>> reporter: with-longo as with it today has it was back then. >> the name is baker, b-a-k-e-r, and imine. >> reporter: just one more. >> you get in with the wheelers and dealers, and you'll be a top stud yourself. >> after this day is over, every crummy stud in this whole school is going to know who tony baker is. >> reporter: and were you dating like crazy when you became famous? >> like crazy, yes. >> reporter: and size was not a problem, even when tamblyn played tom thumb. >> happy birthday, everyone. >> they saved all of the hair off my chest, the little bit that was going, they shaved it all off, and dyed my hair white, and i thought, oh, my gosh, i'm going to never get another girlfriend again. the girls loved it. >> reporter: but by the early 1960s, tamblyn began feeling adrift in hollywood. he turned down the title role in the sitcom gilligan's island. >> why did you say no? >> it was the dumbest script i ever read. if i had done it, i probably would have been a drug addict just to get through it. i was living in a big house in pacific palisades, and i was very unhappy, and i