
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was a radio, television, film actor, character actor, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of "Mr. Magoo," the rich "Hubert Updike, III," of the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis' husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's father in Rebel Without a Cause and "Thurston Howell, III" on the 1960s hit sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot off the Wire.
Delicious - The Laughing Song
Delicious
Cave Man
Delicious!
Magoo Opening
Why Don't You Go Home for Christmas
Delicious (The Laughing Song)
The Office Party
Dirty Old Man
The Dirty Old Man
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