▁P ull man ▁( Un cle ▁Mart y ). ▁The ▁roles ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Well ington ▁and ▁Hunter ▁Jenn ings ▁were ▁also ▁rec ast . ▁ ▁Act ors ▁who ▁remained ▁with ▁the ▁show ▁from ▁pilot - presentation ▁to ▁the ▁a ired ▁television ▁pilot ▁include ▁Ela ine ▁Cass id y , ▁Camer on ▁Richard son , ▁Adam ▁Campbell , ▁C . J . ▁Thom ason , ▁Matt ▁Bar r , ▁Cass andra ▁S awt ell , ▁Br andon ▁Jay ▁Mc L aren , ▁Chris ▁G auth ier ▁and ▁Se an ▁Rog erson . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁shot ▁on ▁Bow en ▁Island , ▁an ▁island ▁municipality ▁about ▁two ▁kilom eters ▁west ▁of ▁V ancouver , ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia . ▁ ▁The ▁actors ▁and ▁actress es ▁were ▁not ▁told ▁about ▁their ▁characters ' ▁death s ▁until ▁the ▁day ▁that ▁each ▁script ▁was ▁given . ▁The ▁only ▁two ▁actors ▁to ▁know ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁their ▁contract s ▁were ▁Richard ▁Burg i , ▁as ▁his ▁death ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁turning ▁point ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁and ▁Harry ▁Ham lin , ▁as ▁his ▁contract ▁was ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁episode . ▁ ▁Epis odes ▁ ▁Rat ings ▁Despite ▁falling ▁ratings , ▁CBS ▁a ired ▁all ▁Har per ' s ▁Island ▁episodes , ▁although ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁moved ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁night ▁and ▁time ▁to ▁S atur days . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 0 9 ▁television ▁season ▁the ▁show ▁r anged ▁at ▁# 5