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The Jim Backus Show (TV Series 1960–1961) Poster

(1960–1961)

Full Cast & Crew

Series Directed by 

Christian Nyby ... (7 episodes, 1960-1961)
James Sheldon ... (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Alan Crosland Jr. ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Theodore J. Flicker ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Howard W. Koch ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Hollingsworth Morse ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Gene Reynolds ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Ben Feiner Jr. ... (2 episodes, 1961)
John Florea ... (1 episode, 1960)
Ralph Levy ... (1 episode, 1960)
Bretaigne Windust ... (1 episode, 1960)
Harvey Hart ... (1 episode, 1961)
Arthur Lubin ... (1 episode, 1961)
Sidney Salkow ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Writing Credits  

Arthur Alsberg ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
George Atkins ... (written by) (2 episodes, 1961)
Walter Black ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Jess Carneol ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Carol Cavella ... (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1961)
Joseph C. Cavella ... (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1961)
David Chandler ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Peggy Chantler Dick ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Dick Chevillat ... (written by) (3 episodes, 1960)
Robert A. Cinader ... (idea) (2 episodes, 1961)
Dick Conway ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
William Cowley ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Harry Crane ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Bill Danch ... (written by) (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bill Davenport ... (written by) (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Stanley Davis ... (writer) (1 episode, 1961)
Stanley Davis ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Peggy Elliott ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
John L. Greene ... (written by) (2 episodes, 1960)
Thomas Knickerbocker ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Kay Lenard ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Mort R. Lewis ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Sam Locke ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Roland MacLane ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Mannie Manheim ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Marvin Marx ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
John O'Dea ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Bob Ogle ... (written by) (2 episodes, 1961)
Elon Packard ... (writer) (1 episode, 1961)
Elon Packard ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Tedd Pierce ... (written by) (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Joseph Quillan ... (1 episode, 1960)
Don Quinn ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
Joel Rapp ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Sidney Salkow ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Ray Singer ... (written by) (3 episodes, 1960)
Jay Sommers ... (story by) (1 episode, 1961)
Jay Sommers ... (written by) (1 episode, 1960)
John Tackaberry ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)
Charles Tannen ... (written by) (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Hendrik Vollaerts ... (written by) (1 episode, 1961)

