Some sitcom actors only ever get one really great role, but Jim Backus had several. The actor, who played wealthy Wall Street ...

While the hit sitcom Gilligan's Island helped make Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann, famous, it did not necessarily make her ...

There are a number of other arresting performances. Jim Backus for one. His mealy-mouthed, wishy-washy, self-deprecating parent is the soft pillow against which the boy beats his fists ...

Carl Kolchak: reporter, monster hunter, and the Independent News Service’s least printed writer. Embodied by the magnificent and inimitable McGavin, Kolchak is a character for the ages. A product of ...

The reign of horror movie sequels continues as Halloween approaches. Two very different new movies debuted in the top five - but only one was crowned champion. Two new horror films are releasing ...

The 1963 comedy adventure film It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is packed with character actors such as Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Jim Backus, and Phil Silvers. And let’s not forget the ...

Comedian Jim Gaffigan’s blistering swipes at Vice President Kamala Harris and fellow Democrats at the Al Smith Dinner have spread like wildfire on social media — with some calling his takedown ...

Jim Justice, a businessman who founded Bluestone Farms in 1977, has built the operation into the leading grain producer on the East Coast. With a net worth exceeding $500 million, he ranks among ...