The Jim Backus Show Sad Sack Santa (Season 1, Episode 27)
TV Episode | Comedy

The Jim Backus Show

Sad Sack Santa (Season 1, Episode 27)

TV Episode | Comedy

Mike meet a depressed fellow sitting on a stoop wearing a Santa suit. Problem is it's months after Christmas. The man is unable to find a job and Mike tries to help but then suspects he is being taken advantage of.

Director

Harvey Hart

Writers

Sam Locke (written by) | Joel Rapp (written by)

Producers

Sam Locke | Joel Rapp

Composer

David Rose

Cinematographer

Paul Vogel (as Paul C. Vogel)

Editors

John Baxter Rogers (as John B. Rogers) | Stanford Tischler

Casting Director

Bill Brademan

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 11, 1961

Release date

Apr 11, 1961 (United States)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Backus Mike O'Toole Mike O'Toole See fewer	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Nita Talbot Dora Miles Dora Miles See fewer	Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Bobs Watson Sidney Sidney See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Bill McLean Dave Dave See fewer	House (1985)
Bill Quinn Reggie Andrews Reggie Andrews See fewer	Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
James T. Callahan Lou Lou See fewer	Knight Rider (1982)
Edward Platt Clayton Jacobs Clayton Jacobs See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Jean Byron Sally Jacobs Sally Jacobs See fewer	Invisible Invaders (1959)
George Cisar Drunk #1 Drunk #1 See fewer	Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
William 'Billy' Benedict Drunk #2 (as Bill Benedict) Drunk #2 (as Bill Benedict) See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Alfred Shelly Detective Seymour Shelly Detective Seymour Shelly See fewer	Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Jack Cole Dancers Themeselves Themeselves See fewer	The Jim Backus Show (1960)
Jack Cole Self Self See fewer	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Miriam Nelson Self Self See fewer	Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Larry Hovis Bert Potter Bert Potter See fewer	Hogan's Heroes (1965)
J. Pat O'Malley Santa Santa See fewer	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)