Jim Backus
156 movies · 56 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 25, 1913
- Died
- Jul 3, 1989 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- James Gilmore Backus
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jim Backus: movies and TV shows
Acting (212)
- 1986
- 1985 Prince Jack
as Dealy
- 1982 Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
- 1982
- 1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
- 1981
- 1980 There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
- 1980 The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
- 1979 C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
- 1979 Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
- 1979
- 1978 Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
- 1978
- 1978 Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
- 1978
- 1977 Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
- 1977 Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
- 1976
- 1975 Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
- 1975 Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
- 1974 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
- 1973 Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
- 1973 The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
- 1973
- 1972 Magic Carpet
as George Benson
- 1972 Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
- 1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
- 1972 Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
- 1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
- 1971
- 1970 Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
- 1970 Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
- 1970
- 1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
- 1967
- 1967 Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
- 1967 Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
- 1965 Billie
as Howard G. Carol
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Fluffy
as Sergeant
- 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
- 1964 Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
- 1964 Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
- 1964 Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
- 1963 The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
- 1963 Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
- 1963 Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 My Six Loves
as Sheriff
- 1963 Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
- 1963 Critic's Choice
as William Von Hagedorn
- 1963 A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- 1962 Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- 1962 Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
- 1962
- 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
- 1962 Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
- 1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
- 1961
- 1961 Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
- 1960 I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1960 Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
- 1959 Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
- 1959
- 1959 Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
- 1959 A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
- 1959 The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
- 1959 Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
- 1959 The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
- 1959 Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
- 1958
- 1958 Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
- 1958 Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
- 1958 The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
- 1958 The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
- 1957 Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
- 1957 Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957
- 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
- 1957 Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
- 1956 Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
- 1956 The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
- 1956 You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
- 1956 The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
- 1956 Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
- 1956 The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
- 1956 Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
- 1956 Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1955 The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
- 1955 Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
- 1955
- 1955 Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
- 1955
- 1955 Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
- 1955 Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
- 1955
- 1954 Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1954 Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
- 1954
- 1954 When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
- 1953 Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
- 1953 I Love Melvin
as Mergo
- 1953 Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
- 1953 Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
- 1952 Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
- 1952 Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1952
- 1952 Pete Hothead
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
- 1952 The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
- 1952 Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1952 Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
- 1952 Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
- 1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
- 1952 Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
- 1951
- 1951 I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
- 1951 Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
- 1951 I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
- 1951 Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1951 Iron Man
as Max Watkins
- 1951 His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
- 1951 Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
- 1951 Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
- 1951 Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
- 1951 Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
- 1951 Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
- 1951 M
as The Mayor
- 1951 Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
- 1950 The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
- 1950 Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
- 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1950 Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
- 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
+ 12 more credits
Behind the camera (2)
- 1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Writer
- 1954 Destination Magoo
Story
Talk shows and appearances (20)
- Upcoming
- 2022 The Unknown Story
1 episode
- 2005
- 1987
- 1983
- 1982
- 1969 The Barbara McNair Show
1 episode
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1 episode
- 1967
- 1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1966 Continental Showcase
14 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
5 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
4 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
15 episodes
- 1961 The Dick Powell Show
1 episode
- 1960
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
8 episodes
- 1954 The George Gobel Show
1 episode
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
4 episodes