About
Jim Backus
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Actor | Pat Quaid (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents | Actor | Himself (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Actor | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History | Actor | Himself (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1985 | Prince Jack | Actor | Dealy | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | Actor | President of the U.S. | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Gilligan's Planet | Actor | Thurston Howell, III (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1981 | The Enchanted Journey | Actor | Gamba | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Actor | Thurston Howell III | 58 Average |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Actor | Mr. Perkins | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Actor | Jim Backus | 58 Average |
| 1979 | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Actor | Mr. Gibbs | 58 Average |
| 1979 | The Rebels | Actor | John Hancock | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Actor | Thurston Howell III | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Angels' Brigade | Actor | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 57 Average |
| 1978 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Actor | Thurston Howell III | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Good Guys Wear Black | Actor | Albert, the Doorman | 57 Average |
| 1977 | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Actor | Kevin Grady | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon | Actor | The Mayor | 61 Fair |
| 1977 | What's New, Mr. Magoo? | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1977 | Never Con a Killer | Actor | Stanley Bunch | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon | Actor | Dr. Flamel | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Friday Foster | Actor | Enos Griffith | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Actor | Mr. Albertson | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Cop on the Beat | Actor | Jake Mandel | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Actor | Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1974 | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Actor | Thurston Howell III (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 1974 | Goodnight Jackie | Actor | Mr. Landry | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street | Actor | Shellhammer | 59 Average |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Actor | Prof. David Tilson | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Magic Carpet | Actor | George Benson | N/A N/A |
| 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | Actor | Senator Robert F. Lyons | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Actor | Timothy Forsythe | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Actor | Mike Lorimar | N/A N/A |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Actor | Jim Backus | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Actor | Doctor | 57 Average |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Actor | Staunch | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Uncle Sam Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo | N/A N/A |
| 1969 | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Actor | Colonel | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Hello Down There | Actor | T.R. Hollister | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Blondie | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Actor | Tru-Blue Lou | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Damn Yankees | Actor | Benny Van Buren | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Actor | Carter Sillens | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Continental Showcase | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 1965 | Billie | Actor | Howard G. Carol | 58 Average |
| 1965 | Fluffy | Actor | Sergeant | 59 Average |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Actor | Whitepaper | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | Actor | Thurston Howell, III | 73 Good |
| 1964 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1964 | Rendezvous in Space | Actor | Moon (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Actor | Gen. Willoughby | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Actor | Mr. Magoo | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Actor | Bullard Bear | 59 Average |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Actor | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 59 Average |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Actor | Tyler Fitzgerald | 64 Fair |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool | Actor | Louis Murphy | 58 Average |
| 1963 | My Six Loves | Actor | Sheriff | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Operation Bikini | Actor | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice | Actor | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 58 Average |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Actor | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Actor | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Zotz! | Actor | Prof. Horatio Kellgore | 58 Average |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Actor | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Actor | Peter Bowers | 59 Average |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Actor | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 58 Average |
| 1961 | Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Actor | Mr. Magoo | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | The Mr. Magoo Show | Actor | Mr Magoo | 69 Fair |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1960 | Inside Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Actor | Dave Husack | 58 Average |
| 1960 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | Actor | James | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | I Was a Teenage Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | 1001 Arabian Nights | Actor | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Actor | Mr. Maxwell | 59 Average |
| 1959 | A Private's Affair | Actor | Jim Gordon | 58 Average |
| 1959 | The Big Operator | Actor | Cliff Heldon | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Terror Faces Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Wild and the Innocent | Actor | Mr. Forbes | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Magoo's Lodge Brother | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | Merry Minstrel Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | Magoo’s Homecoming | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | Bwana Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1959 | A Princess for Magoo | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Gumshoe Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Love Comes to Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Macabre | Actor | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Magoo’s Cruise | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Magoo’s Three-Point Landing | Actor | Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | The High Cost of Loving | Actor | Paul Mason | 59 Average |
| 1958 | The Explosive Mr. Magoo | Actor | Mr Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Scoutmaster Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Magoo's Young Manhood | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Magoo's Private War | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Magoo's Moose Hunt | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Actor | King's Emissary | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Eighteen and Anxious | Actor | Harvey Graham | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Rock Hound Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Magoo Saves the Bank | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Actor | Clarence Locan | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Magoo's Masquerade | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Magoo Breaks Par | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Matador Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Magoo Goes Overboard | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Top Secret Affair | Actor | Col. Homer W. Gooch | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Meet Mother Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | The Great Man | Actor | Nick Cellantano | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Actor | Psychiatrist | 58 Average |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Actor | Danker | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Actor | Sgt. Hanna | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Magoo's Problem Child | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Trailblazer Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Magoo Beats the Heat | Actor | Mr. Magoo(voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | The Naked Hills | Actor | Willis Haver | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Calling Doctor Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Magoo Goes West | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Actor | Tom Culdane | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Magoo's Canine Mutiny | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | Actor | Pat Quaid | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Magoo Makes News | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Actor | Frank Stark | 71 Good |
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Actor | Commander Hutch | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Madcap Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Magoo Express | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Destination Magoo | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Actor | Ben Judson | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Geraldine | Actor | Jason Ambrose | 58 Average |
| 1954 | When Magoo Flew | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | Actor | Mergo | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Above and Beyond | Actor | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Actor | District Attorney Judson | 61 Fair |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Actor | Centurion | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Hotsy Footsy | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1952 | I Married Joan | Actor | Judge Bradley Stevens | 69 Fair |
| 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story | Actor | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Actor | Peter Jones | 60 Fair |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Actor | Charles Barry | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Actor | Jim Cleary | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Here Come the Nelsons | Actor | Joe Randolph | 59 Average |
| 1951 | I Want You | Actor | Harvey Landrum | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Grizzly Golfer | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 58 Average |
| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Actor | Sam Harris | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Actor | Flaherty | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Iron Man | Actor | Max Watkins | 58 Average |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Actor | Myron Winton | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Actor | Bill Grayson | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Actor | Mitch Davis | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Plutopia | Actor | Milton the Cat | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Half Angel | Actor | Michael Hogan | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Barefaced Flatfoot | Actor | Mr. Magoo | 59 Average |
| 1951 | M | Actor | The Mayor | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Bungled Bungalow | Actor | Mr. Magoo | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | The Popcorn Story | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding | Actor | Ed Hamley | 59 Average |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Actor | Willie Dennis (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Trouble Indemnity | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Customs Agent | Actor | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Actor | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Spellbound Hound | Actor | Mr. Magoo | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy | Actor | Magistrate Backus | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | A Dangerous Profession | Actor | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1949 | The Great Lover | Actor | Higgins | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Easy Living | Actor | Dr. Franklin | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Father Was a Fullback | Actor | Professor Sullivan | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Ragtime Bear | Actor | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | One Last Fling | Actor | Howard Pritchard | 58 Average |
| 1948 | A-Lad-in His Lamp | Actor | Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Where Will You Hide? | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Destination Magoo | Writing | Story | 59 Average |