Jim Backus

Henny Backus herself passed away at the age of 93 in December of 2004, after suffering a series of strokes. He was knighted in 1992 for his services to acting. The Backus's co-wrote several humorous books, including "Only When I Laugh." Henny Backus wrote "Care for the Caretaker," documenting her husband's illnesses and offering practical solutions for those facing such dilemmas. His only serious relationship with a woman seems to have been with the actress, Capucine, though he had many female friends. Henny Backus co-starred with Jim Backus in television's Blondie sitcom of the 1960s. For many years he shared a home with a male friend, but repeatedly denied that their relationship was anything other than platonic. He was survived by his wife of 46 years, Henny Backus, a former Broadway showgirl in the 1920s, where she performed with Earl Carroll 's Vanities. Bogarde never married and, even during his lifetime, was reported to be homosexual.

In 1989 Backus died from complications of pneumonia, after suffering from Parkinson's Disease for many years. During the 1960s and 1970s, Bogarde gradually abandoned his heart-throb image for more challenging parts, such as the ex-Nazi in The Night Porter (1974), a bored University professor in Accident (1967), and, most notably, as Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice (1971). For example, he appeared in Father was a Fullback in 1949, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World back to back in 1962 and 1963, and in Prince Jack in 1984. He quickly became a matinee idol. Backus had an extensive career and worked steadily in Hollywood over five decades. George Dixon in The Blue Lamp launched him as a lead player, but it was the comedy, Doctor in the House (1954), that made him a star. Howell III on Gilligan's Island.. His 1950 appearance as the criminal who shot P.C.

Magoo, the rich Herbert Updike of the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis' husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's father in Rebel Without A Cause, and Thurston J. He joined the army and served in World War II, after which his good looks helped him begin a career as a film actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. Bogarde was born in the London suburb of Hampstead, of mixed Dutch-British ancestry. Jim Backus (February 25, 1913 - July 3, 1989) was a radio, television and movie actor, and voice actor. Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by the stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor. Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Career Illustrated w/Robert Tanitch.

Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Autobiography. An Orderly Man. A Postilion Struck by Lightning. Victim (1961).

Song Without End. A Tale of Two Cities (1958). The Spanish Gardener (1956). The Blue Lamp (1950).