Jim Backus
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1913
- Died
- July 3, 1989
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA TBA
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents 2005
as Self (uncredited)
- Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets 1987
as Self
Prince Jack 1985
as Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy! 1983
as Himself
Slapstick of Another Kind 1982
as President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
as Self
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981
as Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride 1980
as Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist 1980
as Jim Backus
C.H.O.M.P.S. 1979
as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 1979
as Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade 1979
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978
as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black 1978
as Albert, the Doorman
Have I Got a Christmas for You 1977
as Kevin Grady
Pete's Dragon 1977
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer 1977
as Stanley Bunch
Friday Foster 1975
as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama 1975
as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat 1975
as Jake Mandel
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus 1974
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
- Goodnight Jackie
Goodnight Jackie 1974
as Mr. Landry
Miracle on 34th Street 1973
as Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To... 1973
as Prof. David Tilson
Magic Carpet 1972
as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing 1972
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972
as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All 1972
as Mike Lorimar
Mooch Goes to Hollywood 1971
as Jim Backus, Writer
Myra Breckinridge 1970
as Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970
as Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo 1970
as Mr. Magoo
Wake Me When the War Is Over 1969
as Colonel
Hello Down There 1969
as T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? 1968
as Tru-Blue Lou
Don't Make Waves 1967
as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees 1967
as Benny Van Buren
Hurry Sundown 1967
as Carter Sillens
Billie 1965
as Howard G. Carol
Fluffy 1965
as Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 1965
as Whitepaper
Rendezvous in Space 1964
as Moon (voice)
Advance to the Rear 1964
as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest 1964
as Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery 1964
as Mr. Magoo
The Wheeler Dealers 1963
as Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York 1963
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool 1963
as Louis Murphy
My Six Loves 1963
as Sheriff
Operation Bikini 1963
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Critic's Choice 1963
as William Von Hagedorn
A Child Is Waiting 1963
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz! 1962
as Horatio Kellgore
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Boys' Night Out 1962
as Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant 1962
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Magoo Meets Frankenstein 1961
as Mr. Magoo
Inside Magoo 1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace 1960
as Dave Husack
Tom, Dick and Harriet 1960
as James
I Was a Teenage Magoo 1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) 1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights 1959
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Ask Any Girl 1959
as Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair 1959
as Jim Gordon
The Big Operator 1959
as Cliff Heldon
Terror Faces Magoo 1959
as Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent 1959
as Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother 1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo 1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming 1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo 1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- A Princess for Magoo
A Princess for Magoo 1959
as Narrator
Gumshoe Magoo 1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo 1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre 1958
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
- Magoo’s Cruise
Magoo’s Cruise 1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing 1958
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The High Cost of Loving 1958
as Paul Mason
The Explosive Mr. Magoo 1958
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo 1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood 1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1957
as King's Emissary
Eighteen and Anxious 1957
as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces 1957
as Clarence Locan
Magoo Breaks Par 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard 1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Top Secret Affair 1957
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Meet Mother Magoo 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man 1956
as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex 1956
as Psychiatrist
You Can't Run Away from It 1956
as Danker
The Girl He Left Behind 1956
as Sgt. Hanna
Magoo's Problem Child 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat 1956
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
The Naked Hills 1956
as Willis Haver
Calling Doctor Magoo 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956
as Tom Culdane
Magoo's Canine Mutiny 1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle 1955
as Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News 1955
as Mr. Magoo
Rebel Without a Cause 1955
as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy 1955
as Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo 1955
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express 1955
as Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo 1954
as Mr. Magoo (voice), Story
Deep in My Heart 1954
as Ben Judson
When Magoo Flew 1954
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Geraldine 1953
as Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin 1953
as Mergo
Above and Beyond 1953
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Angel Face 1953
as District Attorney Judson
Androcles and the Lion 1952
as Centurion
Hotsy Footsy 1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead 1952
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story 1952
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues 1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
as Peter Jones
Pat and Mike 1952
as Charles Barry
Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons 1952
as Joe Randolph
I Want You 1951
as Harvey Landrum
Grizzly Golfer 1951
as Mr. Magoo
I'll See You in My Dreams 1951
as Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak 1951
as Flaherty
Fuddy Duddy Buddy 1951
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man 1951
as Max Watkins
His Kind of Woman 1951
as Myron Winton
Bright Victory 1951
as Bill Grayson
Hollywood Story 1951
as Mitch Davis
Plutopia 1951
as Milton the Cat
Half Angel 1951
as Michael Hogan
Barefaced Flatfoot 1951
as Mr. Magoo
M 1951
as Mayor
Bungled Bungalow 1951
as Mr. Magoo
The Popcorn Story 1950
as Narrator
Emergency Wedding 1950
as Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Trouble Indemnity 1950
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent 1950
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound 1950
as Mr. Magoo
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy 1950
as Magistrate Backus
A Dangerous Profession 1949
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Great Lover 1949
as Higgins
Easy Living 1949
as Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback 1949
as Professor Sullivan
Ragtime Bear 1949
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
One Last Fling 1949
as Howard Pritchard
A-Lad-in His Lamp 1948
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
- Where Will You Hide?
Where Will You Hide? 1948
as Narrator
Credits from TMDB.