BOB DENVER - CONTRACT SIGNED 12/18/1959 - HFSID 262618

BOB DENVER
Bob Denver signs a document with his given name.
Carbon Partly Printed Document signed: "Robert O. Denver" in ink as Performer, 2p, 8½x11. No place, 1959 December 18. Denver has also written his telephone and social security numbers beneath his signature (blacked out on scan). Headed: "Standard AFTRA Engagement Contract for Single Television Broadcast and for Multiple Television Broadcasts Within One Calendar Week". Agreement between Bob Denver and Roncom Productions, Inc., New York, New York for Denver to appear as a "Guest Artist" on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall on March 9, 1960, 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Denver was to receive $2,500 in compensation. Also signed: "Harvey B Sindle" as Assistant Secretary for Roncom Productions, Inc. This was the first TV guest starring appearance for Denver, who was then co-starring as beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Comic actor Bob Denver (1935-2005) is best known for two roles: Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963) and bumbling first mate Willie Gilligan on Gilligan's Island (1964-1967). Denver, who would reprise his latter role in several made-for-TV movies, had made his film debut in 1959 (A Private's Affair). His film credits also include Take Her, She's Mine (1963) and Back to the Beach (1987), and Denver also appeared on Broadway in Play It Again, Sam (1969-1970). He also made several guest starring appearances on television, from Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960) to ET in TV Land (2003), including multiple roles on Love, American Style and Fantasy Island. Lightly creased, not at signatures. Stamped at lower right margin, staple holes at upper left corner. Slight show through of print on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.