Series Cast  

Jim Backus ...  Mike O'Toole 39 episodes, 1960-1961
Nita Talbot ...  Dora Miles 39 episodes, 1960-1961
Bobs Watson ...  Sidney 37 episodes, 1960-1961
Bill McLean ...  Dave / ... 37 episodes, 1960-1961
James T. Callahan ...  Lou / ... 17 episodes, 1960-1961
Dave Willock ...  Melvin 6 episodes, 1961
Larry Hovis ...  Bert Potter / ... 4 episodes, 1960-1961
Robert B. Williams ...  Heartless Harry / ... 4 episodes, 1960-1961
Melody Patterson ...  Teenage Girl / ... 3 episodes, 1960-1961
Dan Seymour ...  Luther 3 episodes, 1961
William 'Billy' Benedict ...  Drunk #2 / ... 2 episodes, 1961
Jonathan Hole ...  Hawkins' Butler / ... 2 episodes, 1960
Henny Backus Henny Backus ...  Henrietta Updyke / ... 2 episodes, 1961
Arch Johnson ...  Patrolman Larson 2 episodes, 1961
Herb Vigran ...  Mr. Cleaver / ... 2 episodes, 1961
Larry J. Blake ...  Detective Forrest / ... 2 episodes, 1961
Cheerio Meredith ...  Mathilda / ... 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Jean Hagen ...  Lola Hagen 1 episode, 1961
Whit Bissell ...  George Stanton 1 episode, 1960
Bruce Cowling ...  Joe Hagen 1 episode, 1961
Marian Collier ...  Laura 1 episode, 1960
Bill Cord ...  Lou Meyers 1 episode, 1960
Martha Vickers ...  Vicki Stanton 1 episode, 1960
Charles Lane ...  Alfred 1 episode, 1960
Phyllis Kirk ...  Marian Waldman 1 episode, 1960
Alan Hale Jr. ...  J. Homer Cooper 1 episode, 1960
Ken Lynch ...  Mugsy 1 episode, 1960
Nydia Westman ...  Andrea Adair 1 episode, 1960
William Kirschner William Kirschner ...  Otto Gunther 1 episode, 1960
Virginia Grey ...  Laura Jennings 1 episode, 1961
John Doucette ...  Percy Horton 1 episode, 1961
Bill Quinn ...  Reggie Andrews 1 episode, 1961
Robin Raymond ...  Trudy 1 episode, 1961
René de Loffre René de Loffre ...  Marcel 1 episode, 1961
Jessie Royce Landis ...  Ann Hawkins 1 episode, 1960
Russ Conway ...  Ed Waldman 1 episode, 1960
Diane Jergens ...  Teenager 1 episode, 1960
Cathy Lewis ...  Patsy, Mugsy's Moll 1 episode, 1960
Patrick Waltz ...  Dave Quinn 1 episode, 1960
Robert 'Rusty' Stevens ...  Alexander 'Sandy' Cleaver 1 episode, 1961
William Lundigan ...  Buster Darton 1 episode, 1961
Mitzi McCall ...  Sophie 1 episode, 1961
Selette Cole ...  Millie 1 episode, 1961
Art Gilmore ...  Hal-Barber 1 episode, 1961
David Ketchum ...  Dorcy Howard 1 episode, 1961
Edgar Buchanan ...  Uncle Chester Danforth 1 episode, 1960
Jack Larson ...  Waiter #1 1 episode, 1960
Clark Howat ...  Policeman 1 episode, 1960
Sherry Jackson ...  Patsy Donohue 1 episode, 1961
Edward Platt ...  Clayton Jacobs 1 episode, 1961
Herbert Anderson ...  Custer Darton 1 episode, 1961
Claudia Bryar ...  Mrs. Cleaver 1 episode, 1961
George Ives ...  Douglas Aldrich 1 episode, 1961
Vince Barnett ...  Shultzy 1 episode, 1961
Page Cavanaugh Trio ...  Themselves 1 episode, 1961
Bert Ross Bert Ross ...  Waiter #2 1 episode, 1960
Sue Randall ...  Evelyn Darton 1 episode, 1961
Stafford Repp ...  Simon Donohue 1 episode, 1961
Jean Byron ...  Sally Jacobs 1 episode, 1961
Nesdon Booth Nesdon Booth ...  Smoky 1 episode, 1961
Jayne Meadows ...  Jayne Meadows 1 episode, 1960
Diane Baker ...  Mrs. Crandall, Piano Teacher 1 episode, 1961
