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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 85 shows: |
 | 01-23-26, #SF_123 |  | 10-06-96, #96-40 |
| 11-07-25, #SF_113 | | 03-14-93, #93-11 |
| 08-16-24, #MMS-269 | | 11-17-91, #91-46 |
| 03-07-24, #MMCZ-24-04 | | 08-04-91, #91-31 |
| 06-08-19, #AOTA-190608 | | 07-30-89, #89-31 |
| 06-02-18, #AOTA-180602 | | 12-18-88, #88-51 |
| 12-12-15, #ISGD-15-56 | | 12-06-87, #87-49 |
| 12-06-15, #BWR-15-12-06 | | 05-03-87, #87-18 |
| 10-03-15, #15-40 | | 06-08-86, #KMET-86-23 |
| 06-20-15, #15-25 | | 11-11-84, #84-46 |
| 09-27-14, #ISGD-14-53 | | 07-29-84, #84-31 |
| 01-11-14, #14-02 | | 01-15-84, #84-03 |
| 08-03-13, #13-31 | | 02-20-83, #83-08 |
| 07-20-13, #AOTA-130720 | | 09-14-80, #KMET-80-29 |
| 06-08-13, #13-23 | | 07-13-80, #80-28 |
| 04-27-13, #AOTA-130427 | | 02-03-80, #80-05 |
| 03-07-13, #ISGD-13-10 | | 04-22-79, #79-16 |
| 01-12-13, #AOTA-130112 | | 12-03-78, #78-42 |
| 06-26-12, #BWR-12-06-26 | | 08-27-78, #78-27 |
| 05-07-11, #AOTA-110507 | | 06-18-78, #78-17 |
| 01-22-11, #MMS-139 | | 04-16-78, #78-8 |
| 11-06-10, #10-45 | | 01-09-77, #128 |
| 02-07-10, #10-06 | | 01-02-77, #127 |
| 08-16-09, #09-33 | | 08-29-76, #109 |
| 04-05-09, #09-14 | | 07-18-76, #103 |
| 06-22-08, #08-25 | | 06-06-76, #97 |
| 08-26-07, #07-34 | | 03-14-76, #85 |
| 10-15-06, #06-42 | | 01-11-76, #76 |
| 08-20-06, #MMS-41 | | 12-21-75, #73-57 |
| 07-17-06, #MMS-36 | | 11-23-75, #69 |
| 07-01-06, #ROTP_097 | | 08-31-75, #57 |
| 05-07-06, #MMS-26 | | 04-27-75, #43 |
| 12-31-05, #ROTP_071 | | 01-26-75, #30 |
| 08-07-05, #05-32 | | 12-29-74, #26 |
| 01-16-05, #05-03 | | 12-29-74, #KMET-74-52 |
| 04-18-04, #XM-47 | | 12-01-74, #22 |
| 11-24-03, #ISGD-03-49 | | 11-24-74, #21 |
| 07-20-03, #03-29 | | 11-17-74, #20 |
| 02-24-02, #02-08 | | 11-10-74, #19 |
| 03-14-99, #99-11 | | 11-03-74, #18 |
| 06-21-98, #98-25 | | 10-27-74, #17 |
| 04-26-98, #98-17 | | 04-09-72, #KMET-72-15 |
| 10-13-96, #96-41 | | |
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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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