7.6Acting
Jim Backus
- Born
- 1913-02-25
- Died
- 1989-07-03
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
232 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Unknown Story
2022 · TV Show
Self - archive footage
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 · Movie
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 · Movie
Self
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986 · TV Show
Cast
Prince Jack
1985 · Movie
Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983 · Movie
Himself
Gilligan's Planet
1982 · TV Show
Thurston Howell, III (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 · Movie
Self
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Movie
President of the U.S.
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV Show
Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Movie
Thurston Howell III
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Movie
Jim Backus
There Goes The Bride
1980 · Movie
Mr. Perkins
$weepstake$
1979 · TV Show
Major Adams
Angels' Brigade
1979 · Movie
Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Movie
Mr. Gibbs
Eischied
1979 · TV Show
Cast
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 · Movie
Thurston Howell III
The Rebels
1979 · TV Show
John Hancock
Fantasy Island
1978 · TV Show
Cap Truman
Flying High
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 · Movie
Albert, the Doorman
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 · Movie
Thurston Howell III
CHiPs
1977 · TV Show
Weitzman
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 · Movie
Kevin Grady
Never Con a Killer
1977 · Movie
Stanley Bunch
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Movie
The Mayor
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
Marvin Waterman · Mr. Landers
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977 · TV Show
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Charlie's Angels
1976 · TV Show
Iggy
Cop on the Beat
1975 · Movie
Jake Mandel
Crazy Mama
1975 · Movie
Mr. Albertson
Ellery Queen
1975 · TV Show
Howard Biggers
Friday Foster
1975 · Movie
Enos Griffith
Joe Forrester
1975 · TV Show
Cast
Mobile One
1975 · TV Show
Macklin
Chico and the Man
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Goodnight Jackie
1974 · Movie
Mr. Landry
Harry O
1974 · TV Show
Ziggy
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · TV Show
Cast
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974 · TV Show
Thurston Howell III (voice)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 · Movie
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 · Movie
Shellhammer
Police Story
1973 · TV Show
Cast · Jake Mandel
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Movie
Prof. David Tilson
Getting Away from It All
1972 · Movie
Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet
1972 · Movie
George Benson
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Movie
Timothy Forsythe
Of Thee I Sing
1972 · Movie
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
Cast
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Movie
Jim Backus · Writer
Myra Breckinridge
1970 · Movie
Doctor
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · TV Show
Dr. Charles Walters
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Movie
Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Hello Down There
1969 · Movie
T.R. Hollister
Love, American Style
1969 · TV Show
Jerry Franks
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · TV Show
Bill
Medical Center
1969 · TV Show
Cast
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · TV Show
Self
The Brady Bunch
1969 · TV Show
Zaccariah
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · Movie
Colonel
Blondie
1968 · TV Show
J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
Self (uncredited)
The Good Guys
1968 · TV Show
Cast
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV Show
Emile Wade
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Movie
Tru-Blue Lou
Accidental Family
1967 · TV Show
Cast
Damn Yankees
1967 · Movie
Benny Van Buren
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Movie
Self (uncredited)
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Movie
Carter Sillens
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · TV Show
Self
Continental Showcase
1966 · TV Show
Self - Host
Billie
1965 · Movie
Howard G. Carol
Fluffy
1965 · Movie
Sergeant
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · TV Show
General Fitzhugh
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Movie
Whitepaper
The Wild Wild West
1965 · TV Show
Fabian Swanson
Advance to the Rear
1964 · Movie
Gen. Willoughby
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
Will Scataway
Gilligan's Island
1964 · TV Show
Thurston Howell
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
1964 · Movie
Moon (voice)
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964 · TV Show
Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Movie
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV Show
Sam Thayer
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
Harold Mason · Pork Pie Hannigan · Herkimer Witt
Critic's Choice
1963 · Movie
William Von Hagedorn
Espionage
1963 · TV Show
McAvoy
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie
Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool
1963 · Movie
Louis Murphy
My Six Loves
1963 · Movie
Sheriff
Operation Bikini
1963 · Movie
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Sunday in New York
1963 · Movie
Chief Pilot Drysdale
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Movie
Bullard Bear
Boys' Night Out
1962 · Movie
Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · Movie
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · TV Show
Marty Van Ransohoff
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 · Movie
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · Movie
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Zotz!
