Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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Jul 4, 1989 · He was 76 years old. Mr. Backus, who had Parkinson's disease for many years, had entered the hospital more than two weeks ago. Mr. Backus was an actor and writer in the theater, radio and ...
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...
Feb 28, 2024 · While shooting I Married Joan and appearing in a number of big screen features (including the James Dean classic Rebel Without a Cause), and voicing Mr. Magoo for dozens of theatrical shorts, it was back to radio regularly from 1957 to 1958 with the new Jim Backus Show, a variety series.
Biography. A witty and talented performer who excelled in no less than four mediums - film, television, music and radio - Jim Backus was a character actor whose skill at portraying the idle and addled rich was epitomized by his turn as Thurston Howell, III on "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67).
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on ...
In Rebel Without a Cause. Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, and Jim Backus, who received praise for his memorable role as Dean’s henpecked father. All three lead actors met untimely deaths. Dean died in a car crash at age 24; Mineo was stabbed to death at 37; and Wood drowned amid mysterious circumstances at 43. Their….
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.
