Jim Backus

1913-02-25 – 1989-07-03 (age 76) Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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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.

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Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Known For

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Tyler Fitzgerald

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Frank Stark

Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as District Attorney Judson

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

1970

as Doctor

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977

as The Mayor

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex

1956

as Psychiatrist

Macabre

Macabre

1958

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Geraldine

Geraldine

1953

as Jason Ambrose

Billie

Billie

1965

as Howard G. Carol

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

as Timothy Forsythe

Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

as Jim Cleary

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

1963

as Louis Murphy

Angels' Brigade

Angels' Brigade

1979

as Cmdr. Lindsey March

Getting Away from It All

Getting Away from It All

1972

as Mike Lorimar

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

as Peter Jones

Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

1967

as Carter Sillens

Sunday in New York

Sunday in New York

1963

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

1949

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

Easy Living

Easy Living

1949

as Dr. Franklin

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

as Clarence Locan