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Joan Davis and Jim Backus. The show, whose syndicated opening makes the claim "America's favorite comedy show, starring America's queen of comedy, Joan Davis, as Mrs. Joan Stevens" focused on a married couple, Joan and Bradley Stevens.
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, [1] the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, [2] the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis ...
Josephine "Joan" Davis (June 29, 1912 – May 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television.Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a screen actress (notably in the Abbott and Costello comedy Hold That Ghost), and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy.
In 1952, at age 18, Wills appeared with her mother and Jim Backus in the TV comedy I Married Joan (1952–1955). She played the younger sister of her real-life mother. [2] After the series ended its run, Wills appeared in four more films, including Some Like It Hot (1959) and Son of Flubber (1963).
While the radio series had relatively few recurring supporting characters, and those roles were often shared, the following actors played recurring roles with comparative consistency, in addition to a variety of one-time roles
The Jim Bohannon Show (1993–present) The Jim Backus Show (1947–1958) The Jim Rome Show (1996–present) The Jimmy Wakely Show (1946–1958) The Joan Davis Show; Joan Davis Time (1947–1948) Joanie's Tea Room (1945–1947) Joe and Mabel; John R. Gambling (2000–present) John MacVane (1945–1956) John Steele, Adventurer; John's Other Wife ...
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 26, 1962, to March 23, 1971. Originally filmed in black and white for the first three seasons (1962–1965), the first color-filmed episode ("Admiral Jed Clampett") was aired on September 15, 1965, and all subsequent episodes from 1965 to 1971 were filmed in color.
Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 – September 29, 1986) was an actress and part of the 1950s era comedy duo the Kean Sisters with her sister Jane Kean. [1] She married four times, to actors including Jim Backus and her last husband Lew Parker.