Gilligan&#… Editing Michael Fessier 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"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AMichael.gif%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C250px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Michael.gif%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Michael%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A250%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18389682015f60b1062f259" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/0/04/Michael.gif/revision/latest?cb=20151223014848" width="120" height="150" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Michael.gif" data-image-key="Michael.gif" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Born on November 6, 1905 in Angels Camp, California, <b>Michael Fessier</b> was an American author and a movie and television writer. Starting out as a editor of the San Rafael Independent Journal in the early 1930s, he wrote the scripts for such movies as "You'll Never Get Rich," "You Were Never Lovelier," "It All Came True," "Wings Over the Navy" and "Angels Wash Their Faces." For many scripts, he was part of a team with Ernie Pagano, but as a screenwriter during the late 1930s, he collaborated with Emic Paganoon on several Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth musicals. In the 1940s, he turned to producing and screen-writing. He became a television writer in the Fifties, turning out novels and short stories in between his television projects, writing episodes of " Have Gun Will Travel," "Gilligan's Island," "Lost In Space," "Bonanza," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Thin Man" on television. Later in life, he wrote short stories for Story and Esquire magazines; his story, "That's What Happened to Me," has been published in 70 anthologies. His other literary works include "Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind" and the novel "Clovis," about a highly-educated, highly-opinionated parrot. He passed away September 9 1988 in Northridge, California, survived by his son, Michael, who was also a writer. He was 82 years old. </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%22Slave%20Girl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Slave%20Girl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSlave%20Girl%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18389682015f60b1062f259" href="/wiki/Slave_Girl" title="Slave Girl">Slave Girl</a> </li></ul> <p /> Loading editor 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