Jim Backus
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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
Credits
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Frank Stark
Johnny Cool (1963)
as Louis Murphy
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Pete's Dragon (1977)
as The Mayor
Billie (1965)
as Howard G. Carol
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self
Spellbound Hound (1950)
as Mr. Magoo
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
as Centurion
Advance to the Rear (1964)
as Gen. Willoughby
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Flaherty
Ragtime Bear (1949)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hotsy Footsy (1952)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trouble Indemnity (1950)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hello Down There (1969)
as T.R. Hollister
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
as Jim Cleary
His Kind of Woman (1951)
as Myron Winton
Bungled Bungalow (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
as Joe Randolph
Half Angel (1951)
as Michael Hogan
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Peter Jones
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Doctor
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
as Timothy Forsythe
Angel Face (1953)
as District Attorney Judson
Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
as Albert, the Doorman
The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983)
as Himself
M (1951)
as The Mayor
Above and Beyond (1953)
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Top Secret Affair (1957)
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Hurry Sundown (1967)
as Carter Sillens
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Geraldine (1953)
as Jason Ambrose
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
as Clarence Locan
Sunday in New York (1963)
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
Don't Make Waves (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
The Girl Most Likely To... (1973)
as Prof. David Tilson
Boys' Night Out (1962)
as Peter Bowers
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Whitepaper
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Tru-Blue Lou
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Mr. Maxwell
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Bullard Bear
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
as Thurston Howell III
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
as Mr. Forbes
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Tom Culdane
I Want You (1951)
as Harvey Landrum
The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958)
as Mr Magoo (voice)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
as Psychiatrist
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Ben Judson
Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Paul Mason
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
as Danker
Critic's Choice (1963)
as William Von Hagedorn
Destination Magoo (1954)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Pat and Mike (1952)
as Charles Barry
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Mitch Davis
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA (—)
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Staunch
Macabre (1958)
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Crazy Mama (1975)
as Mr. Albertson
Matador Magoo (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
as Mr. Gibbs
Friday Foster (1975)
as Enos Griffith
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as King's Emissary
Pink and Blue Blues (1952)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Plutopia (1951)
as Milton the Cat
Gumshoe Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
as Kevin Grady
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
as Jim Backus
Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
as James
Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
as Sam Harris
Iron Man (1951)
as Max Watkins
The Big Operator (1959)
as Cliff Heldon
Magoo’s Homecoming (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing (1958)
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
as Professor Sullivan
Grizzly Golfer (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
Francis in the Navy (1955)
as Commander Hutch
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
as President of the U.S.
Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bright Victory (1951)
as Bill Grayson
Magoo's Problem Child (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)
as Colonel
A Princess for Magoo (1959)
as Narrator
Magoo's Young Manhood (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
as Thurston Howell III
Easy Living (1949)
as Dr. Franklin
The Naked Hills (1956)
as Willis Haver
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Jake Mandel
Getting Away from It All (1972)
as Mike Lorimar
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Magoo Breaks Par (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mergo
Ice Palace (1960)
as Dave Husack
1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
My Six Loves (1963)
as Sheriff
Magoo Goes Overboard (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Jim Gordon
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Sgt. Hanna
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)
as Thurston Howell III
I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle (1955)
as Pat Quaid
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974)
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Rendezvous in Space (1964)
as Moon (voice)
Magoo's Private War (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magic Carpet (1972)
as George Benson
Fluffy (1965)
as Sergeant
Operation Bikini (1963)
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
as Shellhammer
Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
There Goes The Bride (1980)
as Mr. Perkins
The Great Man (1956)
as Nick Cellantano
The Great Lover (1949)
as Higgins
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
as Magistrate Backus
Zotz! (1962)
as Horatio Kellgore
Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Never Con a Killer (1977)
as Stanley Bunch
Angels' Brigade (1979)
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Customs Agent (1950)
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Prince Jack (1985)
as Dealy
Inside Magoo (1960)
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Jim Backus
A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
One Last Fling (1949)
as Howard Pritchard
Damn Yankees (1967)
as Benny Van Buren
Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Makes News (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Where Will You Hide? (1948)
as Narrator
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets (1987)
as Self
Terror Faces Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo
When Magoo Flew (1954)
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)
as Mr. Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Eighteen and Anxious (1957)
as Harvey Graham
Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1961)
as Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery (1964)
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Masquerade (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Goodnight Jackie (1974)
as Mr. Landry
Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead (1952)
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Calling Doctor Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Ed Hamley
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964)
as Mr. Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Express (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo’s Cruise (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Popcorn Story (1950)
as Narrator