Jim Backus (1913 - 1989) جيم باكوس

Biography

An American actor and singer, born on February 25, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Bratenahl, Ohio. Jim Backus enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1933. He is famous for the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, and he has worked in many radio...Read more shows, including the soap opera "The Kate Smith Hour." Also, he appeared in several films, including The Girl Most Likely to... (1973), Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968), It's a Mad Mad Mad World (1963), and Don't Bother to Knock (1952). He died on July 3, 1989, of complications of pneumonia, at the age of 76, in Los Angeles, California, USA.

- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 25 February 1913
- Died on:
- 3 July 1989

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Filmography

Actor (16)
- - - Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
    - 1968 - Movie
- - - My Six Loves
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - Sunday in New York
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
    - 1962 - Movie
- - - Boys' Night Out
    - 1962 - Movie
- - - Ice Palace
    - 1960 - Movie
- - - Ask Any Girl
    - 1959 - Movie
- - - Man of a Thousand Faces
    - 1957 - Movie
- - - The Opposite Sex
    - 1956 - Movie
- - - Meet Me in Las Vegas
    - 1956 - Movie
- - - Francis in the Navy
    - 1955 - Movie
- - - Rebel Without a Cause
    - 1955 - Movie
- - - Androcles and the Lion
    - 1952 - Movie
- - - Don't Bother to Knock
    - 1952 - Movie
- - - The Great Lover
    - 1949 - Movie

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An American actor and singer, born on February 25, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Bratenahl, Ohio. Jim Backus enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and...Read more graduated in 1933. He is famous for the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, and he has worked in many radio shows, including the soap opera "The Kate Smith Hour." Also, he appeared in several films, including The Girl Most Likely to... (1973), Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968), It's a Mad Mad Mad World (1963), and Don't Bother to Knock (1952). He died on July 3, 1989, of complications of pneumonia, at the age of 76, in Los Angeles, California, USA.