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