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Jim Backus

American radio, television, film, and voice actor (1913–1989)

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q1236412

Release: sha256:f33228901a35b0683356002a46df9ceb11f399d05f17abb5c7c78256cbf38ba7

Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

Development requests are not available on this deployment. The observed entity and its graph links remain readable.

1-hop relations (40)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Grouped by a fixed presentation taxonomy for legibility only. The grouping asserts no rank, truth, support, or standing — every observed edge is carried, none reordered by importance.

Identity & relations (8)

→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ birth name (P1477)James Gilmore Backus (en)Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1477 · Direction: outgoing
→ given name (P735)JimObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q15868042
→ family name (P734)BackusObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q21501735
→ spouse (P26)Henny BackusObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q9002893
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
→ native language (P103)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P103 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
← spouse (P26)Henny BackusObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q9002893

Dates & events (2)

→ date of death (P570)3 July 1989Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of birth (P569)25 February 1913Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (6)

→ occupation (P106)actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q33999
→ occupation (P106)voice actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2405480
→ occupation (P106)screenwriterObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q28389
→ occupation (P106)film actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q10800557
→ occupation (P106)writerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q36180
→ occupation (P106)television actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q10798782

Places (3)

→ country of citizenship (P27)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30
→ place of death (P20)Los AngelesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P20 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q65
→ place of birth (P19)OhioObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1397

Organizations & affiliations (3)

→ educated at (P69)American Academy of Dramatic ArtsObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q389336
→ educated at (P69)Kentucky Military InstituteObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6392302
→ educated at (P69)Shaw High SchoolObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7491166

Other connections (16)

→ Relationship name unavailable (P2031)1948Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P2031 · Direction: outgoing
→ place of burial (P119)Westwood Village Memorial Park CemeteryObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P119 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1358639
→ cause of death (P509)pneumoniaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P509 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q12192
→ cause of death (P509)Parkinson's diseaseObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P509 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q11085
→ Relationship name unavailable (P6886)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P6886 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ manner of death (P1196)natural causesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1196 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3739104
→ medical condition (P1050)Parkinson's diseaseObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1050 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q11085
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ award received (P166)star on Hollywood Walk of FameObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q17985761
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)The Great ManObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q2493780
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)Gilligan's IslandObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1141741
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)Androcles and the LionObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q2613223
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)Sunday in New YorkObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1849684
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)Mister Magoo's Christmas CarolObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q6880179
← Relationship name unavailable (P161)Zotz!Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P161 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q12136278
← Relationship name unavailable (P175)Thurston Howell IIIObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P175 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q7799451

External identifiers (2)

→ Commons category (P373)Jim BackusObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P373 · Direction: outgoing
→ image (P18)Jim Backus (1953).jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing

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