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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 ...
