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Jim Backus

Actor · 1913–1989 · Cleveland

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.

Filmography

ACTOR · 163

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents2005 · Self
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets1987 · Self
Prince Jack1985 · Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy!1983 · Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982 · Self
Slapstick of Another Kind1982 · President of the U.S.
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island1981 · Thurston Howell III
The Gossip Columnist1980 · Jim Backus
There Goes The Bride1980 · Mr. Perkins
Angels' Brigade1979 · Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.1979 · Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island1979 · Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black1978 · Albert, the Doorman
Rescue from Gilligan's Island1978 · Thurston Howell III
Have I Got a Christmas for You1977 · Kevin Grady
Never Con a Killer1977 · Stanley Bunch
Pete's Dragon1977 · The Mayor
Cop on the Beat1975 · Jake Mandel
Crazy Mama1975 · Mr. Albertson
Friday Foster1975 · Enos Griffith
Goodnight Jackie1974 · Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1974 · Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Miracle on 34th Street1973 · Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To...1973 · Prof. David Tilson
Getting Away from It All1972 · Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet1972 · George Benson
Now You See Him, Now You Don't1972 · Timothy Forsythe
Of Thee I Sing1972 · Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · Jim Backus
Myra Breckinridge1970 · Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970 · Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo1970 · Mr. Magoo
Hello Down There1969 · T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over1969 · Colonel
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968 · Tru-Blue Lou
Damn Yankees1967 · Benny Van Buren
Don't Make Waves1967 · Self
Hurry Sundown1967 · Carter Sillens
Billie1965 · Howard G. Carol
Fluffy1965 · Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · Whitepaper
Advance to the Rear1964 · Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest1964 · Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery1964 · Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space1964 · Moon (voice)
A Child Is Waiting1963 · Hot Dog Vendor
Critic's Choice1963 · William Von Hagedorn
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool1963 · Louis Murphy
My Six Loves1963 · Sheriff
Operation Bikini1963 · Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Sunday in New York1963 · Chief Pilot Drysdale
The Wheeler Dealers1963 · Bullard Bear
Boys' Night Out1962 · Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol1962 · Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
The Horizontal Lieutenant1962 · Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Zotz!1962 · Horatio Kellgore
Magoo Meets Frankenstein1961 · Mr. Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo1960 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ice Palace1960 · Dave Husack
Inside Magoo1960 · Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Tom, Dick and Harriet1960 · James
1001 Arabian Nights1959 · Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo1959 · Narrator
A Private's Affair1959 · Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl1959 · Mr. Maxwell
Bwana Magoo1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Terror Faces Magoo1959 · Mr. Magoo
The Big Operator1959 · Cliff Heldon
The Wild and the Innocent1959 · Mr. Forbes
Gumshoe Magoo1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre1958 · Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing1958 · Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo1958 · Mr Magoo (voice)
The High Cost of Loving1958 · Paul Mason
Eighteen and Anxious1957 · Harvey Graham
Magoo Breaks Par1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces1957 · Clarence Locan
Matador Magoo1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin1957 · King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair1957 · Col. Homer W. Gooch
Calling Doctor Magoo1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas1956 · Tom Culdane
Meet Mother Magoo1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Girl He Left Behind1956 · Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man1956 · Nick Cellantano
The Naked Hills1956 · Willis Haver
The Opposite Sex1956 · Psychiatrist
Trailblazer Magoo1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
You Can't Run Away from It1956 · Danker
Rebel Without a Cause1955 · Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy1955 · Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo1955 · Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express1955 · Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News1955 · Mr. Magoo
The Square Jungle1955 · Pat Quaid
Deep in My Heart1954 · Ben Judson
Destination Magoo1954 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
When Magoo Flew1954 · Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Above and Beyond1953 · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine1953 · Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin1953 · Mergo
Angel Face1953 · District Attorney Judson
Androcles and the Lion1952 · Centurion
Don't Bother to Knock1952 · Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.1952 · Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons1952 · Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pat and Mike1952 · Charles Barry
Pete Hothead1952 · Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman
Pink and Blue Blues1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Rose Bowl Story1952 · Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Barefaced Flatfoot1951 · Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory1951 · Bill Grayson
Bungled Bungalow1951 · Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy1951 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Grizzly Golfer1951 · Mr. Magoo
Half Angel1951 · Michael Hogan
His Kind of Woman1951 · Myron Winton
Hollywood Story1951 · Mitch Davis
I Want You1951 · Harvey Landrum
I'll See You in My Dreams1951 · Sam Harris
Iron Man1951 · Max Watkins
M1951 · Mayor
Plutopia1951 · Milton the Cat
The Man with a Cloak1951 · Flaherty
Customs Agent1950 · Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy1950 · Magistrate Backus
Emergency Wedding1950 · Ed Hamley
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town1950 · Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound1950 · Mr. Magoo
The Killer That Stalked New York1950 · Willie Dennis
The Popcorn Story1950 · Narrator
Trouble Indemnity1950 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Dangerous Profession1949 · Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Easy Living1949 · Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback1949 · Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling1949 · Howard Pritchard
Ragtime Bear1949 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Lover1949 · Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp1948 · Smokey the Genie (voice)
Where Will You Hide?1948 · Narrator
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPASelf / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
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WRITER · 2

Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971
Destination Magoo1954

SERIES · 66

The Unknown Story2022 · Self - archive footage
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show1986
Gilligan's Planet1982 · Thurston Howell, III (voice)
Hill Street Blues1981 · Mr. Magoo (archive footage)
$weepstake$1979 · Major Adams
Eischied1979
The Rebels1979 · John Hancock
Fantasy Island1978 · Cap Truman
Flying High1978
CHiPs1977 · Weitzman
The Love Boat1977 · Marvin Waterman, Mr. Landers
What's New, Mr. Magoo?1977 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Charlie's Angels1976 · Iggy
Ellery Queen1975 · Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester1975
Mobile One1975 · Macklin
Chico and the Man1974
Harry O1974 · Ziggy
Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan1974 · Thurston Howell III (voice)
Police Story1973 · Jake Mandel
Alias Smith and Jones1971
Nanny and the Professor1970 · Dr. Charles Walters
Love, American Style1969 · Jerry Franks
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · Bill
Medical Center1969
The Barbara McNair Show1969 · Self
The Brady Bunch1969 · Zaccariah
Blondie1968 · J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · Self
The Good Guys1968
The Mod Squad1968 · Emile Wade
Accidental Family1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1967 · Self
Continental Showcase1966 · Self (host)
I Dream of Jeannie1965 · General Fitzhugh
The Wild Wild West1965 · Fabian Swanson
Daniel Boone1964 · Will Scataway
Gilligan's Island1964 · Thurston Howell
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo1964 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Arrest and Trial1963 · Sam Thayer
Burke's Law1963 · Harold Mason, Pork Pie Hannigan
Espionage1963 · McAvoy
The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · Marty Van Ransohoff
Cain's Hundred1961 · Karl Bigger
The Dick Powell Show1961 · Monte
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
The Jim Backus Show1960
The Mr. Magoo Show1960 · Mr Magoo (voice)
The Untouchables1959 · William Norbert
77 Sunset Strip1958 · Maury Samuels
Maverick1957 · Joe Wheelwright
Conflict1956 · Dandy Summers
The Gale Storm Show1956 · Arthur Hutchins
Gunsmoke1955 · Reverend Sims
Matinee Theater1955
The Millionaire1955 · Henry Banning
Climax!1954 · Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show1954 · Self
I Married Joan1952 · Judge Bradley Stevens
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · Kevin Grady
Lux Video Theatre1950 · Harry
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · Lucus Edgerton
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · Self
What's My Line?1950 · Self
Studio One1948 · Tim McTaggart
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