Jim Backus
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 25, 1913
- Died
- Jul 3, 1989 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 232
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
Rebel Without a Cause
1955Movie
Frank Stark
I Dream of Jeannie
1965TV
General Fitzhugh
Pete's Dragon
1977Movie
The Mayor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963Movie
Tyler Fitzgerald
Gilligan's Island
1964TV
Thurston Howell
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
Iggy
Filmography
The Unknown Story
2022TV
Self - archive footage
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005Movie
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987Movie
Self
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986TV
Prince Jack
1985Movie
Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983Movie
Himself
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982Movie
President of the U.S.
Gilligan's Planet
1982TV
Thurston Howell, III (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982Movie
Self
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981Movie
Thurston Howell III
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
There Goes The Bride
1980Movie
Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
1980Movie
Jim Backus
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979Movie
Mr. Gibbs
Eischied
1979TV
The Rebels
1979TV
John Hancock
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979Movie
Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade
1979Movie
Cmdr. Lindsey March
$weepstake$
1979TV
Major Adams
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978Movie
Thurston Howell III
Flying High
1978TV
Good Guys Wear Black
1978Movie
Albert, the Doorman
Fantasy Island
1978TV
Cap Truman
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977Movie
Kevin Grady
Pete's Dragon
1977Movie
The Mayor
The Love Boat
1977TV
Marvin Waterman, Mr. Landers
CHiPs
1977TV
Weitzman
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977TV
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Never Con a Killer
1977Movie
Stanley Bunch
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
Iggy
Friday Foster
1975Movie
Enos Griffith
Mobile One
1975TV
Macklin
Ellery Queen
1975TV
Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester
1975TV
Crazy Mama
1975Movie
Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
1975Movie
Jake Mandel
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974Movie
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Chico and the Man
1974TV
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974TV
Harry O
1974TV
Ziggy
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974TV
Thurston Howell III (voice)
Goodnight Jackie
1974Movie
Mr. Landry
Miracle on 34th Street
1973Movie
Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973Movie
Prof. David Tilson
Police Story
1973TV
Jake Mandel
Magic Carpet
1972Movie
George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
1972Movie
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972Movie
Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
1972Movie
Mike Lorimar
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971Movie
Jim Backus
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
Myra Breckinridge
1970Movie
Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970Movie
Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970Movie
Mr. Magoo
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Dr. Charles Walters
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969Movie
Colonel
Love, American Style
1969TV
Jerry Franks
The Brady Bunch
1969TV
Zaccariah
Medical Center
1969TV
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Bill
The Barbara McNair Show
1969TV
Self
Hello Down There
1969Movie
T.R. Hollister
Blondie
1968TV
J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
The Good Guys
1968TV
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Emile Wade
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968Movie
Tru-Blue Lou
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self (uncredited)
Accidental Family
1967TV
Don't Make Waves
1967Movie
Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
1967Movie
Benny Van Buren
Hurry Sundown
1967Movie
Carter Sillens
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967TV
Self
Continental Showcase
1966TV
Self - Host
Billie
1965Movie
Howard G. Carol
I Dream of Jeannie
1965TV
General Fitzhugh
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Fabian Swanson
Fluffy
1965Movie
Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965Movie
Whitepaper
Gilligan's Island
1964TV
Thurston Howell
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964TV
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Will Scataway
Rendezvous in Space
1964Movie
Moon (voice)
Advance to the Rear
1964Movie
Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964Movie
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Wheeler Dealers
1963Movie
Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York
1963Movie
Chief Pilot Drysdale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963Movie
Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool
1963Movie
Louis Murphy
Espionage
1963TV
McAvoy
Burke's Law
1963TV
Harold Mason, Pork Pie Hannigan, Herkimer Witt
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
Sam Thayer
My Six Loves
1963Movie
Sheriff
Operation Bikini
1963Movie
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Critic's Choice
1963Movie
William Von Hagedorn
A Child Is Waiting
1963Movie
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962Movie
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
1962Movie
Horatio Kellgore
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
Marty Van Ransohoff
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962Movie
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Boys' Night Out
1962Movie
Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962Movie
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self, Self - Co-Host
The Dick Powell Show
1961TV
Monte
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Karl Bigger
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960TV
Mr Magoo (voice)
The Jim Backus Show
1960TV
Inside Magoo
1960Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace
1960Movie
Dave Husack
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960Movie
James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
1959Movie
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Untouchables
1959TV
William Norbert
Ask Any Girl
1959Movie
Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair
1959Movie
Jim Gordon
The Big Operator
1959Movie
Cliff Heldon
Terror Faces Magoo
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent
1959Movie
Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
1959Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo
1959Movie
Narrator
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Maury Samuels
Gumshoe Magoo
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
1958Movie
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The High Cost of Loving
1958Movie
Paul Mason
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958Movie
Mr Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957Movie
King's Emissary
Eighteen and Anxious
1957Movie
Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Maverick
1957TV
Joe Wheelwright
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957Movie
Clarence Locan
Magoo's Masquerade
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
Magoo Breaks Par
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Top Secret Affair
1957Movie
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Meet Mother Magoo
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man
1956Movie
Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
1956Movie
Psychiatrist
You Can't Run Away from It
1956Movie
Danker
The Girl He Left Behind
1956Movie
Sgt. Hanna
Magoo's Problem Child
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show
1956TV
Arthur Hutchins
Conflict
1956TV
Dandy Summers
Trailblazer Magoo
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo(voice)
The Naked Hills
1956Movie
Willis Haver
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956Movie
Tom Culdane
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle
1955Movie
Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News
1955Movie
Mr. Magoo
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Rebel Without a Cause
1955Movie
Frank Stark
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Reverend Sims
Francis in the Navy
1955Movie
Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo
1955Movie
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
1955Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Millionaire
1955TV
Henry Banning
Destination Magoo
1954Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart
1954Movie
Ben Judson
Climax!
1954TV
Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show
1954TV
Self
When Magoo Flew
1954Movie
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Geraldine
1953Movie
Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin
1953Movie
Mergo
Angel Face
1953Movie
District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
1953Movie
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Androcles and the Lion
1952Movie
Centurion
Hotsy Footsy
1952Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Married Joan
1952TV
Judge Bradley Stevens
Pete Hothead
1952Movie
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story
1952Movie
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues
1952Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Don't Bother to Knock
1952Movie
Peter Jones
Pat and Mike
1952Movie
Charles Barry
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952Movie
Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
1952Movie
Joe Randolph
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Kevin Grady
I Want You
1951Movie
Harvey Landrum
Grizzly Golfer
1951Movie
Mr. Magoo
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951Movie
Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak
1951Movie
Flaherty
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man
1951Movie
Max Watkins
His Kind of Woman
1951Movie
Myron Winton
Bright Victory
1951Movie
Bill Grayson
Hollywood Story
1951Movie
Mitch Davis
Plutopia
1951Movie
Milton the Cat
Half Angel
1951Movie
Michael Hogan
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951Movie
Mr. Magoo
M
1951Movie
The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow
1951Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Popcorn Story
1950Movie
Narrator
Emergency Wedding
1950Movie
Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950Movie
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Harry
Trouble Indemnity
1950Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
Customs Agent
1950Movie
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950Movie
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound
1950Movie
Mr. Magoo
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Lucus Edgerton
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950Movie
Magistrate Backus
A Dangerous Profession
1949Movie
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Great Lover
1949Movie
Higgins
Easy Living
1949Movie
Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback
1949Movie
Professor Sullivan
Ragtime Bear
1949Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
One Last Fling
1949Movie
Howard Pritchard
Studio One
1948TV
Tim McTaggart
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948Movie
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
1948Movie
Narrator
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Movie
Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)