Biography: Jim Backus |
Ohio-born actor Jim Backus's stage career began in summer stock, where, according to his then-roommate Keenan Wynn, he was as well known for his prowess with the ladies as he was for his on-stage versatility. Backus continued acting in New York,... more
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The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)
Cast: Natalie Schafer Russell Johnson
Tags: Comedy
Length: 74min
Following the astonishing (and, to some, appalling) success of the 1978 TV movie Rescue From Gilligan's Island, most of the cast of the popular 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island were hired for two additional "reunion" films. The second, Castaways on...
Cast: Steve Allen
Tags: Drama
Length: 100min
The Gossip Columnist is a rare one-part offering from Operation Prime Time, the TV-syndication service responsible for such miniseries as The Kent Family Chronicles. Fourth-billed Kim Cattrall plays the title character, journalist Dina Moran....
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Cast: Jerry Lewis Madeline Kahn Orson Welles
Tags: Comedy Science Fiction
Length: 87min
This dismal sci-fi comedy is based on a novel by Kurt Vonnegut and features Jerry Lewis and Madeline Kahn in dual roles as wealthy, respected parents who give birth to two gigantic, and ugly twins. The appalled parents try to keep them hidden away for...
The Feather and Father Gang (1977)
Tags: Mystery Comedy Detective Film
Length: min
First telecast March 7, 1977, The Feather and Father Gang is the pilot episode for the weekly TV series of the same name. Stefanie Powers stars as Toni "Feather" Dalton, a clever female lawyer. Harold Gould co-stars as Feather's dad Harry Danton, a...
The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976)
Length: 46min
Child actor Ike Eisenmann, a frequent participant in the ABC Afterschool Special offerings of the 1970s, plays the title role in The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon. Shorter in stature than most of his classmates in the sixth grade, young Duffy...
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Cast: Nanette Fabray Mickey Rooney Jack Elam Wally Cox
Tags: Western Comedy Comedy Western Romantic Comedy
Length: 99min
Charley (Dan Blocker) is the kindly but simple-minded blacksmith who sends a year's earnings back East for a mail-order bride. When he and the town turn out for the woman's arrival at the train station, he is embarrassed when she never appears. The...
Cast: Ann Sothern Jonathan Demme
Tags: Period Film Gangster Film Comedy Crime
Length: 82min
Cloris Leachman stars as Melba, a woman with whom violence is a way of life, in Jonathan Demme's high-pitched "B"-movie Crazy Mama. The film spans three decades in the violent life of Melba, beginning in Jerusalem, Arkansas in 1932, when law enforcers...
Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978)
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 100min
Eleven years after the network cancellation of Gilligan's Island, the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S. S. Minnow returned to the small screen in Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The cast remains the same, with one significant change. Bob Denver...
Cast: Janet Leigh Roddy McDowall Richard Dreyfuss
Tags: Adventure Comedy Comedy
Length: 98min
When irascible boss T.R. Hollister (Jim Backus) threatens to pull the plug on an underwater environmental living project, employee Fred Miller (Tony Randall) and his wife, Vivian (Janet Leigh), take their family down in the deep to live for 30 days....
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Cast: Kurt Russell Cesar Romero Emile Kuri
Tags: Family Science Fiction Comedy Sci-Fi Comedy
Length: 88min
If anyone is interested in seeing what Kurt Russell used to do before transforming into Snake Plissken in Escape From New York, they can look no further than this labored Disney slapstick marzipan sequel to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Kurt...
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