This article is about the television series. For the amusement park, see Martin's Fantasy Island or Fantasy Island UK
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related
American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the
ABC television network.
Original series
Before it became a long-running original television show,
Fantasy Island was introduced to viewers in 1977 through two highly-rated
made-for-television films in which
Mr. Roarke and Tattoo played relatively minor roles. Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred
Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price.