About
Played the role of millionaire Thurston Howell III on TV's Gilligan's Island and James Dean's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause.
Before Fame
He was expelled from the Kentucky Military Institute for riding a horse through the cafeteria.
Trivia
He is most famous for voicing Mr. Magoo.
Family Life
He married Henny Backus in 1943 and was with her until his death in 1989.
Associated With
He and Joan Davis played a married couple on the TV comedy series I Married Joan.
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Jim Backus Highlights
