Gilligan&#… Editing Russell Thorson 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%3ARussell_thorson.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Russell_thorson.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Russell%20thorson%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A350%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-8175514255f60bc09ef812" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/3/3a/Russell_thorson.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150816011728" width="320" height="240" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Russell thorson.jpg" data-image-key="Russell_thorson.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Born Delos Russell Thorson in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on October 14, 1906, <b>Russell Thorson</b> was an American actor whose career spanned the Fifties through to the Seventies. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->A graduate of the University of Montana, he replaced actor Hugh Studebaker as the character, Charles Meredith, in the radio program, "Midstream" on radio, later moving on to small roles for film and television, such as the movies, "Double Dynamite," with Jane Russell and Frank Sinatra, "Dangerous Mission" and "Johnny Concho." He was the only significant cast member of the radio soap opera, "One Man's Family," to make the transition to the television version; even though the storyline started over from the beginning as heard in the 30's, the much older Thorson played his same role. He was also one of the three actors to portray Captain Bart Friday on the syndicated radio show, "Adventures by Morse" in 1944, but he is probably best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in the crime drama, "The Detectives," which ran from 1959 to 1962 and starred Robert Taylor. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Most of Thorson's later career was spent on television. He made four guest appearances on "Perry Mason," and guest-starred in such television series as "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Wagon Train," "Lassie," "Peyton Place" "The Virginian" and "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22X%20Marks%20the%20Spot%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BX%20Marks%20the%20Spot%7CGilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-8175514255f60bc09ef812" href="/wiki/X_Marks_the_Spot" title="X Marks the Spot">Gilligan's Island</a>" as well as the pilot episode of the original "Hawaii Five-O," starring Jack Lord. Between TV shows, he also starred in the movies, "36 Hours," "The Stalking Moon," "Hang 'Em High," and "Walking Tall." <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->He passed away on July 6, 1982 in Van Nuys, 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%22X%20Marks%20the%20Spot%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22X%20Marks%20the%20Spot%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BX%20Marks%20the%20Spot%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-8175514255f60bc09ef812" href="/wiki/X_Marks_the_Spot" title="X Marks the Spot">X Marks the Spot</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <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