Jim Backus

Henny Backus herself passed away at the age of 93 in December of 2004, after suffering a series of strokes. Latest news, however, reports that Bernard will return to the show in February sweeps. 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. Bernard held the role for three seasons until his character was written out at the end of season 3. Henny Backus co-starred with Jim Backus in television's Blondie sitcom of the 1960s. However, throughout all these roles, he hadn't reached any major level of success until 2001 when he joined the cast of the FOX Network's television drama 24, where he played Tony Almeida, a government agent for the CTU. 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. He has appeared in feature films such as Vegas: C.O.D., The Killing Jar, and The Colonel's Last Flight.

In 1989 Backus died from complications of pneumonia, after suffering from Parkinson's Disease for many years. He has appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. 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 has guest starred in roles on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, Maloney, and Silk Stalkings. Backus had an extensive career and worked steadily in Hollywood over five decades. At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution with Frank Langella. Howell III on Gilligan's Island.. He preformed in ACT stage productions:.

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. Born in Chicago, Carlos Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. The Cherry Orchard. Jim Backus (February 25, 1913 - July 3, 1989) was a radio, television and movie actor, and voice actor. The Diary of Anne Frank. Hamlet.

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