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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BInfobox%5Cn%7CBox%20title%20%3D%20Thurston%20Howell%20III%7CRow%201%20title%20%3D%20Portrayed%20By%3A%7CRow%201%20info%20%3D%20Jim%20Backus%7CRow%202%20title%20%3D%20First%20Appearance%3A%7CRow%202%20info%20%3D%20Two%20On%20A%20Raft%7CRow%203%20title%20%3D%20Spouse%3A%7CRow%203%20info%20%3D%20Mrs.%20Howell%20%28Lovey%20Howell%29%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Infobox%5Cn%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%20%22%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <table class="infobox" data-rte-style="font-size:89%; width:300px; background-color:#FFF;" style="font-size:89%; width:300px; background-color:#FFF;" data-rte-attribs=" class=infobox style=font-size:89%; width:300px; background-color:#FFF;" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <tr data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <th colspan="2" data-rte-style="border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#880ED1; color:white; font-size:140%; padding:.3em;" style="border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#880ED1; color:white; font-size:140%; padding:.3em;" data-rte-attribs=" colspan=2 style=border-radius:5px; border:2px solid black; background-color:#880ED1; color:white; font-size:140%; padding:.3em; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">Thurston Howell III </th></tr> <tr> <td data-rte-style="width:30%;" style="width:30%;" data-rte-attribs=" style=width:30%; "> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Portrayed By:</b> </p> </td><td data-rte-style="width:70%;" style="width:70%;" data-rte-attribs=" style=width:70%; "> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Jim Backus </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>First Appearance:</b> </p> </td><td> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Two On A Raft </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Spouse:</b> </p> </td><td> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Mrs. Howell (Lovey Howell) </p> </td></tr></table>​</div> Thurston Howell III is one of the main characters of the show. He is the head of Howell Industries and an excellent businessman, which has made him a multi-billionare.<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AHowell_acb_20080430155127.jpg%7Cthumb%7CThurston%20Howell%203rd%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Howell_acb_20080430155127.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Howell%20acb%2020080430155127%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Thurston%20Howell%203rd%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Thurston%20Howell%203rd%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/7/78/Howell_acb_20080430155127.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20110609030438" width="180" height="170" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Howell acb 20080430155127.jpg" data-image-key="Howell_acb_20080430155127.jpg" type="image" /> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Personality Profile</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The Howells were so rich that they took thousands of dollars with them on the supposed three hour tour. On the mainland they had a butler, an upstairs maid, a downstairs maid, a cook, a gardener, a chauffeur, and other servants-even a butler for their butler! Because of this, Mr. Howell wasn't accustomed to physical labor, which often forced the other castaways to work while Mr. Howell sat in a lawn chair and watched. The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Professor%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Professor%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BProfessor%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor" class="mw-redirect">Professor</a> once said about him: "Mr. Howell always manages to disappear when there's work to be done.". It was only rarely that Mr. Howell worked, although here the term "work" can be used loosely. Such rare occasions include when he helped tar a hut, which of course <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gilligan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gilligan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGilligan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/Gilligan" title="Gilligan">Gilligan</a> ruined. (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Episode%20-%20Home%20Sweet%20Hut%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%20-%20Home%20Sweet%20Hut%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%20-%20Home%20Sweet%20Hut%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/Episode_-_Home_Sweet_Hut" title="Episode - Home Sweet Hut" class="mw-redirect">Episode - Home Sweet Hut</a> ). Even on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22the%20island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Island%7Cthe%20island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/The_Island" title="The Island">the island</a> Mr. Howell was so desperate for a servant, (partially for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22his%20wife%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mrs.%20Howell%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMrs.%20Howell%7Chis%20wife%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/Mrs._Howell" title="Mrs. Howell">his wife</a>) that he bet Gilligan's services of the skipper, in a turtle race, so that he could brecome their houseboy.(<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Episode%20-%20They%27re%20Off%20and%20Running%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%20-%20They%27re%20Off%20and%20Running%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%20-%20They%27re%20Off%20and%20Running%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" class="new" title="Episode - They're Off and Running (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRXBpc29kZV8tX1RoZXklMjdyZV9PZmZfYW5kX1J1bm5pbmc/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Episode - They're Off and Running</a>) </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Seasons</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Season 1</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h3>Season 2</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h3>Season 3</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h2>Outfits</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The Howells have more clothes than the rest of the castaways combined. They always have an outfit to match the occasion no matter what is going on. They probably take clothes with them wherever they go. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Trivia</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Mr. Howell is a graduate from Harvard University and when he sees a primitive person he calls them "a Yale man". </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">He is infamous for sleeping with a teddy bear called "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Teddy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Teddy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTeddy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3646700975f60b16ed635a" href="/wiki/Teddy" title="Teddy">Teddy</a>". </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">He is a Republican. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Although the theme song states that he is a millionaire, Howell makes several allusions to having much more money than that-during the Great Depression he was a billionaire until he lost money and became just a millionaire! </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">In the dream sequence "The Sweepstakes" mr Howell is a prospector who after 40 years finds gold and then is going to be lynched because he can't produce a receipt for his claim to meet his monatary debts for the rest of the castaways! {Note-a goof is that he is seen placing his "lost receipt" in his pocket!} </li></ul> <p /> Loading editor Characters S.S. 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