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He also had a role in the final season episode "The Hustler" (1974) in which he plays Mike's boss, Mr. Matthews. Backus played Reverend Sims in the 1975 "Brides and Grooms" episode of Gunsmoke. He also appeared in "Never Con a Killer" (1977), the pilot for the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.
Jim Backus. Actor: Rebel Without a Cause. Jim Backus was born James Gilmore Backus on February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons.
Actor: Rebel Without a Cause. Jim Backus was born James Gilmore Backus on February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons.
Jim Backus was the voice of the beloved cartoon character Mr. Magoo, a nearsighted and eccentric elderly man. Backus was known for his distinctive voice, often playing characters with a humorous and distinctive tone.
Remembering the life and career of Jim Backus, who voiced cartoon character Mr. Magoo and played Mr. Howell on 'Gilligan's Island.'
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...
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 ...
BACKUS, JAMES, GILMORE "JIM" (25 February, 1913 - July 3, 1989), was a prolific actor who made a name in television, film, and radio and later authored books that profiled his lengthy struggles with Parkinson’s disease. Backus was born in BRATENAHL, a wealthy suburb of Cleveland, OH.
A witty and talented performer who excelled in no less than four mediums - film, television, music and radio - Jim Backus was a character actor whose skill at portraying the idle and addled...
Even towards the end, Jim Backus, best known as Mr. Howell from Gilligan's Island and the original voice of cartoon character Mr. Magoo, seemed to be focused on his craft.