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