| TV and Movie Trivia Tribute
Jim Backus |
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| Born: | 25 February 1913 | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Known As: | Thurston Howell III | TV's "Gilligan's Island" |
| Trivia: | One of his teachers in grade school was Margaret Hamilton, who would later play Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz". | |
| Attended the Kentucky Military Academy. One of his classmates was future fellow actor, Victor Mature. | ||
| Used to work as a radio announcer in New York City. | ||
| 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." | ||
| On TV: | TVGuide.com | Click here for TV listings. |
| Filmography: | The Internet Movie Database | Jim Backus Filmography. |
| Departed: | 3 July 1989 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
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