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Jim Backus

1913 - 1989

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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, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Backus is the 7,192nd most popular actor (down from 6,379th in 2019), the 11,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,369th in 2019) and the 3,326th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jim Backus ranks 7,192 out of 13,578. Before him are George Brent, Claudia Christian, Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Ewald Balser, Diego Ramos, and Kay Johnson. After him are Daniel Massey, Hillary Brooke, Herbert Knaup, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Virginia Davis, and Brooke Smith.

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Among people born in 1913, Jim Backus ranks 383. Before him are Eleanor Holm, Ali Sardar Jafri, Odd Frantzen, Evelyn Venable, Emmanuil Kazakevich, and Luigi Piotti. After him are Red Skelton, Jimmy Van Heusen, Macdonald Carey, Harold J. Stone, Bill Thompson, and Jack Ragland. Among people deceased in 1989, Jim Backus ranks 283. Before him are Ewan MacColl, Elaine de Kooning, S. David Griggs, Rebecca Schaeffer, Frank Henry, and Woody Shaw. After him are Joseph Van Ingelgem, Beatrice Lillie, Fernando Martín Espina, Amanda Blake, Aristid Lindenmayer, and Jimmy Murphy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Backus ranks 11,144 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Neidhart (1955), Howell Cobb (1815), Brian Christopher (1972), Kay Johnson (1904), Terry Callier (1945), and Charlie Puth (1991). After him are William Samuel Johnson (1727), Greg Gianforte (1961), Hillary Brooke (1914), Scott Rudin (1958), Red Skelton (1913), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872).

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Among actors born in United States, Jim Backus ranks 3,327. Before him are Alice Ghostley (1923), Corey Stoll (1976), James Badge Dale (1978), Lea Michele (1986), Claudia Christian (1965), and Kay Johnson (1904). After him are Hillary Brooke (1914), Virginia Davis (1918), Brooke Smith (1967), Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), Mae Clarke (1910), and Jaimie Alexander (1984).

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