First Name
Jim
Last Name
Backus
Date of Birth
25 February 1913
Build
Average
Eye Color
Brown - Dark
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Place of Birth
Cleveland, OH
Star Sign
Pisces
Date of Death
03 July 1989
Place of Death
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cause of Death
Pneumonia
Ethnicity
White
Claim to Fame
Gilligan`s Island, Mr. Magoo
Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Wikipedia Text
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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Jim Backus was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. After attending prep school in his native Cleveland, Backus enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, to ply his trade. While waiting for parts, he did radio and became friends with such future notables as Garson Kanin and Keenan Wynn. Backus stuck it out and soon was doing 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). With his career in full swing, Backus also tackled two roles that he would be best known for, Mr. Magoo in cartoons and Thurston Howell III, in "Gilligan`s Island" (1964). After the show`s run ended, he continued doing guest spots on television and movies, before passing away on July 3, 1989.
High School
Kentucky Military Institute (Expelled)
University
American Academy of Dramatic Art
Full Name at Birth
James Gilmore Backus
Height
70
Age
76
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