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Among his most famous roles are the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, Joan Davis's character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause and Thurston Howell, III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot off the Wire.An avid golfer, Backus made the 36-h

Mel Blanc was born in San Francisco but moved to Portland at a young age. He started in radio but later he would voice his first cartoon character in "Picador Porky" where he played a drunken bull. He would go on to voice some of the most beloved characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Tweety Bird among hundreds of others. He was known for his range as a voice actor, nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is considered one of the most influential people in his field.