starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire. An avid golfer, Backus made the 36-hole cut at the 1964 Bing Crosby...
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Henny and Jim Backus co-authored several humorous books, including What Are You Doing After the Orgy? (1962), Only When I Laugh (1965), Backus Strikes Back...
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The Jim Backus Show is a 39-episode American television sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication in 1960 and 1961. The series was also known as Hot Off...
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Schwartz. The show's ensemble cast features Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells. It aired...
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Backus (born 1930), American geophysicist Gus Backus (1937–2019), American singer Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl and wife of Jim Backus Henry...
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cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into...
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slum environments. The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen and William Hopper. Dennis Hopper made his film...
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and later in syndication. Howell, portrayed by veteran character actor Jim Backus, took hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and several changes of...
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Beminger Charles Buchinski as Hank Tasling Frank Richards as Sam Garsell Jim Backus as Charles Barry Chuck Connors as Police Captain Joseph E. Bernard as...
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Jim Backus decides to make the cocktail and leaves passenger Buddy Hackett to fly the plane. When Hackett asks, "What if something happens?" Backus replies...
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