1913-02-25 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 | Himself (uncredited) | 2005-01-01 |
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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | Self | 1987-01-01 |
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Prince Jack | Dealy | 1985-12-01 |
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Slapstick of Another Kind | President of the U.S. | 1982-12-09 |
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | 1982-08-16 | |
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1981-05-15 |
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There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins | 1980-07-07 |
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The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus | 1980-03-21 |
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C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
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The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
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Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1978-10-14 |
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Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | 1978-06-01 |
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Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady | 1977-12-16 |
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Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | 1977-11-03 |
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Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch | 1977-05-13 |
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Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
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Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
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Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) | 1974-12-06 |
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Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
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The Girl Most Likely To... | Prof. David Tilson | 1973-11-06 |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Shellhammer | 1973-12-14 |
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Of Thee I Sing | Senator Robert F. Lyons | 1972-10-24 |
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Timothy Forsythe | 1972-07-12 |
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Magic Carpet | George Benson | 1972-11-06 |
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Getting Away from It All | Mike Lorimar | 1972-01-18 |
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | 1971-12-31 |
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Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
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Uncle Sam Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1970-02-15 |
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Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | 1969-06-25 |
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Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
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Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren | 1967-04-08 |
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Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | 1967-06-20 |
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Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | 1967-02-09 |
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
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Fluffy | Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
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Billie | Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
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Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest | Mr. Magoo | 1964-01-01 |
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Rendezvous in Space | Moon (voice) | 1964-09-10 |
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Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
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Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Mr. Magoo | 1964-01-01 |
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Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
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My Six Loves | Sheriff | 1963-04-03 |
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A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 1963-02-13 |
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The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
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Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 1963-03-26 |
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Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
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Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 1963-02-24 |
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1962-12-18 |
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 1962-08-07 |
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The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 1962-04-18 |
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Zotz! | Horatio Kellgore | 1962-10-03 |
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Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | 1962-06-21 |
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Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Mr. Magoo | 1961-03-20 |
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I Was a Teenage Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1960-01-01 |
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Tom, Dick and Harriet | James | 1960-01-01 |
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Inside Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self | 1960-01-12 |
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Ice Palace | Dave Husack | 1960-01-02 |
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A Princess for Magoo | Narrator | 1959-01-01 |
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Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1959-07-09 |
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A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
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Magoo's Lodge Brother | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-05-07 |
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Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | 1959-08-21 |
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The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon | 1959-08-01 |
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The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | 1959-05-27 |
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1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
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Magoo’s Homecoming | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-03-05 |
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Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-27 |
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Bwana Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-01-09 |
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Merry Minstrel Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-04-09 |
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Magoo’s Three-Point Landing | Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) | 1958-06-05 |
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Gumshoe Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-10-06 |
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Scoutmaster Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-04-10 |
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Love Comes to Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-10-02 |
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Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 1958-10-01 |
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Magoo’s Cruise | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-09-11 |
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The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | 1958-05-16 |
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Magoo's Young Manhood | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-03-13 |
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The Explosive Mr. Magoo | Mr Magoo (voice) | 1958-05-08 |
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Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | 1957-01-30 |
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Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | 1957-08-15 |
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Matador Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-05-30 |
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Magoo's Masquerade | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-08-15 |
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Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham | 1957-11-15 |
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Rock Hound Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-10-24 |
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Magoo's Private War | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-12-19 |
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary | 1957-11-26 |
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Magoo Goes Overboard | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-02-21 |
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Magoo Saves the Bank | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-09-26 |
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Magoo Breaks Par | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-06-27 |
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Magoo's Moose Hunt | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-11-28 |
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Magoo's Problem Child | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-10-18 |
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The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
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Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-04-18 |
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Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
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Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | 1956-03-09 |
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Magoo Beats the Heat | Mr. Magoo(voice) | 1956-06-21 |
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Magoo's Canine Mutiny | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-03-08 |
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Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-07-26 |
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The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | 1956-06-17 |
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You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | 1956-10-30 |
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Trailblazer Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-09-13 |
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The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | 1956-12-01 |
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The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
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Meet Mother Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-12-27 |
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Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
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The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid | 1955-12-30 |
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Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
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Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1955-06-23 |
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Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | 1955-08-24 |
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Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | 1955-05-19 |
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Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-12-16 |
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Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | 1954-12-09 |
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When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice) | 1954-01-06 |
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Angel Face | District Attorney Judson | 1953-01-02 |
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Geraldine | Jason Ambrose | 1953-12-16 |
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Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | 1953-01-02 |
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I Love Melvin | Mergo | 1953-03-20 |
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Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | 1952-07-18 |
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The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
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Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
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Pink and Blue Blues | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-08-18 |
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Pete Hothead | Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited) | 1952-09-24 |
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Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
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Deadline - U.S.A. | Jim Cleary | 1952-05-23 |
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Here Come the Nelsons | Joe Randolph | 1952-02-23 |
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Pat and Mike | Charles Barry | 1952-06-13 |
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Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
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Iron Man | Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
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Half Angel | Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
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Plutopia | Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
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Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
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His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
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I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
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M | The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
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I Want You | Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
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Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo | 1951-01-15 |
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Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1951-10-17 |
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Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
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Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
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Trouble Indemnity | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1950-09-14 |
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Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy | Magistrate Backus | 1950-01-01 |
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The Killer That Stalked New York | Willie Dennis (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
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The Popcorn Story | Narrator | 1950-11-30 |
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Emergency Wedding | Ed Hamley | 1950-11-15 |
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Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | 1950-05-18 |
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 1950-04-01 |
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Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo | 1950-03-16 |
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One Last Fling | Howard Pritchard | 1949-06-30 |
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Ragtime Bear | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1949-09-29 |
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A Dangerous Profession | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice) | 1949-12-10 |
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Father Was a Fullback | Professor Sullivan | 1949-09-30 |
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Easy Living | Dr. Franklin | 1949-10-08 |
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The Great Lover | Higgins | 1949-11-23 |
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Where Will You Hide? | Narrator | 1948-07-18 |
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A-Lad-in His Lamp | Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-10-22 |
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Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA | Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio) |
