Thurston Howell III

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Thurston Howell III is a fictional, ultra-wealthy and snobbish castaway from the TV sitcom "Gilligan’s Island," known for his aristocratic mannerisms and comic ineptitude.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Gilligan's Island NERFINISHED
Gilligan's Island reunion films
associatedWith Gilligan NERFINISHED
Ginger Grant NERFINISHED
Lovey Howell NERFINISHED
Mary Ann Summers NERFINISHED
Professor Roy Hinkley NERFINISHED
The Skipper NERFINISHED
characterType comic relief
createdFor Gilligan's Island NERFINISHED
culturalStereotype rich American industrialist
familyName Howell NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus fictional
fictionalUniverse Gilligan's Island universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Gilligan's Island (1964 TV series) NERFINISHED
franchise Gilligan's Island franchise NERFINISHED
gender male
genre comedy
sitcom
givenName Thurston NERFINISHED
humorSource attempts to use money where it is useless
inability to adapt to island life
maritalStatus married
medium television
nationality American
networkOfOriginalSeries CBS NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic often dresses in yachting clothes
speaks with a patrician accent
ultra-wealthy
notableProp money
suitcase full of cash
occupation millionaire
personalityTrait aristocratic
comic ineptitude
snobbish
portrayedBy Jim Backus NERFINISHED
seriesDebut Gilligan's Island season 1 NERFINISHED
setting desert island
socialClass upper class
speechStyle formal
upper-class dialect
spouse Lovey Howell NERFINISHED
strandedDueTo shipwreck of the S.S. Minnow
title Mr. Howell NERFINISHED
wealthStatus billionaire
millionaire

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Gilligan's Island mainCharacter Thurston Howell III
Jim Backus portrayed Thurston Howell III