Catherine McLeod ...  Alma Horton 1 episode, 1961
Mike Mazurki ...  Ivan the Bodyguard 1 episode, 1961
Byron Foulger ...  John Meeker 1 episode, 1961
George Cisar ...  Drunk #1 1 episode, 1961
J. Stewart Taylor J. Stewart Taylor ...  Sam 1 episode, 1961
Frank Christi Frank Christi ...  Loco Gonzalez 1 episode, 1960
Jack Sperling ...  Jack Sperling 1 episode, 1960
Maurice Gosfield Maurice Gosfield ...  Private Dilly Dillingham 1 episode, 1961
Henry Morgan ...  Henry Morgan 1 episode, 1960
Alfred Shelly ...  Detective Seymour Shelly 1 episode, 1961
Kitty Carlisle ...  Kitty Carlisle 1 episode, 1960
The Jack Cole Dancers The Jack Cole Dancers ...  Themeselves 1 episode, 1961
Tom Poston ...  Tom Poston 1 episode, 1960
Jack Cole ...  Self 1 episode, 1961
Miriam Nelson ...  Self 1 episode, 1961
Shelly Manne ...  Shelly Manne 1 episode, 1960
Art Farmer Art Farmer ...  Art Farmer 1 episode, 1960
Gerry Mulligan ...  Gerry Mulligan 1 episode, 1960
Shorty Rogers ...  Shorty Rogers 1 episode, 1960
Pete Candoli ...  Pete Candoli 1 episode, 1960
Conte Candoli ...  Conte Candoli 1 episode, 1960
Jack Sheldon ...  Jack Sheldon 1 episode, 1960
Ken Berry ...  Nephew 1 episode, 1960
Joanna Barnes ...  Cooper's Wife 1 episode, 1960
Linda Watkins ...  Catherine Lyden 1 episode, 1960
Charles Ruggles ...  Sonny Slote 1 episode, 1960
Barbara Perry ...  Lollypop 1 episode, 1960
Frank Cady ...  Lawyer 1 episode, 1960
Jon Lormer ...  Goodman 1 episode, 1960
Lisabeth Hush ...  Karen Slote 1 episode, 1960
Lewis Charles ...  Fingers Larkin 1 episode, 1960
Mark Tapscott 1 episode, 1960
John Eldredge ...  Ned 1 episode, 1960
Charles Tannen ...  Detective 1 episode, 1960
Marc Cavell 1 episode, 1960
Ted Stanhope ...  Jackson 1 episode, 1960
Lillian Culver ...  Bernice 1 episode, 1960
Eric Morris ...  Nephew 1 episode, 1960
Gladys Hurlbut ...  Hortense 1 episode, 1960
Kendrick Huxham ...  The Butler 1 episode, 1960
Robert Hernandez Robert Hernandez 1 episode, 1960
Pat O'Hara Pat O'Hara ...  The Butler 1 episode, 1960
Betsy Brooks Betsy Brooks ...  Eloise 1 episode, 1960
Yvonne Craig ...  Debbie 1 episode, 1961
Leslie Parrish 1 episode, 1961
Zasu Pitts ...  Minnie Morgan 1 episode, 1961
Ellen Corby 1 episode, 1961
Pat Buttram ...  Barnaby Bates 1 episode, 1961
J. Pat O'Malley ...  Santa 1 episode, 1961
Roy Jenson 1 episode, 1961
Patric Knowles ...  Lucifer Ferris 1 episode, 1961
Olan Soule ...  Elmo 1 episode, 1961
Willis Bouchey 1 episode, 1961
Phyllis Avery ...  Jean Reilly 1 episode, 1961
Vivi Janiss ...  Mrs. Rudolph 1 episode, 1961
John Abbott 1 episode, 1961
Minerva Urecal 1 episode, 1961
Ben Welden ...  Little Augie 1 episode, 1961
John Harmon John Harmon ...  Benedict 1 episode, 1961
Milton Frome ...  Irving Rudolph 1 episode, 1961
Robert Burton ...  Mr. Duffield 1 episode, 1961
Rolfe Sedan 1 episode, 1961
Arline Hunter Arline Hunter ...  Angela 1 episode, 1961
Damian O'Flynn 1 episode, 1961
Alan Carney ...  Hogan 1 episode, 1961
Barbara English Barbara English 1 episode, 1961
Jimmy Demaret ...  Jimmy Demaret 1 episode, 1961
Hanley Stafford ...  Chester 1 episode, 1961
Elizabeth Herbert Elizabeth Herbert 1 episode, 1961
Alex Dunand Alex Dunand ...  Apache 1 episode, 1961

