| Jim Backus  AKA James Gilmore Backus
Born: 25-Feb-1913
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH
Died: 3-Jul-1989
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island Also well-known for being the cartoon voice of Mr. Magoo. Wife: Henriette Kay Backus ("Henny", actress, m. 1941, until his death)
High School: Kentucky Military Institute (expelled)
Conservatory: American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1933)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1735 Vine Street (television)
Expelled from School
Risk Factors: Parkinson's
TELEVISION
Blondie Mr. Dithers (1968-69)
Gilligan's Island Thurston Howell III (1964-67)
Mr. Magoo Mr. Magoo (voice, 1964-65)
I Married Joan Judge Bradley Stevens (1952-55)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Prince Jack (Dec-1985)
Slapstick (of Another Kind) (1982)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (15-May-1981)
There Goes the Bride (Jul-1980)
C.H.O.M.P.S. (21-Dec-1979) · Mr. Gibbs
The Rebels (14-May-1979)
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (3-May-1979)
Good Guys Wear Black (21-Mar-1979)
Angels' Brigade (1979)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (14-Oct-1978)
Pete's Dragon (3-Nov-1977)
The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (4-Feb-1976)
Friday Foster (25-Dec-1975) · Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama (Jun-1975) · Mr. Albertson
The Girl Most Likely to... (6-Nov-1973)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (23-Aug-1972)
Myra Breckinridge (24-Jun-1970)
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1-May-1970) · Staunch
Hello Down There (25-Jun-1969)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (19-Jun-1968)
Hurry Sundown (6-Feb-1967)
Billie (15-Sep-1965)
Fluffy (27-Jun-1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (24-Mar-1965)
Advance to the Rear (15-Apr-1964)
The Wheeler Dealers (14-Nov-1963) · Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York (13-Nov-1963) · Flight Dispatcher
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963) · Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool (2-Oct-1963) · Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice (13-Apr-1963) · Dr. William von Hagedorn
My Six Loves (3-Apr-1963)
Operation Bikini (26-Mar-1963)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (18-Dec-1962) · Mister Magoo [VOICE]
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (7-Aug-1962) · The King
Zotz! (Jul-1962) · Horatio Kellgore
Boys' Night Out (21-Jun-1962) · Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant (18-Apr-1962)
Ice Palace (2-Jan-1960)
1001 Arabian Nights (1-Dec-1959) [VOICE]
A Private's Affair (14-Aug-1959)
The Big Operator (Aug-1959)
The Wild and the Innocent (27-May-1959)
Ask Any Girl (21-May-1959) · Maxwell
Macabre (Oct-1958) · Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving (16-May-1958)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (26-Nov-1957)
Eighteen and Anxious (15-Nov-1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (13-Aug-1957) · Clarence Locan
Top Secret Affair (30-Jan-1957) · Col. Gooch
The Great Man (Dec-1956)
You Can't Run Away from It (31-Oct-1956)
The Girl He Left Behind (26-Oct-1956) · Sgt. Hanna
The Opposite Sex (26-Oct-1956) · Psychiatrist
The Naked Hills (17-Jun-1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (9-Mar-1956) · Tom Culdane
The Square Jungle (30-Dec-1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (27-Oct-1955) · Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy (5-Aug-1955)
Deep in My Heart (9-Dec-1954) · Ben Judson
I Love Melvin (20-Mar-1953) · Mergo
Angel Face (11-Dec-1952) · Judson
Androcles and the Lion (Dec-1952)
Above and Beyond (21-Nov-1952) · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Don't Bother to Knock (18-Jul-1952) · Peter Jones
Pat and Mike (13-Jun-1952) · Charles Barry
Deadline USA (14-Mar-1952) · Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons (23-Feb-1952) · Joe Randolph
I Want You (23-Dec-1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams (6-Dec-1951) · Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak (27-Nov-1951) · Flaherty
His Kind of Woman (29-Aug-1951) · Myron Winton
Iron Man (18-Aug-1951) · Max Watkins
Bright Victory (16-Jul-1951) · Bill Grayson
Half Angel (5-May-1951)
M (Mar-1951)
Emergency Wedding (15-Nov-1950)
Customs Agent (18-May-1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1-Apr-1950)
A Dangerous Profession (10-Dec-1949) · Nick Ferrone
The Great Lover (23-Nov-1949)
Easy Living (8-Oct-1949) · Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback (30-Sep-1949)
One Last Fling (30-Jun-1949)
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