Happy Birthday Thurston Howell III !

Everyone's fave billionaire, Jim Backus!

http://www.triviatribute.com/jimbackus.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000822/

Occasionally, Backus would end up on the old Merv Griffin show, and was always fun to hear him tell stories there. He was a great raconteur and comedic actor, (he also played James Dean's father in Rebel Without A Cause - not too shabby...).