Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.
Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.
Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book (1967) is cast as a 1930s Pacific Islands bush pilot.
Along with other characters, both from and not from The Jungle Book.
