Jerry Van Dyke(1931-2018)

Turned down the role of Gilligan on L'isola di Gilligan (1964) because he thought it was "the worst thing" he had ever read. In addition, he was offered to join the cast of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) in 1965, when Don Knotts left the show, but he declined. Instead, he chose to do Mamma a quattro ruote (1965). The cancellation of that short-lived series led him to regret his decision not to do either L'isola di Gilligan (1964) or The Andy Griffith Show (1960).

[Describing his famous older brother] "Dick has always been kind of a private guy. He has a wonderful personality and he's great to talk to, but it's hard to really get close to him. Dick's a loner."