talking about thirty years after they're done. So we're rather unique and we're very grateful about it.
delighted except later time
Really, we don't know what to make of it except that we're delighted about it. We have all these fans thirty years later and they're still around and will probably be around for a long time to come.
found loving sweet
I found him to be a dear, sweet generous, loving man, ... Gilligan's Island.
man
If any man be in Christ, he's a new preacher. The old things are passed away and all things become new.
doubt good since
Well, we've been typecast, there's no doubt about that. But it's all right. We've all done other things since then and we've had good careers.
areas cannot cover direction second
We're all on the same team, going into the same direction. He (Parsley) is on first base. I'm on second base. He'll cover areas I cannot reach,
jobs guy sticks
I was always the bad guy in westerns. I played more bad guys than you can shake a stick at until I played the Professor. Then I couldn't get a job being a bad guy.
actors dies available
Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available.
punishment people trouble
I have great trouble with the people who envision AIDS as a punishment from God.
engagement mit coconuts
I was at a speaking engagement for MIT... and I said, 'The Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this very institution [MIT]! And that's why I can make a radio out of a coconut, and not fix a hole in a boat!'
wish sin christ
I wish to confess my sins, and I wish Christ to come into my life. . .