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.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
I Dream of Jeannie
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Hill Street Blues
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Wild Wild West
Gilligan's Island
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Rebel Without a Cause
I Married Joan
Bright Victory
Police Story
Daniel Boone
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What's My Line?
CHiPs
The Beverly Hillbillies
Maverick
The Colgate Comedy Hour
A Child Is Waiting
Sunday in New York
Man of a Thousand Faces
The Man with a Cloak
His Kind of Woman
Charlie's Angels
The Brady Bunch
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Gunsmoke
Deep in My Heart
Lux Video Theatre
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Don't Bother to Knock
Fantasy Island
Hurry Sundown
Pat and Mike
The Love Boat
Pete's Dragon
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
The Wheeler Dealers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
The Wild and the Innocent
I Love Melvin
Above and Beyond
Iron Man
Chico and the Man
Friday Foster
Macabre
Gilligan's Planet
Hello Down There
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Boys' Night Out