This black and white capture features a close-up of smiling Alan Hale Jr. looking away. Alan Hale Jr. was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead role as Captain Jonas Grumby, better known as The Skipper, on the 1960s CBS comedy series Gilligan's Island (19641967), a role he reprised in three Gilligan's Island television films and two spin-off cartoon series.