Gilligan&#… Editing Bill Davenport 1 You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Born August 11 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, <b>William DeWitt Davenport</b> was an American television writer. Not much of his life and career are known, but he was considered a prolific writer of top-notch sitcoms, including "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet," "Mister Ed," "All in the Family" and "Maude," as well as episodes of "mister Ed," "Gilligan's Island," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Hogan's Heroes" and "Good Times." In 1962, he co-wrote the unsold pilot for a proposed TV comedy series called "The William Bendix Show," where Bendix played the owner of a small mountain lodge who couldn't stop himself from becoming involved with his guests' problems. He was once married to actress <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Marcia%20Mae%20Jones%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fourgang.wikia.com%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FMarcia%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fourgang.wikia.com%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FMarcia%20Marcia%20Mae%20Jones%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-2083617655f60da154d9e6" class="text" href="https://ourgang.fandom.com/wiki/Marcia">Marcia Mae Jones</a>, a former child star and "Little Rascal" until their divorce in 1965. Davenport had a chronic problem with alcohol and drugs, eventually committing suicide on May 13 1989 in Los Angeles, California. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Home%20Sweet%20Hut%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Home%20Sweet%20Hut%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHome%20Sweet%20Hut%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-2083617655f60da154d9e6" href="/wiki/Home_Sweet_Hut" title="Home Sweet Hut">Home Sweet Hut</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Three%20Million%20Dollars%20More%20or%20Less%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Three%20Million%20Dollars%20More%20or%20Less%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThree%20Million%20Dollars%20More%20or%20Less%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-2083617655f60da154d9e6" href="/wiki/Three_Million_Dollars_More_or_Less" title="Three Million Dollars More or Less">Three Million Dollars More or Less</a> </li></ul> <p /> Loading editor Writers Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes