The Professor on Gilligan's Island was played with panache by actor Russell Johnson. What was his rarely-mentioned given name?

Roy Hinkley was the given name of the Professor, who was known for his ability to invent just about anything they all needed from bamboo and coconut, including a bamboo taxi. Yet, for all his inventiveness, he was unable to repair the ship that could take them back to civilization.

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