Born on this day – Jim Backus:

Jim Backus

Actor

Writer

February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); 1001 Arabian Nights (1959); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Dangerous Profession (1949); A Princess for Magoo (1959); A Private's Affair (1959); ABC Afterschool Specials (1976); ABC's Nightlife (1965); About Faces (1960); Above and Beyond (1952); Accidental Family (1967); Advance to the Rear (1964); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976); A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All Star Revue (1952–1953); American Masters (2005); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Angel Face (1952); Angels' Brigade (1979); Ark II (1976); Arrest and Trial (1964); Ask Any Girl (1959); Autumn Leaves (1956); Barefaced Flatfoot (1951); Before the Three-Hour Tour (2004); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Billie (1965); Biography (2002); Blondie (1968–1969); Boys' Night Out (1962); Bright Victory (1951); Bungled Bungalow (1951); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Bwana Magoo (1959); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cain's Hundred (1961); Calling Doctor Magoo (1956); Calling Doctor Magoo / Hotsy Footsy (1952); Calling Doctor Magoo / Kangaroo Courting (1954); Calling Doctor Magoo / Love Comes to Magoo (1958); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo Goes Skiing (1954); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo's Check Up (1955); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo's Cruise (1958); Calling Doctor Magoo / The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958); Can You Top This (1970); Charlie's Angels (1977 / 1979); Chico and the Man (1975); CHiPs (1977); Christopher Crumpet / Four Wheels, No Brakes (1954); Christopher Crumpet / Pete Hothead (1952); Christopher Crumpet / The Popcorn Story (1950); Climax! (1957); Confidential File (1956); Conflict (1956); Continental Showcase (1966); Cop on the Beat (1975); Crazy Mama (1975); Critic's Choice (1963); Customs Agent (1950); Damn Yankees! (1967); Daniel Boone (1968); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); Dee Time (1969); Deep in My Heart (1954); Della (1970); Destination Magoo (1954); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Don't Make Waves (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Easy Living (1949); Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950); Eighteen and Anxious (1957); Eischied (1979); Ellery Queen (1975); Emergency Wedding (1950); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales (2000); Espionage (1964); ET in TV Land (2003); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1980); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Fluffy (1965); Flying High (1978); Follow the Sun (1962); Forever James Dean (1988); Francis in the Navy (1955); Friday Foster (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Funny You Should Ask (1969); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968–1969); Geraldine (1953); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gilligan's Island (1964–1992); Gilligan's Planet (1982); Good Guys Wear Black (1978); Goodnight Jackie (1974); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Half Angel (1951); Harry O (1975); Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977); He Said, She Said (1970); Heavy Petting (1989); Hello Down There (1969); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hill Street Blues (1982); His Kind of Woman (1951); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood House (1949); Hollywood Magoo (1970); Hollywood Squares (1965–1974); Hollywood Story (1951); Hurry Sundown (1967); I Dream of Jeannie (1970); I Love Melvin (1953); I Married Joan (1952–1955); I Spy (1968); I Want You (1951); I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960); Ice Palace (1960); I'll Bet (1965); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); Imagine That (1983); Inside Magoo (1960); Iron Man (1951); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Your Bet (1969–1972); I've Got a Secret (1957–1967); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Joe Forrester (1975); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Johnny Cool (1963); Juke Box Jury (1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Liar's Club (1977–1978); Look Who's Driving (1954); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Understanding / Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1956); M (1951); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Macabre (1958); Magic Carpet (1972); Magoo Beats the Heat (1956); Magoo Beats the Heat / Magoo Goes Overboard (1957); Magoo Breaks Par (1957); Magoo Makes News (1955); Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959); Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1959); Magoo Saves the Bank (1957); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo Express (1955); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Problem Child (1956); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Three-Point Landing (1958); Magoo Slept Here / Matador Magoo (1957); Magoo's Masterpiece (1953); Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Match Game (1973); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1961); McKeever and the Colonel (1963); Medical Center (1973); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990–1993); Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959); Miracle on 34th Street (1973); Mister Magoo (1960); Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962); Mobile One (1975); Mod Squad (1973); Mooch (1974); Mr. Magoo (1997); Mr. Magoo Cartoon Merry-Go-Round (1953); Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Six Loves (1963); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Never Con a Killer (1977); New Zoo Revue (1975); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Of