Gilligan's Planet
1982
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Actor: Rebel Without a Cause. Jim Backus was born James Gilmore Backus on February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons.
Jul 4, 1989 · Jim Backus, a celebrated film and television character actor who, to his dismay, will probably live on in America’s imagination as the voice of a myopic curmudgeon named Mr. Magoo, died Monday ...
Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.
Jul 3, 1989 · Actor Jim Backus, who played Thurston Howell III on “Gilligan’s Island” and did the voice of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, died today of pneumonia, a St. John’s Hospital spokeswoman ...
Aug 8, 2021 · Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of Mr. Magoo and the self-indulgent millionaire of ”Gilligan`s Island,” died of pneumonia...
Jul 4, 1989 · SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- Jim Backus, 76, the muttering voice of the nearsighted cartoon character "Mr. Magoo" who also portrayed the self-indulgent millionaire Thurston Howell III on...
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean 's character in Rebel Without a Cause,[1] the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, [2] the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio ...