1962 · Movie
Horatio Kellgore
Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV Show
Karl Bigger
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · TV Show
Monte
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
Self · Self - Co-Host
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ice Palace
1960 · Movie
Dave Husack
Inside Magoo
1960 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
The Jim Backus Show
1960 · TV Show
Cast
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960 · TV Show
Mr Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 · Movie
James
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Movie
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo
1959 · Movie
Narrator
A Private's Affair
1959 · Movie
Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
1959 · Movie
Mr. Maxwell
Bwana Magoo
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Terror Faces Magoo
1959 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Big Operator
1959 · Movie
Cliff Heldon
The Untouchables
1959 · TV Show
William Norbert
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Movie
Mr. Forbes
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
Maury Samuels
Gumshoe Magoo
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
1958 · Movie
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 · Movie
Mr Magoo (voice)
The High Cost of Loving
1958 · Movie
Paul Mason
Eighteen and Anxious
1957 · Movie
Harvey Graham
Magoo Breaks Par
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Movie
Clarence Locan
Matador Magoo
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Maverick
1957 · TV Show
Joe Wheelwright
Rock Hound Magoo
1957 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · Movie
King's Emissary
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · TV Show
Self
Top Secret Affair
1957 · Movie
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Conflict
1956 · TV Show
Dandy Summers
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo Goes West
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Movie
Tom Culdane
Meet Mother Magoo
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · TV Show
Arthur Hutchins
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Movie
Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man
1956 · Movie
Nick Cellantano
The Naked Hills
1956 · Movie
Willis Haver
The Opposite Sex
1956 · Movie
Psychiatrist
Trailblazer Magoo
1956 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Movie
Danker
Francis in the Navy
1955 · Movie
Commander Hutch
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
Reverend Sims
Madcap Magoo
1955 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
1955 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
1955 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Matinee Theater
1955 · TV Show
Cast
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Movie
Frank Stark
The Millionaire
1955 · TV Show
Henry Banning
The Square Jungle
1955 · Movie
Pat Quaid
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
Detective Herman
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
1954 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice) · Story
The George Gobel Show
1954 · TV Show
Self
When Magoo Flew
1954 · Movie
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Above and Beyond
1953 · Movie
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Angel Face
1953 · Movie
District Attorney Judson
Geraldine
1953 · Movie
Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin
1953 · Movie
Mergo
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Movie
Centurion
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Movie
Jim Cleary
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Movie
Peter Jones
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 · Movie
Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
1952 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Married Joan
1952 · TV Show
Judge Bradley Stevens
Pat and Mike
1952 · Movie
Charles Barry
Pete Hothead
1952 · Movie
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 · Movie
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
1951 · Movie
Bill Grayson
Bungled Bungalow
1951 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Grizzly Golfer
1951 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
Half Angel
1951 · Movie
Michael Hogan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Kevin Grady
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Movie
Myron Winton
Hollywood Story
1951 · Movie
Mitch Davis
I Want You
1951 · Movie
Harvey Landrum
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 · Movie
Sam Harris
Iron Man
1951 · Movie
Max Watkins
M
1951 · Movie
The Mayor
Plutopia
1951 · Movie
Milton the Cat
The Man with a Cloak
1951 · Movie
Flaherty
Customs Agent
1950 · Movie
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 · Movie
Magistrate Backus
Emergency Wedding
1950 · Movie
Ed Hamley
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
Harry
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Movie
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
Lucus Edgerton
Spellbound Hound
1950 · Movie
Mr. Magoo
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV Show
Self
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Movie
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
The Popcorn Story
1950 · Movie
Narrator
Trouble Indemnity
1950 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
Self
A Dangerous Profession
1949 · Movie
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Easy Living
1949 · Movie
Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback
1949 · Movie
Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
1949 · Movie
Howard Pritchard
Ragtime Bear
1949 · Movie
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Lover
1949 · Movie
Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 · Movie
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
Tim McTaggart
Where Will You Hide?
1948 · Movie
Narrator
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Date unknown · Movie
Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)