Jim Backus
Actor · WriterJim 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
Himself (uncredited)
- Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
Self
Prince Jack
1985
Dealy
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride
1980
Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Jim Backus
Angels' Brigade
1979
Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
Thurston Howell III
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
Albert, the Doorman
Pete's Dragon
1977
The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
1977
Stanley Bunch
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
Kevin Grady
Friday Foster
1975
Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
1975
Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
1975
Jake Mandel
- Goodnight Jackie
Goodnight Jackie
1974
Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
Shellhammer
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
1972
Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet
1972
George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
1972
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Jim Backus
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
Mr. Magoo
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Staunch
Myra Breckinridge
1970
Doctor
Hello Down There
1969
T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
Colonel
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Tru-Blue Lou
Hurry Sundown
1967
Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
1967
Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
1967
Benny Van Buren
Billie
1965
Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Whitepaper
Fluffy
1965
Sergeant
Advance to the Rear
1964
Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Moon (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
Mr. Magoo
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
1963
Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
1963
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
1963
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
1963
Sheriff
Sunday in New York
1963
Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
1963
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Boys' Night Out
1962
Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
1962
Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
Mr. Magoo
Ice Palace
1960
Dave Husack
Inside Magoo
1960
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator
1959
Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair
1959
Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
1959
Mr. Maxwell
- A Princess for Magoo
A Princess for Magoo
1959
Narrator
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
1959
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
1958
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving
1958
Paul Mason
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
- Magoo’s Cruise
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
Mr Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair
1957
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
Mr. Magoo (voice)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Danker
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills
1956
Willis Haver
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man
1956
Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
1956
Psychiatrist
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
1955
Commander Hutch
The Square Jungle
1955
Pat Quaid
Madcap Magoo
1955
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
1955
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
1955
Mr. Magoo
When Magoo Flew
1954
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart
1954
Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
1954
Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Love Melvin
1953
Mergo
Angel Face
1953
District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
1953
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine
1953
Jason Ambrose
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
1952
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
1952
Charles Barry
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
1952
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951
Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
1951
Mitch Davis
Plutopia
1951
Milton the Cat
Iron Man
1951
Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
1951
Flaherty
Half Angel
1951
Michael Hogan
I Want You
1951
Harvey Landrum
M
1951
The Mayor
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
Mr. Magoo
Bungled Bungalow
1951
Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
1951
Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
1951
Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent
1950
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound
1950
Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding
1950
Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity
1950
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
Magistrate Backus
The Popcorn Story
1950
Narrator
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Ragtime Bear
1949
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
1949
Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
1949
Howard Pritchard
Easy Living
1949
Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover
1949
Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
- Where Will You Hide?
Where Will You Hide?
1948
Narrator
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
