
Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.
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.
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/2005

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character:Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2004

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1987

Prince Jack
Character:Dealy
Release Date:01/12/1985

Slapstick of Another Kind
Character:President of the U.S.
Release Date:09/12/1982

Enchanted Journey
Character:Gamba
Release Date:10/10/1981

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Character:Thurston Howell III
Release Date:15/05/1981

There Goes The Bride
Character:Mr. Perkins
Release Date:07/07/1980

The Gossip Columnist
Character:Jim Backus
Release Date:21/03/1980

C.H.O.M.P.S.
Character:Mr. Gibbs
Release Date:21/12/1979

The Rebels
Character:John Hancock
Release Date:14/05/1979

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Character:Thurston Howell III
Release Date:03/05/1979

Angels' Brigade
Character:Cmdr. Lindsey March
Release Date:01/02/1979

Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Character:Thurston Howell III
Release Date:14/10/1978

Good Guys Wear Black
Character:Albert, the Doorman
Release Date:01/06/1978

Have I Got a Christmas for You
Character:Kevin Grady
Release Date:16/12/1977

Pete's Dragon
Character:The Mayor
Release Date:03/11/1977

Never Con a Killer
Character:Stanley Bunch
Release Date:13/05/1977

Friday Foster
Character:Enos Griffith
Release Date:25/12/1975

Crazy Mama
Character:Mr. Albertson
Release Date:01/06/1975

Cop on the Beat
Character:Jake Mandel
Release Date:06/05/1975

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Character:Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Release Date:06/12/1974

Goodnight Jackie
Character:Mr. Landry
Release Date:27/02/1974

Miracle on 34th Street
Character:Shellhammer
Release Date:14/12/1973

The Girl Most Likely To...
Character:Prof. David Tilson
Release Date:06/11/1973

Magic Carpet
Character:George Benson
Release Date:06/11/1972

Of Thee I Sing
Character:Senator Robert F. Lyons
Release Date:24/10/1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Character:Timothy Forsythe
Release Date:12/07/1972

Getting Away from It All
Character:Mike Lorimar
Release Date:18/01/1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Character:Jim Backus
Release Date:31/12/1971

Myra Breckinridge
Character:Doctor
Release Date:24/06/1970

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Character:Staunch
Release Date:01/04/1970

Uncle Sam Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:15/02/1970

Wake Me When the War Is Over
Character:Colonel
Release Date:14/10/1969

Hello Down There
Character:T.R. Hollister
Release Date:25/06/1969

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character:Tru-Blue Lou
Release Date:19/06/1968

Don't Make Waves
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:20/06/1967

Damn Yankees
Character:Benny Van Buren
Release Date:08/04/1967

Hurry Sundown
Character:Carter Sillens
Release Date:09/02/1967

Billie
Character:Howard G. Carol
Release Date:13/12/1965

Fluffy
Character:Sergeant
Release Date:27/06/1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character:Whitepaper
Release Date:24/03/1965

Rendezvous in Space
Character:Moon (voice)
Release Date:10/09/1964

Advance to the Rear
Character:Gen. Willoughby
Release Date:10/06/1964

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:01/01/1964

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:01/01/1964

The Wheeler Dealers
Character:Bullard Bear
Release Date:14/11/1963

Sunday in New York
Character:Chief Pilot Drysdale
Release Date:13/11/1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character:Tyler Fitzgerald
Release Date:07/11/1963

Johnny Cool
Character:Louis Murphy
Release Date:02/10/1963

My Six Loves
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:03/04/1963

Operation Bikini
Character:Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Release Date:26/03/1963

Critic's Choice
Character:Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Release Date:24/02/1963

A Child Is Waiting
Character:Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1963

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Character:Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Release Date:18/12/1962

Zotz!
Character:Prof. Horatio Kellgore
Release Date:03/10/1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character:The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Release Date:07/08/1962

Boys' Night Out
Character:Peter Bowers
Release Date:21/06/1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant
Character:Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Release Date:18/04/1962

Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:20/03/1961

Inside Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Release Date:12/01/1960

