Fantasy Island: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular. Each week two guests came to Fantasy Island to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roarke, would do the sometimes impossible and grant them their wishes...but there was always some twist to the fantasy, letting the guest learn something about themselves or get something they weren't expecting. Best remembered for the presence of Herve Villechaize as the diminutive "Tattoo" and his cry of "De plane! De plane!" the show proved popular enough to go the distance and then spawn a brief revival/remake in the 1990s. A remake, Fantasy Island (1998) in the late 1990s was not as successful as its predecessor.

Series details

• Title: Fantasy Island
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1977-01-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-05-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 62 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 6315
• IMDb ID: tt0077008
• TVDB ID: 77722

Cast and credited roles

• Ricardo Montalban — Mr. Roarke
• Hervé Villechaize — Tattoo
• Christopher Hewett — Lawrence
• Wendy Schaal — Julie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1977-01-14; final listed air date 1978-05-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 1978-09-16; final listed air date 1979-05-13; episode order: 25.
• Season 3: premiered 1979-09-07; final listed air date 1980-05-17; episode order: 23.
• Season 4: premiered 1980-10-25; final listed air date 1981-05-23; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 1981-10-10; final listed air date 1982-05-08; episode order: 22.
• Season 6: premiered 1982-10-16; final listed air date 1983-05-14; episode order: 22.
• Season 7: premiered 1983-10-08; final listed air date 1984-05-19; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fantasy Island on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.