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