Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even towards the end, Jim Backus, best known as Mr. Howell from Gilligan's Island and the original voice of cartoon character Mr.

Gilligan's Island co-stars Alan Hale Jr. and Jim Backus reunited years after the show in a 1979 action comedy film that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born James Gilmore Backus on February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was raised in Bratenahi, a wealthy village. Backus spent his ...

One of the central characters on 'Gilligan's Island' is Thurston Howell III. Jim Backus played the beloved millionaire throughout the show's three seasons. It's hard to imagine anyone but Backus as ...

Frank Stark in an apron, looking shocked and sad in Rebel Without A Cause - Warner Bros. Nicholas Ray's 1955 drama "Rebel Without a Cause" might be one of the most celebrated films in Hollywood ...

Sherwood Schwartz's sitcom "Gilligan's Island" was a tremendous success when it premiered in 1964. The premise is well-known ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, brash underdog Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) stunned the boxing world with a TKO of Sonny "the Bear" Liston, winning the world heavyweight championship. "Gilligan's Island" star ...

This article was updated on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Actress and author Henny Backus, widow of actor Jim Backus, died Dec. 9 in Los Angeles after a series of strokes. Backus, nee Henrietta Kaye, was born in ...