- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- July 3, 1989
Jim Backus
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
tvThe Unknown Story
2022 · Self - archive footage
movieRebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 · Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 · Self
tvThe Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
moviePrince Jack
1985 · Dealy
movieSlapstick of Another Kind
1982 · President of the U.S.
tvGilligan's Planet
1982 · Thurston Howell, III (voice)
movieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
movieThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Thurston Howell III
tvHill Street Blues
1981 · Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThere Goes The Bride
1980 · Mr. Perkins
movieThe Gossip Columnist
1980 · Jim Backus
movieC.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Mr. Gibbs
tvEischied
1979
tvThe Rebels
1979 · John Hancock
movieThe Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 · Thurston Howell III
movieAngels' Brigade
1979 · Cmdr. Lindsey March
$weepstake$
1979 · Major Adams
movieRescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 · Thurston Howell III
tvFlying High
1978
movieGood Guys Wear Black
1978 · Albert, the Doorman
tvFantasy Island
1978 · Cap Truman
movieHave I Got a Christmas for You
1977 · Kevin Grady
moviePete's Dragon
1977 · The Mayor
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Marvin Waterman, Mr. Landers
tvCHiPs
1977 · Weitzman
tvWhat's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieNever Con a Killer
1977 · Stanley Bunch
tvCharlie's Angels
1976 · Iggy
movieFriday Foster
1975 · Enos Griffith
tvMobile One
1975 · Macklin
tvEllery Queen
1975 · Howard Biggers
tvJoe Forrester
1975
movieCrazy Mama
1975 · Mr. Albertson
movieCop on the Beat
1975 · Jake Mandel
movieYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 · Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
tvChico and the Man
1974
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
tvHarry O
1974 · Ziggy
tvThe New Adventures of Gilligan
1974 · Thurston Howell III (voice)
Goodnight Jackie
1974 · Mr. Landry
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1973 · Shellhammer
movieThe Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Prof. David Tilson
tvPolice Story
1973 · , Jake Mandel
movieMagic Carpet
1972 · George Benson
movieOf Thee I Sing
1972 · Senator Robert F. Lyons
movieNow You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Timothy Forsythe
movieGetting Away from It All
1972 · Mike Lorimar
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Jim Backus, Writer
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Doctor
movieThe Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Staunch
movieUncle Sam Magoo
1970 · Mr. Magoo
tvNanny and the Professor
1970 · Dr. Charles Walters
movieWake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · Colonel
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Jerry Franks
tvThe Brady Bunch
1969 · Zaccariah
tvMedical Center
1969
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Bill
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Self
movieHello Down There
1969 · T.R. Hollister
tvBlondie
1968 · J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
tvThe Good Guys
1968
tvThe Mod Squad
1968 · Emile Wade
movieWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Tru-Blue Lou
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
tvAccidental Family
1967
movieDon't Make Waves
1967 · Self (uncredited)
movieDamn Yankees
1967 · Benny Van Buren
movieHurry Sundown
1967 · Carter Sillens
tvThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · Self
Continental Showcase
1966 · Self - Host
movieBillie
1965 · Howard G. Carol
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · General Fitzhugh
tvThe Wild Wild West
1965 · Fabian Swanson
movieFluffy
1965 · Sergeant
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Whitepaper
tvGilligan's Island
1964 · Thurston Howell, III
tvThe Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Will Scataway
movieRendezvous in Space
1964 · Moon (voice)
movieAdvance to the Rear
1964 · Gen. Willoughby
movieMr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 · Mr. Magoo
movieMr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 · Mr. Magoo
movieThe Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Bullard Bear
movieSunday in New York
1963 · Chief Pilot Drysdale
movieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Tyler Fitzgerald
movieJohnny Cool
1963 · Louis Murphy
tvEspionage
1963 · McAvoy
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Harold Mason, Pork Pie Hannigan, Herkimer Witt
tvArrest and Trial
1963 · Sam Thayer
movieMy Six Loves
1963 · Sheriff
movieOperation Bikini
1963 · Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
movieCritic's Choice
1963 · Dr. William Von Hagedorn
movieA Child Is Waiting
1963 · Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
movieMister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
movieZotz!
