Changes: Russell Johnson

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Russell Johnson (1924-2014) was an American actor. He had a long career in films and television, including several appearances on The Twilight Zone. Johnson was best-known for playing the role of The Professor on the TV series Gilligan's Island, and its various spin-off productions.

Johnson had a sense of humor about his career as a whole and later appeared as a special guest at ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Johnson also appeared as a guest on the Cartoon Network late-night talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

Riffed Movies

This Island Earth (MST3K: The Movie) - as Steve Carlson
The Space Children (Experiment #906) - as Joe Gamble

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-'''Russell Johnson''' (1924-2014) was an American actor. He had a long career in films and television, though he was best-known for playing the role of The Professor on the TV series ''Gilligan's Island'', and it's various spin-off productions.
+'''Russell Johnson''' ([[1924]]-[[2014]]) was an American actor. He had a long career in films and television, including several appearances on ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''. Johnson was best-known for playing the role of The Professor on the TV series ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', and its various spin-off productions.
+Johnson had a sense of humor about his career as a whole and later appeared as a special guest at ''[[ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''.
-== MST-ied Movies ==
-* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|MST3k: The Movie]]'' (''This Island Earth'') - as Steve Carlson
+Johnson also appeared as a guest on the Cartoon Network late-night talk show ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''.
-* Experiment #906 [[The Space Children|''The Space Children'']] - as Joe Gamble
+== Riffed Movies ==
+* ''[[This Island Earth (film)|This Island Earth]]'' ([[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|MST3K: The Movie]]) - as Steve Carlson
+* ''The Space Children'' ([[MST3K 906 - The Space Children|Experiment #906]]) - as Joe Gamble
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
 MST3k The Movie- Russell Johnson (RIP) in THIS ISLAND EARTH.jpg|Appearing in ''This Island Earth''<br>
-RJohnson.jpg|Appearing ''(on the left)'' with [[Peggy Webber]] ''(right)'' in ''The Space Children''
+RJohnson.jpg|Appearing (left) in ''The Space Children''
 </gallery>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Russell}}
-== Notes ==
-* Johnson had a sense of humor about his career, and appeared as a special guest at ''[[ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''.
-* Johnson also appeared as a guest on the Cartoon Network late-night talk show "''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''", which also had a guest-appearance by [[Joel Hodgson]] and which [[Michael J. Nelson]] was considered for a guest-spot on but which never happened.
 [[Category:Recurring movie actors]]
 [[Category:Convention Guests]]
+[[Category:Gilligan's Island actors]]
+[[Category:Movie Actors]]
+[[Category:Deceased Actors]]
+[[Category:Twilight Zone actors]]