Ice Palace
Character:Dave Husack
Release Date:02/01/1960

I Was a Teenage Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1960

Tom, Dick and Harriet
Character:James
Release Date:01/01/1960

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:27/12/1959

1001 Arabian Nights
Character:Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Release Date:01/12/1959

Ask Any Girl
Character:Mr. Maxwell
Release Date:21/08/1959

A Private's Affair
Character:Jim Gordon
Release Date:14/08/1959

The Big Operator
Character:Cliff Heldon
Release Date:01/08/1959

Terror Faces Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:09/07/1959

The Wild and the Innocent
Character:Mr. Forbes
Release Date:27/05/1959

Magoo's Lodge Brother
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:07/05/1959

Merry Minstrel Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:09/04/1959

Magoo’s Homecoming
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:05/03/1959

Bwana Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:09/01/1959

A Princess for Magoo
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1959

Gumshoe Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:06/10/1958

Love Comes to Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:02/10/1958

Macabre
Character:Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Release Date:01/10/1958

Magoo’s Cruise
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:11/09/1958

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Character:Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Release Date:05/06/1958

The High Cost of Loving
Character:Paul Mason
Release Date:16/05/1958

The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Character:Mr Magoo (voice)
Release Date:08/05/1958

Scoutmaster Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:10/04/1958

Magoo's Young Manhood
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:13/03/1958

Magoo's Private War
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:19/12/1957

Magoo's Moose Hunt
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:28/11/1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character:King's Emissary
Release Date:26/11/1957

Eighteen and Anxious
Character:Harvey Graham
Release Date:15/11/1957

Rock Hound Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:24/10/1957

Magoo Saves the Bank
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:26/09/1957

Man of a Thousand Faces
Character:Clarence Locan
Release Date:15/08/1957

Magoo's Masquerade
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:15/08/1957

Magoo Breaks Par
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:27/06/1957

Matador Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:30/05/1957

Magoo Goes Overboard
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:21/02/1957

Top Secret Affair
Character:Col. Homer W. Gooch
Release Date:30/01/1957

Meet Mother Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:27/12/1956

The Great Man
Character:Nick Cellantano
Release Date:01/12/1956

The Opposite Sex
Character:Psychiatrist
Release Date:15/11/1956

You Can't Run Away from It
Character:Danker
Release Date:30/10/1956

The Girl He Left Behind
Character:Sgt. Hanna
Release Date:26/10/1956

Magoo's Problem Child
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:18/10/1956

Trailblazer Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:13/09/1956

Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:26/07/1956

Magoo Beats the Heat
Character:Mr. Magoo(voice)
Release Date:21/06/1956

The Naked Hills
Character:Willis Haver
Release Date:17/06/1956

Calling Doctor Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:24/05/1956

Magoo Goes West
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:18/04/1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas
Character:Tom Culdane
Release Date:09/03/1956

Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:08/03/1956

The Square Jungle
Character:Pat Quaid
Release Date:30/12/1955

Magoo Makes News
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:15/11/1955

Rebel Without a Cause
Character:Frank Stark
Release Date:27/10/1955

Francis in the Navy
Character:Commander Hutch
Release Date:24/08/1955

Madcap Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:23/06/1955

Magoo Express
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:19/05/1955

Destination Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:16/12/1954

Deep in My Heart
Character:Ben Judson
Release Date:09/12/1954

When Magoo Flew
Character:Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Release Date:06/01/1954

Geraldine
Character:Jason Ambrose
Release Date:16/12/1953

I Love Melvin
Character:Mergo
Release Date:20/03/1953

Angel Face
Character:District Attorney Judson
Release Date:02/01/1953

Above and Beyond
Character:Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Release Date:02/01/1953

Androcles and the Lion
Character:Centurion
Release Date:01/12/1952

Hotsy Footsy
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:22/10/1952

Pete Hothead
Character:Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Release Date:24/09/1952

The Rose Bowl Story
Character:Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Release Date:24/08/1952

Pink and Blue Blues
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:18/08/1952

Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Peter Jones
Release Date:18/07/1952

