Jim Backus was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most
remembered roles… the voice of Mr. Magoo,  Joan Davis’s husband on  
TV’s I married Joan, and Thurston Howell, lll on the CBS-TV hit sitcom 
Gilligan’s Island (1964 – 1967). Jim died on July 3, 1989. He was 76. 

Jim Backus with Joan Davis

Jim Backus as Thurston Howell, lll in Gilligan’s Island

This record album came with a Howdy Doody doll like the one being held by Buffalo Bob
Smith, pictured on the above album cover.

When Cassius Clay, now known as Muhammad Ali, defeated Sonny Liston
(above left), he was the youngest boxer ever at age 22 to take the title
from a reigning heavyweight champion.

Tea Leoni has starred in a wide range of films including Jurassic Park lll
(2001), Deep Impact (1998), and co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2006
comedy film Fun with Dick and Jane.

Tea as a TV news anchor in Deep Impact

Tea Leoni with Jim Carrey in Fun with Dick and Jane