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The Gilligan's Island Character You Likely Forgot Kurt Russell Played

By staff@tvline.com (Jeanette White)TVLine

On Sherwood Schwartz's tropical sitcom, the Monarch star played Jungle Boy — a lad with limited linguistic abilities who catches an extraordinary break.

Jungle Boy may be a silly role even by "Gilligan's Island" standards. Still, he's an important part of his episode. After running into Gilligan (Bob Denver), Jungle Boy leads him to a source of heliu…