Jim Backus
Actor
- Born
- February 25, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- July 3, 1989 (age 76)
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.
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
October 27, 1955
Pete's Dragon
November 3, 1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
Angel Face
January 2, 1953
Don't Bother to Knock
July 18, 1952
Good Guys Wear Black
June 1, 1978
Deadline - U.S.A.
May 23, 1952
His Kind of Woman
August 15, 1951
Pat and Mike
June 13, 1952
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
July 12, 1972
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
December 18, 1962
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March 1, 1951
Acting163
- 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Self (uncredited)
- 1987Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as Self
- 1985Prince Jack as Dealy
- 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! as Himself
- 1982Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self
- 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1980There Goes The Bride as Mr. Perkins
- 1980The Gossip Columnist as Jim Backus
- 1979