Skipper

Captain Jonas Grumby, usually called "Skipper" or The Skipper, is one of the main characters. He is the captain of the S.S. Minnow, the small excursion boat that ran ashore on the deserted island. He was played by Alan Hale Jr..

Personality
The Skipper is a warm-hearted person, who has a very bad temper, especially where Gilligan is involved. There is running gag through the series that when Gilligan comes down out of a palm tree, he usually falls on the Skipper or drops something on the Skipper's foot which makes him mad. Before becoming Charter Boat Captain, the Skipper was in the US Navy, although it is not consistent what was his position. In Wrongway Feldman, he claimed to be a cook on an aircraft carrier, and in Music Hath Charms, he was the ship's bandmaster. Being the biggest man on the island, the Skipper is very sensitive about his weight (221 Pounds); in Physical Fatness, when he sits on the Professor's scale, the Professor tells him it only goes up to 200 pounds. Likewise, when the Skipper sits on a fish scale, Gilligan tells him he weighs between a large mouth bass and a hammerhead shark!

Season Appearances

 * Season 1
 * Season 2
 * Season 3

Outfits
The Skipper wears a short sleeved blue polo shirt, khaki pants, white sneakers and a black captain's cap. On cool island nights, he wears a white wind-breaker jacket. He stored his clothes in his duffel bag.

Possessions
The Skipper saved several things from the wreck of the Minnow which he kept in his sea chest including checkers, a checkerboard, a two-headed coin, old rechargeable batteries, a Singapore bottle cap he accidentally pulled off with his teeth, the bottle it came from and other objects. He also had a dead spider that had crawled in to his chest by itself.

Trivia

 * As the biggest man on the island, the Skipper is very sensitive to any remarks concerning his weight.
 * The Skipper tells Ginger his birthday is May 1 when she looks up his horoscope.
 * Through the series, the Skipper comments the one thing he misses most is a nice thick steak. He expands on his preference in Forward March when he says he has his steak with onions, potatoes, fresh celery and carrots.
 * In the Hi-Fi Gilligan episode, the Skipper's missed punch at Gilligan knocks down a tree! In Allergy Time, his sneeze can also knock down a tree!
 * In the Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet episode, the Skipper admits he can drink scotch or bourbon but not Vodka. Other things the Skipper enjoys are steaks and chasing girls.
 * A running gag is the Skipper bonking Gilligan with his hat. In Smile, You're on Mars Camera, after the Skipper is stuck in the tree glue, it's Gilligan who bonks the Skipper with his white hat!
 * Although a former captain in the U.S. Navy during World War Two, the Skipper's military record is sketchy. he mentions he was the best poker player in the 7th Fleet in Plant You Now, Dig You Later, but he also mentions being in the 177th Infantry in Forget Me Not and a cook on an aircraft carrier in Wrongway Feldman.