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
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
Rebel Without a Cause
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Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age melodrama film, directed by Nicholas Ray. The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper,
Jim Backus
…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's…
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Jim confronts his father while his mother watches