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

Paul Frees has 158 credits at Criticker, including: The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, A Place in the Sun, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town