Thee I Sing (1972); One Last Fling (1949); Operation Bikini (1963); Password (1962–1973); Pat and Mike (1952); Person to Person (1961); Personality (1967); Pete's Dragon (1977); Picture This (1963); Pink and Blue Blues / Grizzly Golfer (1951); Pink and Blue Blues / Madcap Magoo (1955); Pink and Blue Blues / Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956); Pink and Blue Blues / Magoo's Young Manhood (1958); Pink and Blue Blues / Meet Mother Magoo (1956); Playhouse 90 (1958); Plutopia (1951); Police Story (1975–1976); Prince Jack (1984); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rendezvous in Space (1964); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Rescuing a Fantasy Classic (2021); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Spellbound Hound (1950); Stand Up and Cheer (1974); Star Stage (1956); Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International (1955); Storybook Squares (1969); Studio One (1957–1958); Stump the Stars (1963); Stu's Show (2023); Sunday in New York (1963); Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001); Sweepstakes (1979); Take a Good Look (1959); Talent Scouts (1962–1963); Tattletales (1974); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The Alan Hamel Show (1979); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Big Operator (1959); The Bob Braun Show (1971); The Bob Newhart Show (1962); The Brady Bunch (1971–1974); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–2000); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–1978); The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donald O'Connor Show (1968); The DuPont Show of the Week (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Enchanted Journey (1981); The Errand Boy (1961); The Fabulous Shorts (1968); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Garry Moore Show (1962–1967); The George Gobel Show (1958); The Ghost Busters (1975); The Gift of the Magi (1978); The Gilligan Manifesto (2018); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Good Guys (1969); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The Great Lover (1949); The Great Man (1956); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The High Cost of Loving (1958); The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962); The Humpbacked Horse (1975); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Jim Backus Show (1960–1961); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Lady and the Stock Exchange (1962); The Late Show (1988); The Lee Phillip Show (1962–1971); The Linkletter Show (1962); The Love Boat (1978–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1975); The Man with a Cloak (1951); The Match Game (1963); The Max Bygraves Hour (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1980); The Millionaire (1959); The Miner's Daughter (1950); The Mouse Factory (1972–1973); The Movie Game (1969); The Naked Hills (1956); The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–1975); The Object Is (1964); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957); The Rebels (1979); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Square Jungle (1955); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1969); The Unknown Story (2022); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1973); The Web (1954); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); The Wild Wild West (1969); The Windblown Hare (1949); The Wonderful Career of George Pal (2022); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); There Goes the Bride (1980); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Is Your Life (1958 / 1971); To Tell the Truth (1958); Today (1959–1980); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Top Secret Affair (1957); Trailblazer Magoo (1956); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Trouble Indemnity (1950); Trouble Indemnity / Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Glorious Fourth (1957); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Homecoming (1959); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Masquerade (1957); Trouble Indemnity / Pink and Blue Blues (1952); Trouble Indemnity / Ragtime Bear (1949); Trouble Indemnity / Sloppy Jalopy (1952); Trouble Indemnity / Stage Door Magoo (1955); Trouble Indemnity / Terror Faces Magoo (1959); Trouble Indemnity / When Magoo Flew (1954); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); What's My Line? (1957–1972); What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977); When Magoo Flew / Captains Outrageous (1952); When Magoo Flew / Gumshoe Magoo (1958); When Magoo Flew / Magoo's Private War (1957); When Magoo Flew / Rock-Hound Magoo (1957); When Magoo Flew / Safety Spin (1953); When Magoo Flew / Scoutmaster Magoo (1958); When Magoo Flew The Dog Snatcher (1952); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968); Where Will You Hide? (1948); Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Your Chevrolet Showroom (1953); You're Putting Me On (1969); Zotz! (1962).

On this day in movie history - Rebel Without a Cause (1955):

Rebel Without a Cause

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Stewart Stern and Irving Shulman,

based on a story by Nicholas Ray,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1955.
Music by Leonard Rosenman.

Cast:

James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Marietta Canty, Virginia Brissac, Beverly Long, Ian Wolfe, Frank Mazzola, Robert Foulk, Jack Simmons, Tom Bernard, Nick Adams, Jack Grinnage, Clifford Morris, Dorothy Abbott, David Alpert, Jimmy Baird, Paul Birch, Harold Bostwick, Paul Bryar, John Close, Chuck Hamilton, Chuck Hicks, Skipper Huerta, Louise Lane, Nelson Leigh, David McMahon, Edward McNally, Peter Miller, Ralph Moratz, Bruce Noonan, House Peters Jr., Stephanie Pond-Smith, Charles Postal, Nicholas Ray, Gus Schilling, Almira Sessions, Joel Smith, Bert Stevens, Dick Wessel, Robert B. Williams.