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