Gilligan's Island Fun Fact: Did you know Jim Backus(Mr. Howell)gave Teddy Bear to Dawn Wells(Mary Ann)in the end? His final words were "Look after Teddy for me." At the wrap of the 3rd and final reunion movie The Harlem Globetrotters On Gilligan's Island(1981). His health was rapidly declining by this time, due to Parkinson's. He was able to make a small cameo appearance.