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Jim Backus
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Date Born/Group Began:
01-14-43
(Captain Wayne)
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Date Died/Group Ended:
07-03-89
(Captain Wayne)
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Also Known As:
James Gilmore Backus (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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Facts: |
Used to work as a radio announcer in New York City. (Captain Wayne) |
When Backus was doing radio plays, one of his characters "Hubert Updyke III" would become the basis for "Thurston Howell III" in _Gilligan's Island_ (Captain Wayne) |
His last role, and one of his first roles, were both the voice of a genie in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. (Captain Wayne) |
The voice of Wally the Bird on the Western Airlines ads of the 1950's was Jim Backus. His one-liner was simply "Western Ailines, the OOONLY way to fly." He repeated this line in _It's a Mad, mad, Mad, mad World(1963)_ (Captain Wayne) |
He did the voice characterization of Mr. Magoo in many cartoons. (Captain Wayne) |
Web pages about this Artist: |
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Played on 83 shows: |
 | 08-16-24, #MMS-269 |  | 03-14-93, #93-11 |
 | 03-07-24, #MMCZ-24-04 |  | 11-17-91, #91-46 |
 | 06-08-19, #AOTA-190608 |  | 08-04-91, #91-31 |
 | 06-02-18, #AOTA-180602 |  | 07-30-89, #89-31 |
 | 12-12-15, #ISGD-15-56 |  | 12-18-88, #88-51 |
 | 12-06-15, #BWR-15-12-06 |  | 12-06-87, #87-49 |
 | 10-03-15, #15-40 |  | 05-03-87, #87-18 |
 | 06-20-15, #15-25 |  | 06-08-86, #KMET-86-23 |
 | 09-27-14, #ISGD-14-53 |  | 11-11-84, #84-46 |
 | 01-11-14, #14-02 |  | 07-29-84, #84-31 |
 | 08-03-13, #13-31 |  | 01-15-84, #84-03 |
 | 07-20-13, #AOTA-130720 |  | 02-20-83, #83-08 |
 | 06-08-13, #13-23 |  | 09-14-80, #KMET-80-29 |
 | 04-27-13, #AOTA-130427 |  | 07-13-80, #80-28 |
 | 03-07-13, #ISGD-13-10 |  | 02-03-80, #80-05 |
 | 01-12-13, #AOTA-130112 |  | 04-22-79, #79-16 |
 | 06-26-12, #BWR-12-06-26 |  | 12-03-78, #78-42 |
 | 05-07-11, #AOTA-110507 |  | 08-27-78, #78-27 |
 | 01-22-11, #MMS-139 |  | 06-18-78, #78-17 |
 | 11-06-10, #10-45 |  | 04-16-78, #78-8 |
 | 02-07-10, #10-06 |  | 01-09-77, #128 |
 | 08-16-09, #09-33 |  | 01-02-77, #127 |
 | 04-05-09, #09-14 |  | 08-29-76, #109 |
 | 06-22-08, #08-25 |  | 07-18-76, #103 |
 | 08-26-07, #07-34 |  | 06-06-76, #97 |
 | 10-15-06, #06-42 |  | 03-14-76, #85 |
 | 08-20-06, #MMS-41 |  | 01-11-76, #76 |
 | 07-17-06, #MMS-36 |  | 12-21-75, #73-57 |
 | 07-01-06, #ROTP_097 |  | 11-23-75, #69 |
 | 05-07-06, #MMS-26 |  | 08-31-75, #57 |
 | 12-31-05, #ROTP_071 |  | 04-27-75, #43 |
 | 08-07-05, #05-32 |  | 01-26-75, #30 |
 | 01-16-05, #05-03 |  | 12-29-74, #26 |
 | 04-18-04, #XM-47 |  | 12-29-74, #KMET-74-52 |
 | 11-24-03, #ISGD-03-49 |  | 12-01-74, #22 |
 | 07-20-03, #03-29 |  | 11-24-74, #21 |
 | 02-24-02, #02-08 |  | 11-17-74, #20 |
 | 03-14-99, #99-11 |  | 11-10-74, #19 |
 | 06-21-98, #98-25 |  | 11-03-74, #18 |
 | 04-26-98, #98-17 |  | 10-27-74, #17 |
 | 10-13-96, #96-41 |  | 04-09-72, #KMET-72-15 |
 | 10-06-96, #96-40 | | |
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Goofy Gary fact & website needs to be removed from this page. Anomalies from a merge went bad.
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