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Jul 4, 1989 · Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of ''Mr. Magoo'' and the self-indulgent, ascot-wearing millionaire of ''Gilligan's Island...
Feb 28, 2024 · Remembering the life and career of Jim Backus, who voiced cartoon character Mr. Magoo and played Mr. Howell on 'Gilligan's Island.'.
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. Highest Rated: 100% Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Lowest Rated: 17% Good Guys Wear Black (1978) Birthday: Feb 25, 1913. Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A witty and talented...
role in “Rebel Without a Cause”. 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.
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 the radio version of ...
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.
