Jim Backus

Actor

Jim Backus

1913Cleveland, Ohio, USA157 Movies60 TV Shows

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

More Movies

157 titles

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Himself (uncredited)

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Prince Jack

Prince Jack

Slapstick of Another Kind

President of the U.S.

Slapstick of Another Kind

Enchanted Journey

Enchanted Journey

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

There Goes The Bride

There Goes The Bride

The Gossip Columnist

The Gossip Columnist

C.H.O.M.P.S.

C.H.O.M.P.S.

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

Angels' Brigade

Cmdr. Lindsey March

Angels' Brigade

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Good Guys Wear Black

Albert, the Doorman

Good Guys Wear Black

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

Never Con a Killer

Never Con a Killer

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

Crazy Mama

Crazy Mama

Cop on the Beat

Cop on the Beat

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

The Girl Most Likely To...

Prof. David Tilson

The Girl Most Likely To...

Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet

Of Thee I Sing

Senator Robert F. Lyons

Of Thee I Sing

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Timothy Forsythe

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Getting Away from It All

Getting Away from It All

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Uncle Sam Magoo

Uncle Sam Magoo

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Hello Down There

Hello Down There

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Don't Make Waves

Self (uncredited)

Don't Make Waves

Damn Yankees

Benny Van Buren

Damn Yankees

Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

Billie

Howard G. Carol

Billie

Fluffy

Fluffy

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Rendezvous in Space

Rendezvous in Space

Advance to the Rear

Gen. Willoughby

Advance to the Rear

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

Sunday in New York

Chief Pilot Drysdale

Sunday in New York

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Tyler Fitzgerald

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

My Six Loves

My Six Loves

Operation Bikini

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

Operation Bikini

Critic's Choice

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Critic's Choice

A Child Is Waiting

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

A Child Is Waiting

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Zotz!

Horatio Kellgore

Zotz!

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out

The Horizontal Lieutenant

Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

The Horizontal Lieutenant

Magoo Meets Frankenstein

Magoo Meets Frankenstein

Inside Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

Inside Magoo

Ice Palace

Ice Palace

I Was a Teenage Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

I Was a Teenage Magoo

Tom, Dick and Harriet

Tom, Dick and Harriet

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

1001 Arabian Nights

Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

1001 Arabian Nights

Ask Any Girl

Ask Any Girl

A Private's Affair

A Private's Affair

The Big Operator

The Big Operator

Terror Faces Magoo

Terror Faces Magoo

The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent

Magoo's Lodge Brother

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Lodge Brother

Merry Minstrel Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Merry Minstrel Magoo

Magoo’s Homecoming

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Homecoming

Bwana Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Bwana Magoo

Gumshoe Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Gumshoe Magoo

Love Comes to Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Love Comes to Magoo

Macabre

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Macabre

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

Mr Magoo (voice)

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

Scoutmaster Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Scoutmaster Magoo

Magoo's Young Manhood

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Young Manhood

Magoo's Private War

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Private War

Magoo's Moose Hunt

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Moose Hunt

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

King's Emissary

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Eighteen and Anxious

Eighteen and Anxious

Rock Hound Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Rock Hound Magoo

Magoo Saves the Bank

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Saves the Bank

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

Magoo's Masquerade

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Masquerade

Magoo Breaks Par

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Breaks Par

Matador Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Matador Magoo

Magoo Goes Overboard

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes Overboard

Top Secret Affair

Col. Homer W. Gooch

Top Secret Affair

Meet Mother Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Meet Mother Magoo

The Great Man

Nick Cellantano

The Great Man

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex

You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It

The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

Magoo's Problem Child

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Problem Child

Trailblazer Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Trailblazer Magoo

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Magoo Beats the Heat

Mr. Magoo(voice)

Magoo Beats the Heat

The Naked Hills

The Naked Hills

Calling Doctor Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Calling Doctor Magoo

Magoo Goes West

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes West

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

Magoo Makes News

Magoo Makes News

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

Francis in the Navy

Commander Hutch

Francis in the Navy

Madcap Magoo

Madcap Magoo

Magoo Express

Magoo Express

Destination Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Destination Magoo

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

When Magoo Flew

Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)

When Magoo Flew

Geraldine

Geraldine

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

Angel Face

District Attorney Judson

Angel Face

Above and Beyond

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Above and Beyond

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

Hotsy Footsy

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Hotsy Footsy

Pete Hothead

Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)

Pete Hothead

The Rose Bowl Story

Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

The Rose Bowl Story

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

Here Come the Nelsons

Here Come the Nelsons

I Want You

I Want You

Grizzly Golfer

Grizzly Golfer

I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

The Man with a Cloak

The Man with a Cloak

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

Iron Man

Iron Man

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman

Bright Victory

Bright Victory

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

Plutopia

Plutopia

Half Angel

Half Angel

Barefaced Flatfoot

Barefaced Flatfoot

M

Bungled Bungalow

Bungled Bungalow

The Popcorn Story

The Popcorn Story

Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding

The Killer That Stalked New York

Willie Dennis (uncredited)

The Killer That Stalked New York

Trouble Indemnity

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Trouble Indemnity

Customs Agent

Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

Customs Agent

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Spellbound Hound

Spellbound Hound

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

Magistrate Backus

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

A Dangerous Profession

Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

A Dangerous Profession

The Great Lover

The Great Lover

Easy Living

Easy Living

Father Was a Fullback

Professor Sullivan

Father Was a Fullback

Ragtime Bear

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Ragtime Bear

One Last Fling

Howard Pritchard

One Last Fling

A-Lad-in His Lamp

Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

A-Lad-in His Lamp

Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

Television

More TV Shows

60 titles

The Unknown Story

Self - archive footage

The Unknown Story

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

Gilligan's Planet

Thurston Howell, III (voice)

Gilligan's Planet

Hill Street Blues

Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hill Street Blues

Eischied

Eischied

The Rebels

The Rebels

Flying High

Flying High

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

The Love Boat

Marvin Waterman

The Love Boat

CHiPs

CHiPs

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

Mobile One

Mobile One

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen

Joe Forrester

Joe Forrester

Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Harry O

Harry O

The New Adventures of Gilligan

Thurston Howell III (voice)

The New Adventures of Gilligan

Police Story

Police Story

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Nanny and the Professor

Dr. Charles Walters

Nanny and the Professor

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch

Medical Center

Medical Center

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Blondie

J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers

Blondie

The Good Guys

The Good Guys

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Accidental Family

Accidental Family

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

I Dream of Jeannie

General Fitzhugh

I Dream of Jeannie

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell, III

Gilligan's Island

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Beverly Hillbillies

Marty Van Ransohoff

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show

Cain's Hundred

Cain's Hundred

The Mr. Magoo Show

The Mr. Magoo Show

The Jim Backus Show

The Jim Backus Show

The Untouchables

William Norbert

The Untouchables

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

Maverick

Joe Wheelwright

Maverick

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

The Millionaire

The Millionaire

Climax!

Detective Herman

Climax!

I Married Joan

Judge Bradley Stevens

I Married Joan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist

What's My Line?

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Studio One

Studio One