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Jim Backus

1913 - 1989

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James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) 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, 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' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Backus has received more than 3,674,760 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Backus is the 6,383rd most popular actor (down from 6,011th in 2019), the 9,366th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,975th in 2019) and the 2,927th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jim Backus ranks 6,383 out of 13,578. Before him are Kim Delaney, Elisabetta Canalis, Jacques Gamblin, Dolly Haas, Han Ga-in, and Andrzej Grabowski. After him are Lukas Ammann, Shriram Lagoo, Fay McKenzie, Déborah François, Catherine E. Coulson, and Hampton Fancher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Jim Backus ranks 339. Before him are Ernst Lörtscher, Kalevi Kotkas, Red Skelton, Luigi Piotti, Ioachim Moldoveanu, and Minoru Honda. After him are Dave Albritton, Martin Kamen, Fred Davis, William Inge, Luis Taruc, and Bertalan Papp. Among people deceased in 1989, Jim Backus ranks 260. Before him are Chris Gueffroy, C. L. R. James, Edward Abbey, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Wally Ris, and Hemanta Mukherjee. After him are Frank Henry, György Kulin, Edvin Laine, Erich Herrmann, Joseph Van Ingelgem, and Hilda Strike.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Backus ranks 9,366 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Burden (1946), Frank Fetter (1863), Dave Filoni (1974), Danny Sullivan (1950), Josh Klinghoffer (1979), and John Henry Twachtman (1853). After him are Garrick Ohlsson (1948), Fay McKenzie (1918), Art Mollner (1912), James Skivring Smith (1825), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), and Ned Rorem (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jim Backus ranks 2,927. Before him are George Lopez (1961), Russell Wong (1963), Sterling Holloway (1905), Elizabeth Gutiérrez (1979), Guy Siner (1947), and Kim Delaney (1961). After him are Fay McKenzie (1918), Catherine E. Coulson (1943), Hampton Fancher (1938), Alma Bennett (1904), Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), and Andy Devine (1905).

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