Pat and Mike
Character:Charles Barry
Release Date:13/06/1952

Deadline - U.S.A.
Character:Jim Cleary
Release Date:14/03/1952

Here Come the Nelsons
Character:Joe Randolph
Release Date:23/02/1952

I Want You
Character:Harvey Landrum
Release Date:22/12/1951

Grizzly Golfer
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:20/12/1951

I'll See You in My Dreams
Character:Sam Harris
Release Date:06/12/1951

The Man with a Cloak
Character:Flaherty
Release Date:27/11/1951

Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:17/10/1951

Iron Man
Character:Max Watkins
Release Date:20/09/1951

His Kind of Woman
Character:Myron Winton
Release Date:15/08/1951

Bright Victory
Character:Bill Grayson
Release Date:01/08/1951

Hollywood Story
Character:Mitch Davis
Release Date:01/06/1951

Plutopia
Character:Milton the Cat
Release Date:18/05/1951

Half Angel
Character:Michael Hogan
Release Date:05/05/1951

Barefaced Flatfoot
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:25/04/1951

M
Character:The Mayor
Release Date:01/03/1951

Bungled Bungalow
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:15/01/1951

The Popcorn Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/11/1950

Emergency Wedding
Character:Ed Hamley
Release Date:15/11/1950

The Killer That Stalked New York
Character:Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1950

Trouble Indemnity
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:14/09/1950

Customs Agent
Character:Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Release Date:18/05/1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character:Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Release Date:01/04/1950

Spellbound Hound
Character:Mr. Magoo
Release Date:16/03/1950

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Character:Magistrate Backus
Release Date:01/01/1950

A Dangerous Profession
Character:Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/12/1949

The Great Lover
Character:Higgins
Release Date:23/11/1949

Easy Living
Character:Dr. Franklin
Release Date:08/10/1949

Father Was a Fullback
Character:Professor Sullivan
Release Date:30/09/1949

Ragtime Bear
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)
Release Date:29/09/1949

One Last Fling
Character:Howard Pritchard
Release Date:30/06/1949

A-Lad-in His Lamp
Character:Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:22/10/1948

Where Will You Hide?
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/07/1948

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
Character:

Gilligan's Planet
Character:Thurston Howell, III (voice)

Hill Street Blues
Character:Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eischied
Character:

$weepstake$
Character:Major Adams

Flying High
Character:

Fantasy Island
Character:Cap Truman

The Love Boat
Character:Marvin Waterman

The Love Boat
Character:Mr. Landers

CHiPs
Character:Weitzman

What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Character:

Charlie's Angels
Character:Iggy

Mobile One
Character:Macklin

Ellery Queen
Character:Howard Biggers

Joe Forrester
Character:

Chico and the Man
Character:

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:

Harry O
Character:Ziggy

The New Adventures of Gilligan
Character:Thurston Howell III (voice)

Police Story
Character:

Police Story
Character:Jake Mandel

Alias Smith and Jones
Character:

Nanny and the Professor
Character:Dr. Charles Walters

Love, American Style
Character:Jerry Franks

The Brady Bunch
Character:

Medical Center
Character:

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Bill

The Barbara McNair Show
Character:Self

Blondie
Character:J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers

The Good Guys
Character:

The Mod Squad
Character:Emile Wade

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)

Accidental Family
Character:

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self

Continental Showcase
Character:Self - Host

I Dream of Jeannie
Character:General Fitzhugh

The Wild Wild West
Character:Fabian Swanson

Gilligan's Island
Character:Thurston Howell, III

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Character:Mr. Magoo (voice)

Daniel Boone
Character:Will Scataway

Burke's Law
Character:Harold Mason

Burke's Law
Character:Pork Pie Hannigan

Burke's Law
Character:Herkimer Witt

Arrest and Trial
Character:Sam Thayer

The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self

The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:Marty Van Ransohoff

The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self

The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Co-Host

The Dick Powell Show
Character:Monte

Cain's Hundred
Character:Karl Bigger

The Mr. Magoo Show
Character:Mr Magoo

The Jim Backus Show
Character:

The Untouchables
Character:William Norbert

77 Sunset Strip
Character:Maury Samuels

Maverick
Character:Joe Wheelwright

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self

The Gale Storm Show
Character:Arthur Hutchins

Matinee Theater
Character:

Gunsmoke
Character:Reverend Sims

The Millionaire
Character:Henry Banning

Climax!
Character:Detective Herman

The George Gobel Show
Character:Self

I Married Joan
Character:Judge Bradley Stevens

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Kevin Grady

Lux Video Theatre
Character:Harry

The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self

What's My Line?
Character:Self - Panelist

Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Lucus Edgerton

Studio One
Character:Tim McTaggart