Jim Backus

Known for: Acting

Born: 1913-02-25 – 1989-07-03 (aged 76)

From: 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 (231)

TV
The Unknown Story
2022
as Self - archive footage
MOVIE
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as Self
TV★ 7.9
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
MOVIE★ 9.0
Prince Jack
1985
as Dealy
MOVIE★ 3.0
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as President of the U.S.
TV★ 5.7
Gilligan's Planet
1982
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Thurston Howell III
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Mr. Perkins
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Jim Backus
MOVIE★ 5.0
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
as Mr. Gibbs
TV★ 7.0
Eischied
1979
TV★ 10.0
The Rebels
1979
as John Hancock
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
as Thurston Howell III
MOVIE★ 3.2
Angels' Brigade
1979
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
TV
$weepstake$
1979
as Major Adams
MOVIE★ 4.6
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
as Thurston Howell III
TV★ 6.3
Flying High
1978
MOVIE★ 5.1
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
as Albert, the Doorman
TV★ 6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
as Cap Truman
MOVIE
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
as Kevin Grady
MOVIE★ 6.3
Pete's Dragon
1977
as The Mayor
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Marvin Waterman
TV★ 6.9
CHiPs
1977
as Weitzman
TV★ 7.5
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Never Con a Killer
1977
as Stanley Bunch
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Iggy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Friday Foster
1975
as Enos Griffith
TV★ 5.0
Mobile One
1975
as Macklin
TV★ 7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
as Howard Biggers
TV★ 7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
MOVIE★ 5.6
Crazy Mama
1975
as Mr. Albertson
MOVIE★ 4.7
Cop on the Beat
1975
as Jake Mandel
MOVIE★ 7.0
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
TV★ 6.1
Chico and the Man
1974
TV★ 7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
TV★ 5.2
Harry O
1974
as Ziggy
TV★ 5.6
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974
as Thurston Howell III (voice)
MOVIE
Goodnight Jackie
1974
as Mr. Landry
MOVIE★ 7.0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Shellhammer
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Prof. David Tilson
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
MOVIE★ 9.0
Magic Carpet
1972
as George Benson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Of Thee I Sing
1972
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
MOVIE★ 6.3
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Timothy Forsythe
MOVIE★ 10.0
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Mike Lorimar
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Jim Backus
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
MOVIE★ 4.5
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Staunch
MOVIE★ 10.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
as Mr. Magoo
TV★ 6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Dr. Charles Walters
MOVIE★ 5.2
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
as Colonel
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as Jerry Franks
TV★ 6.7
The Brady Bunch
1969
as Zaccariah
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
TV★ 6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Bill
TV
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hello Down There
1969
as T.R. Hollister
TV★ 7.0
Blondie
1968
as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
TV★ 7.0
The Good Guys
1968
TV★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
as Emile Wade
MOVIE★ 5.3
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Tru-Blue Lou
TV★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 6.5
Accidental Family
1967
MOVIE★ 5.2
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Damn Yankees
1967
as Benny Van Buren
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Carter Sillens
TV★ 7.4
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self
TV★ 10.0
Continental Showcase
1966
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.0
Billie
1965
as Howard G. Carol
TV★ 7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as General Fitzhugh
TV★ 7.6
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Fabian Swanson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fluffy
1965
as Sergeant
MOVIE★ 3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Whitepaper
TV★ 7.4
Gilligan's Island
1964
as Thurston Howell, III
TV★ 6.7
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Will Scataway
MOVIE
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Moon (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Gen. Willoughby
MOVIE
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Bullard Bear
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sunday in New York
1963
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Tyler Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
as Louis Murphy
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as McAvoy
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Harold Mason
TV★ 8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Sam Thayer
MOVIE★ 5.7
My Six Loves
1963
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 3.8
Operation Bikini
1963
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
MOVIE★ 5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Zotz!
1962
as Horatio Kellgore
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Marty Van Ransohoff
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
MOVIE★ 5.9
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Peter Bowers
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Monte
TV★ 5.3
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Karl Bigger
MOVIE
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
as Mr. Magoo
TV★ 6.6
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
as Mr Magoo (voice)
TV★ 9.0
The Jim Backus Show
1960
MOVIE
Inside Magoo