1962 · Horatio Kellgore
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Marty Van Ransohoff
movieThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
movieBoys' Night Out
1962 · Peter Bowers
movieThe Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 · Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961 · Monte
tvCain's Hundred
1961 · Karl Bigger
movieMagoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 · Mr. Magoo
tvThe Mr. Magoo Show
1960 · Mr Magoo (voice)
tvThe Jim Backus Show
1960
movieInside Magoo
1960 · Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
movieIce Palace
1960 · Dave Husack
movieI Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieTom, Dick and Harriet
1960 · James
movieMagoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movie1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
tvThe Untouchables
1959 · William Norbert
movieAsk Any Girl
1959 · Mr. Maxwell
movieA Private's Affair
1959 · Jim Gordon
movieThe Big Operator
1959 · Cliff Heldon
movieTerror Faces Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo
movieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Mr. Forbes
movieMagoo's Lodge Brother
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMerry Minstrel Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo’s Homecoming
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieBwana Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo
1959 · Narrator
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Maury Samuels
movieGumshoe Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieLove Comes to Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMacabre
1958 · Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 · Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
movieThe High Cost of Loving
1958 · Paul Mason
movieThe Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 · Mr Magoo (voice)
movieScoutmaster Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo's Young Manhood
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo's Private War
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo's Moose Hunt
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · King's Emissary
movieEighteen and Anxious
1957 · Harvey Graham
movieRock Hound Magoo
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo Saves the Bank
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
tvMaverick
1957 · Joe Wheelwright
movieMan of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Clarence Locan
movieMagoo's Masquerade
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieMagoo Breaks Par
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMatador Magoo
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo Goes Overboard
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieTop Secret Affair
1957 · Col. Homer W. Gooch
movieMeet Mother Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieThe Great Man
1956 · Nick Cellantano
movieThe Opposite Sex
1956 · Psychiatrist
movieYou Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Danker
movieThe Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Sgt. Hanna
movieMagoo's Problem Child
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Arthur Hutchins
Conflict
1956 · Dandy Summers
movieTrailblazer Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo Beats the Heat
1956 · Mr. Magoo(voice)
movieThe Naked Hills
1956 · Willis Haver
movieCalling Doctor Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMagoo Goes West
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Tom Culdane
movieMagoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieThe Square Jungle
1955 · Pat Quaid
movieMagoo Makes News
1955 · Mr. Magoo
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieRebel Without a Cause
1955 · Frank Stark
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Reverend Sims
movieFrancis in the Navy
1955 · Commander Hutch
movieMadcap Magoo
1955 · Mr. Magoo
movieMagoo Express
1955 · Mr. Magoo
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Henry Banning
movieDestination Magoo
1954 · Mr. Magoo (voice), Story
movieDeep in My Heart
1954 · Ben Judson
tvClimax!
1954 · Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
movieWhen Magoo Flew
1954 · Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
movieGeraldine
1953 · Jason Ambrose
movieI Love Melvin
1953 · Mergo
movieAngel Face
1953 · District Attorney Judson
movieAbove and Beyond
1953 · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
movieAndrocles and the Lion
1952 · Centurion
movieHotsy Footsy
1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
tvI Married Joan
1952 · Judge Bradley Stevens
moviePete Hothead
1952 · Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
movieThe Rose Bowl Story
1952 · Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieDon't Bother to Knock
1952 · Peter Jones
moviePat and Mike
1952 · Charles Barry
movieDeadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Jim Cleary
movieHere Come the Nelsons
1952 · Joe Randolph
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Kevin Grady
movieI Want You
1951 · Harvey Landrum
movieGrizzly Golfer
1951 · Mr. Magoo
movieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951 · Sam Harris
movieThe Man with a Cloak
1951 · Flaherty
movieFuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieIron Man
1951 · Max Watkins
movieHis Kind of Woman
1951 · Myron Winton
movieBright Victory
1951 · Bill Grayson
movieHollywood Story
1951 · Mitch Davis
moviePlutopia
1951 · Milton the Cat
movieHalf Angel
1951 · Michael Hogan
movieBarefaced Flatfoot
1951 · Mr. Magoo
movieM
1951 · The Mayor
movieBungled Bungalow
1951 · Mr. Magoo
movieThe Popcorn Story
1950 · Narrator
movieEmergency Wedding
1950 · Ed Hamley
movieThe Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Harry
movieTrouble Indemnity
1950 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieCustoms Agent
1950 · Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
movieMa and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
movieSpellbound Hound
1950 · Mr. Magoo
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Lucus Edgerton
movieEdgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 · Magistrate Backus
movieA Dangerous Profession
1949 · Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
movieThe Great Lover
1949 · Higgins
movieEasy Living
1949 · Dr. Franklin
movieFather Was a Fullback
1949 · Professor Sullivan
movieRagtime Bear
1949 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
movieOne Last Fling
1949 · Howard Pritchard
tvStudio One
1948 · Tim McTaggart
movieA-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 · Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
1948 · Narrator
movieAnimation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
— · Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)