Jim Backus

Actor

Born: February 25, 1913 (76 years old)

Died: July 3, 1989

Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography (125)

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955, ★ 7.5)
• Pete's Dragon (1977, ★ 6.3)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, ★ 7)
• Don't Bother to Knock (1952, ★ 6.6)
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972, ★ 6.2)
• His Kind of Woman (1951, ★ 6.7)
• Deadline - U.S.A. (1952, ★ 6.9)
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004, ★ 7.6)
• The Wheeler Dealers (1963, ★ 6.2)
• Man of a Thousand Faces (1957, ★ 6.7)
• The Wild and the Innocent (1959, ★ 6.3)
• Hollywood Story (1951, ★ 6.6)
• Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962, ★ 6.2)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950, ★ 6.5)
• The Man with a Cloak (1951, ★ 6.9)
• The Girl Most Likely To... (1973, ★ 6.6)
• The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979, ★ 6.6)
• Ragtime Bear (1949, ★ 7)
• Hurry Sundown (1967, ★ 6.4)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973, ★ 6.8)
• M (1951, ★ 6.4)
• Angel Face (1953, ★ 7.1)
• Bright Victory (1951, ★ 6.9)
• A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948, ★ 7.1)
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986, ★ 8)
• The Untouchables (1959, ★ 7.9)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965, ★ 7.8)
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950, ★ 6.1)
• Macabre (1958, ★ 5.9)