Service Set for Jim Backus
A public memorial service for actor-comedian Jim Backus, voice of the quarrelsome “Mr. Magoo” throughout that animated figure’s lengthy career and a star of the old “Gilligan’s Island” TV series, will be held Wednesday at noon at the Screen Directors Guild, 7920 Sunset Blvd. Backus was 76 when he died July 3.
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