<p>“…it was the Professor - did he ever have a name???” </p>
<p>Yes - Roy Hinkley (according to <a href=“http://www.Snopes.com:%5B/url%5D”>www.Snopes.com:</a>)</p>
<p>"The first episode (“Two on a Raft,” first aired on 26 September 1964) opened with the castaways shipwrecked on the island, and the details of how they came to be there (the basis of the pilot episode) were not shown. In order to provide the viewing audience with some background information about the characters, therefore, a scene in which the castaways listen to a radio broadcast about themselves was inserted into the first episode. The broadcast informed us that the Skipper was an “old salt in these waters”; that Thurston Howell was “one of the world’s wealthiest men” (and, contrary to the theme song, a billionaire rather than a mere millionaire); that Mrs. Howell was a “socially prominent international hostess”; that Mary Ann was from Winfield, Kansas, and worked at the Winfield general store; that Ginger “boarded the boat after a nightclub singing engagement still wearing the evening dress from her last performance”; and that the Professor was a “research scientist and well-known Scoutmaster.” The broadcast mentions the characters’ full names as well:
Jonas Grumby (Skipper)
Roy Hinkley (The Professor)
Thurston Howell III (Mr. Howell)
“Lovey” Howell (Mrs. Howell)
Ginger Grant (Ginger)
Mary Ann Summers (Mary Ann)
The broadcast also said only that the crew included a “young first mate named Gilligan.” No other information about the character was provided, and no episode ever mentioned any other name for the Gilligan character. "</p>
<p>(Haven’t gotten the hang of quotes or of links. Oh, well.)</p>