Talk:Jim Backus

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"Oh, he's a first cousin."

Hopiakuta 13:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure Jim Backus played Hartley Benson on the Mel Blanc Show? His name isn't given in the opening credits. 24.57.249.250 (talk) 01:53, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Jim Backus and his wife Henny (Hunny) never had children together, Mr. Backus had two children from an affair While working on contractdurring the 1940's and 1950's at Warner Bros Inc. Jim Backus became close friends with Howard Roy Winterbottom a Set and Art Designer/Director on contract at Warner Bros. Productions© credits (Movie: flamingo road with Joan Crawford 1949) an Married to Gladys Winterbottom. Winterbottm’s adopted daughter Opal Marie (Bunny) who was a close friend after her divorce in 1959 to Mr. Backus, became friends involve in a private relationship with Mr. Backus, from 1959 to 1963 in Glendale California. Together they had a daughter Gladys Ann Louise; and in 1960 a son Roy Allan Michael; born under Miss Winterbottem’s divorced name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.57.81 (talk) 12:29, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, am I missing something? The "Early Life Section" has these two statements in it: "James Gilmore Backus was born February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio" and "Backus was born in Caldwell NJ; his family left for Ohio when he was age 4." So, which is it?

Mpaniello (talk) 00:31, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Backus made a guest appearance on CHiPs in 1977. EarlyBird89 (talk) 17:07, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]