1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Ice Palace
1960
as Dave Husack
MOVIE
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
as James
MOVIE
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
TV★ 8.0
The Untouchables
1959
as William Norbert
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Mr. Maxwell
MOVIE★ 4.5
A Private's Affair
1959
as Jim Gordon
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Big Operator
1959
as Cliff Heldon
MOVIE★ 5.7
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Mr. Forbes
MOVIE★ 9.0
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Bwana Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE
A Princess for Magoo
1959
as Narrator
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Maury Samuels
MOVIE★ 8.0
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Macabre
1958
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
MOVIE★ 7.0
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Paul Mason
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
as Mr Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Magoo's Private War
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as King's Emissary
MOVIE★ 7.0
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
as Harvey Graham
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Maverick
1957
as Joe Wheelwright
MOVIE★ 6.8
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Clarence Locan
MOVIE★ 3.3
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Matador Magoo
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.9
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
MOVIE★ 10.0
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Great Man
1956
as Nick Cellantano
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Psychiatrist
MOVIE★ 5.1
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Danker
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Sgt. Hanna
MOVIE★ 10.0
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 6.7
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Arthur Hutchins
TV★ 8.0
Conflict
1956
as Dandy Summers
MOVIE★ 8.0
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Naked Hills
1956
as Willis Haver
MOVIE★ 7.0
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Magoo Goes West
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Tom Culdane
MOVIE★ 7.7
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Square Jungle
1955
as Pat Quaid
MOVIE★ 6.5
Magoo Makes News
1955
as Mr. Magoo
TV★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Frank Stark
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Reverend Sims
MOVIE★ 5.6
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Commander Hutch
MOVIE★ 8.0
Madcap Magoo
1955
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 6.7
Magoo Express
1955
as Mr. Magoo
TV★ 5.8
The Millionaire
1955
as Henry Banning
MOVIE★ 8.5
Destination Magoo
1954
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Ben Judson
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Detective Herman
TV★ 7.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
When Magoo Flew
1954
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Geraldine
1953
as Jason Ambrose
MOVIE★ 6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mergo
MOVIE★ 7.1
Angel Face
1953
as District Attorney Judson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Above and Beyond
1953
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
MOVIE★ 5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Centurion
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hotsy Footsy
1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 7.5
I Married Joan
1952
as Judge Bradley Stevens
MOVIE★ 8.0
Pete Hothead
1952
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
MOVIE★ 5.9
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Peter Jones
MOVIE★ 6.4
Pat and Mike
1952
as Charles Barry
MOVIE★ 6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Jim Cleary
MOVIE★ 7.0
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Joe Randolph
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kevin Grady
MOVIE★ 5.3
I Want You
1951
as Harvey Landrum
MOVIE★ 6.5
Grizzly Golfer
1951
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 4.9
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Sam Harris
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Flaherty
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Iron Man
1951
as Max Watkins
MOVIE★ 6.8
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Myron Winton
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bright Victory
1951
as Bill Grayson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hollywood Story
1951
as Mitch Davis
MOVIE★ 5.9
Plutopia
1951
as Milton the Cat
MOVIE★ 6.2
Half Angel
1951
as Michael Hogan
MOVIE★ 7.0
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 6.5
M
1951
as The Mayor
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bungled Bungalow
1951
as Mr. Magoo
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Popcorn Story
1950
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Ed Hamley
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harry
MOVIE★ 6.2
Trouble Indemnity
1950
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Customs Agent
1950
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
MOVIE★ 9.0
Spellbound Hound
1950
as Mr. Magoo
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Lucus Edgerton
MOVIE
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
as Magistrate Backus
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Great Lover
1949
as Higgins
MOVIE★ 5.7
Easy Living
1949
as Dr. Franklin
MOVIE★ 6.3
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Professor Sullivan
MOVIE★ 7.2
Ragtime Bear
1949
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
One Last Fling
1949
as Howard Pritchard
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Tim McTaggart
MOVIE★ 7.2
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Where Will You Hide?
1948
as Narrator
MOVIE
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
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as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)