Series Produced by 

Dick Chevillat ... producer / executive producer (30 episodes, 1960-1961)
Ray Singer ... producer / executive producer (30 episodes, 1960-1961)
John L. Greene ... associate producer (16 episodes, 1960-1961)
Milt Trager ... associate producer (12 episodes, 1961)
Sam Locke ... producer (3 episodes, 1961)
Joel Rapp ... producer (3 episodes, 1961)
Thomas Knickerbocker ... producer (1 episode, 1961)
Mort R. Lewis ... producer (1 episode, 1961)

Series Music by 

David Rose ... (14 episodes, 1960-1961)
Franklyn Marks ... (4 episodes, 1961)
Jeff Alexander ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Richard Wess ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Earle Hagen ... (2 episodes, 1961)
Shorty Rogers ... (1 episode, 1960)
Sidney Fine ... (1 episode, 1961)
Leon Klatzkin ... (1 episode, 1961)
Gail Kubik ... (1 episode, 1961)
William Lava ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Cinematography by 

Robert De Grasse ... (19 episodes, 1960-1961)
Harold E. Wellman ... (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Paul Ivano ... (4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Henry Freulich ... (1 episode, 1960)
Paul Vogel ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Editing by 

John Baxter Rogers ... (10 episodes, 1960-1961)
William B. Gulick ... (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
William Martin ... (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Ira Heymann ... (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Stanford Tischler ... (3 episodes, 1961)
Harry V. Knapp ... (2 episodes, 1961)
James Ballas ... (1 episode, 1960)
Michael Pozen ... (1 episode, 1960)

Series Casting By 

Bill Brademan ... (6 episodes, 1961)
Harvey Clermont ... (4 episodes, 1961)
Marvin Schnall ... (4 episodes, 1961)

Series Art Direction by 

George W. Davis ... (28 episodes, 1960-1961)
Philip Barber ... (17 episodes, 1960-1961)
Leroy Coleman ... (2 episodes, 1961)
Addison Hehr ... (2 episodes, 1961)
Urie McCleary ... (2 episodes, 1961)
Carl Anderson ... (1 episode, 1960)
Robert Clatworthy ... (1 episode, 1960)
Arthur Lonergan ... (1 episode, 1960)
Frank T. Smith ... (1 episode, 1960)
Art Loel ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Set Decoration by 

Henry Grace ... (25 episodes, 1960-1961)
H. Web Arrowsmith ... (14 episodes, 1960-1961)
Dorcy Howard ... (5 episodes, 1961)
Hal Overell ... (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Budd Friend ... (3 episodes, 1961)
John MacNeil ... (1 episode, 1960)
Fay Babcock ... (1 episode, 1961)
Mowbray Berkeley ... (1 episode, 1961)

Series Production Management 

John Rhone ... production manager / production supervisor (18 episodes, 1960-1961)
Carter De Haven Jr. ... production manager (10 episodes, 1960)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

John Banse ... assistant director (5 episodes, 1961)
Al Westen ... assistant director (4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Terry Morse Jr. ... assistant director (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Al Jennings ... assistant director (3 episodes, 1961)
Thomas F. Kelly ... assistant director (3 episodes, 1961)
Ridgeway Callow ... assistant director (2 episodes, 1960)
Eli Dunn ... assistant director (2 episodes, 1960)
Jack Aldworth ... assistant director (2 episodes, 1961)
Milton Feldman ... assistant director (1 episode, 1960)
David S. Hall ... assistant director (1 episode, 1960)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... assistant director (1 episode, 1960)
Donald R. Daves ... assistant director (1 episode, 1961)

Series Sound Department 

Franklin Milton ... recording supervisor / sound (27 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Kitty Mager ... dresses: Jessie Royce Landis / dresses: Nita Talbot (2 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Music Department 

David Rose ... composer: theme music / music / special musical material (29 episodes, 1960-1961)
Gail Kubik ... music supervisor (24 episodes, 1960-1961)
Leon Klatzkin ... music supervisor (2 episodes, 1961)
Raoul Kraushaar ... music supervisor (1 episode, 1960)
Shorty Rogers ... composer: jazz music (1 episode, 1960)
Marlin Skiles ... music supervisor (1 episode, 1960)
Dave Kahn ... music supervisor (1 episode, 1961)
Sam Locke ... special musical material (1 episode, 1961)
Joel Rapp ... special musical material (1 episode, 1961)

Series Script and Continuity Department 

Bill Danch ... script consultant / executive script consultant (9 episodes, 1960-1961)
Tedd Pierce ... script consultant / executive script consultant (9 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Atkins ... executive script consultant (5 episodes, 1961)
Bob Ogle ... executive script consultant (5 episodes, 1961)

Series Additional Crew 

Edward H. Feldman ... assistant to the producers (18 episodes, 1960-1961)
Jerry Hausner ... creative consultant (15 episodes, 1961)
Bill Danch ... story consultant / creative consultant / executive story consultant (14 episodes, 1960-1961)
Tedd Pierce ... story consultant / creative consultant / executive story consultant (14 episodes, 1960-1961)
John Rhone ... assistant to the producers / assistant to the producer (10 episodes, 1960)
Jay Sommers ... story editor (5 episodes, 1961)
George Atkins ... story editor (2 episodes, 1961)
Walter Black ... story editor (2 episodes, 1961)
Bob Ogle ... story editor (2 episodes, 1961)
Miriam Nelson ... choreographer (1 episode, 1961)
Aubrey Schenck ... production assistant (uncredited) (1 episode, 1960)

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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