Alan Hale Jr. Hid His Broken Arm for Three Weeks
At the end of Season 1, the cast and crew got together for an end-of-filming wrap party. At the gathering, Alan Hale Jr (the Skipper) told the show’s creator, Sherwood Schwartz, that he was happy he could finally let his arm heal. Schwartz looked surprised because he didn’t understand what Hale meant.
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Hale told Schwartz that he had broken his arm three weeks prior. He reportedly missed a safety pad when falling out of a tree but didn’t want to miss filming days, so he didn’t tell anyone. Schwartz was shocked because Hale had been carrying bags of coconuts and Bob Denver while in pain.