Father Was a Fullback
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Father Was a Fullback is a 1949 black-and-white film from 20th Century Fox based on a comedy by Clifford Goldsmith. The film is about a college American football coach and his woes. The film stars Fre
Fred MacMurray and Maureen O'Hara in a scene from the film
Jim Backus
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James Gilmore Backus 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, t
Father Was a Fullback
…Thelma Ritter as Geraldine, His Housekeeper Jim Backus as Professor "Sully" Sullivan, His Neighbor (billed as James G. Backus) Rudy Vallee as Mr. Roger "Jess" Jessup, A Football Supporter…
Publicity still of Backus for The Jim Backus Show, 1962
Virginia Brissac, Backus, Ann Doran, Edward Platt, and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
Backus in a guest appearance on The Beverly Hillbillies, with Nancy Kulp (1963)
Backus and his wife, Henny (née Kaye), 1969