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- Jim Backus (1913-1989) was an American actor. He had a long career in films and television, and was known for his upper-class New England accent. Backus played James Dean's character's wealthy father in the acclaimed 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause (with Dennis Hopper), and provided the voice for the nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo in various animated projects. Backus is perhaps best-known for playing the millionaire Thurston Howell III on the TV series "Gilligan's Island" and its various spin-offs along with Alan Hale Jr. and Russell Johnson.
- He provided the voice of Smokey The Genie in A-Lad-In His Lamp.
- James Gilmore "Jim" Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor. He's mostly known for his role as Thusrton Howell III in CBS's sitcom Gilligan's Island. His Disney roles include Milton in the animated short Plutopia, The Mayor in Pete's Dragon and Timothy Forsythe in Now You See Him, Now You Don't. He also hosted the Mouse Factory episodes "Homeowners", "Paul Bunyan" and "Homes" and his acknowledgement of being the original voice of Mr. Magoo appeared in the 1997 live-action film adaptation of Mr. Magoo.
- Jim Backus was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. After attending preparatory school in his hometown of Cleveland, Backus enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, to ply his trade. While waiting for parts, Backus worked in radio and became friends with such future notables as Garson Kanin and Keenan Wynn. Backus stuck it out and soon was working in motion pictures in addition to radio. He was typecast in roles as "rich types" but broke the mold when he portrayed James Dean's father in the classic Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
- In April 1962 (over two years before Gilligan), Backus was part of the ensemble cast playing international correspondents in the comedy/variety show pilot Mad Mad World, co-starring Jim Henson's Muppets. Years later, he was also on the list of actors considered for the part of editor Mike Tarkanian in The Great Muppet Caper (1981), which went to first-choice Jack Warden.
- James Gilmore "Jim" Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike, III on the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis's character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause and Thurston Howell, III on the 1960s hit sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot off the Wire.
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