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Turns out that Gilligan\u2019s Island<\/em> wasn\u2019t so deserted after all \u2014 outsiders seemed to drop in from time to time \u2026 and many of them were very familiar faces, especially to TV audiences in the \u201960s. Here are some of the guest stars who popped in and then left without so much as a, \u201cHowdy do, I\u2019ll rescue you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Gladasya Productions \/ CBS Productions \/ United Artists Television<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDenny Miller<\/strong><\/h2>\nA guest on everything from Westerns to spy shows, Denny dropped in on Gilligan and the gang TWICE \u2014 as a Hawaiian surfer arriving on a tsunami wave, and as a Tarzan-like actor. He failed to send rescue teams both times.<\/p>\n\n\n Gladasya Productions \/ CBS Productions \/ United Artists Television<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nZsa Zsa Gabor<\/strong><\/h2>\nPlaying a wealthy rival to Mrs. Howell, Zsa Zsa created all sorts of chaos as she contemplated buying the island, and then left, never to return, dahlings.<\/p>\n\n\n Gladasya Productions \/ CBS Productions \/ United Artists Television<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPhil Silvers<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe legendary funnyman played obnoxious, overbearing Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba. The castaways put on a musical version of Hamlet to impress him, but Hecuba slipped away alone at night \u2014 and soon had his own smash hit \u2026 a musical version of Hamlet.<\/p>\n
Kurt Russell <\/strong><\/h2>\nBefore he made an Escape From New York<\/em>, 13-year-old Kurt appeared as the Jungle Boy, who flies away on a balloon made by the Professor. But, he\u2019s unable to tell officials about the island because his only words are, \u201cboy boy, girl girl, no no!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Gladasya Productions \/ CBS Productions \/ United Artists Television<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNehemiah Persoff<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe prolific Jerusalem-born actor played an exiled Latin American dictator who declared himself ruler of the island with Gilligan as his puppet leader before leaving the banana-loaded island for his banana republic.<\/p>\n
Rory Calhoun<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe famed TV Western star upgraded to a big game hunter who landed on the island \u2026 and decided to hunt Gilligan. Luckily, he was unsuccessful. He failed to report the castaways for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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