https://www.metv.com/stories/alan-hale-jr-on-the-heartwarming-way-he-remembered-his-father-alan-hale-sr

"Dad's not dead, he's just gone," said Hale.

Russ Tamblyn turned down a role in Gilligan's Island in the 1960s (https://www.metv.com/stories/russ-tamblyn-turned-down-gilligans-island-in-the-1960s)

"I had resigned myself to thinking that I would always be known as Russ Tamblyn of West Side Story," said the actor.