Jim Backus

Acting

Jim Backus

Born 25 February 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Died 3 July 1989 at 76

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

Highlights

Rebel Without a Cause1955 · Film · Frank Stark
I Dream of Jeannie1965 · Series · General Fitzhugh
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · Film · Tyler Fitzgerald
Pete's Dragon1977 · Film · The Mayor
Gilligan's Island1964 · Series · Thurston Howell
The Untouchables1959 · Series · William Norbert

Filmography

Movies

152 films

Prince Jack1985 · Film · Dealy
Slapstick of Another Kind1982 · Film · President of the U.S.
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island1981 · Film · Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride1980 · Film · Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist1980 · Film · Jim Backus
C.H.O.M.P.S.1979 · Film · Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island1979 · Film · Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade1979 · Film · Cmdr. Lindsey March
Rescue from Gilligan's Island1978 · Film · Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black1978 · Film · Albert, the Doorman
Have I Got a Christmas for You1977 · Film · Kevin Grady
Pete's Dragon1977 · Film · The Mayor
Never Con a Killer1977 · Film · Stanley Bunch
Friday Foster1975 · Film · Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama1975 · Film · Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat1975 · Film · Jake Mandel
Miracle on 34th Street1973 · Film · Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To...1973 · Film · Prof. David Tilson
Magic Carpet1972 · Film · George Benson
Of Thee I Sing1972 · Film · Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't1972 · Film · Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All1972 · Film · Mike Lorimar
Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · Film · Jim Backus
Myra Breckinridge1970 · Film · Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970 · Film · Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo1970 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Wake Me When the War Is Over1969 · Film · Colonel
Hello Down There1969 · Film · T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968 · Film · Tru-Blue Lou
Damn Yankees1967 · Film · Benny Van Buren
Hurry Sundown1967 · Film · Carter Sillens
Billie1965 · Film · Howard G. Carol
Fluffy1965 · Film · Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · Film · Whitepaper
Rendezvous in Space1964 · Film · Moon (voice)
Advance to the Rear1964 · Film · Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery1964 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest1964 · Film · Mr. Magoo
The Wheeler Dealers1963 · Film · Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York1963 · Film · Chief Pilot Drysdale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · Film · Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool1963 · Film · Louis Murphy
My Six Loves1963 · Film · Sheriff
Operation Bikini1963 · Film · Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Critic's Choice1963 · Film · William Von Hagedorn
A Child Is Waiting1963 · Film · Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol1962 · Film · Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!1962 · Film · Horatio Kellgore
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · Film · The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Boys' Night Out1962 · Film · Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant1962 · Film · Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Magoo Meets Frankenstein1961 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Inside Magoo1960 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace1960 · Film · Dave Husack
I Was a Teenage Magoo1960 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet1960 · Film · James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights1959 · Film · Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Ask Any Girl1959 · Film · Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair1959 · Film · Jim Gordon
The Big Operator1959 · Film · Cliff Heldon
Terror Faces Magoo1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent1959 · Film · Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo1959 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre1958 · Film · Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The High Cost of Loving1958 · Film · Paul Mason
The Explosive Mr. Magoo1958 · Film · Mr Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood1958 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin1957 · Film · King's Emissary
Eighteen and Anxious1957 · Film · Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces1957 · Film · Clarence Locan
Magoo's Masquerade1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard1957 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Top Secret Affair1957 · Film · Col. Homer W. Gooch
Meet Mother Magoo1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man1956 · Film · Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex1956 · Film · Psychiatrist
You Can't Run Away from It1956 · Film · Danker
The Girl He Left Behind1956 · Film · Sgt. Hanna
Magoo's Problem Child1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo(voice)
The Naked Hills1956 · Film · Willis Haver
Calling Doctor Magoo1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas1956 · Film · Tom Culdane
Magoo's Canine Mutiny1956 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle1955 · Film · Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News1955 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Rebel Without a Cause1955 · Film · Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy1955 · Film · Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo1955 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express1955 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo1954 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart1954 · Film · Ben Judson
When Magoo Flew1954 · Film · Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Geraldine1953 · Film · Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin1953 · Film · Mergo
Angel Face1953 · Film · District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond1953 · Film · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Androcles and the Lion1952 · Film · Centurion
Hotsy Footsy1952 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead1952 · Film · Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story1952 · Film · Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues1952 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Don't Bother to Knock1952 · Film · Peter Jones
Pat and Mike1952 · Film · Charles Barry
Deadline - U.S.A.1952 · Film · Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons1952 · Film · Joe Randolph
I Want You1951 · Film · Harvey Landrum
Grizzly Golfer1951 · Film · Mr. Magoo
I'll See You in My Dreams1951 · Film · Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak1951 · Film · Flaherty
Fuddy Duddy Buddy1951 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man1951 · Film · Max Watkins
His Kind of Woman1951 · Film · Myron Winton
Bright Victory1951 · Film · Bill Grayson
Hollywood Story1951 · Film · Mitch Davis
Plutopia1951 · Film · Milton the Cat
Half Angel1951 · Film · Michael Hogan
Barefaced Flatfoot1951 · Film · Mr. Magoo
M1951 · Film · The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow1951 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding1950 · Film · Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York1950 · Film · Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Trouble Indemnity1950 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent1950 · Film · Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town1950 · Film · Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound1950 · Film · Mr. Magoo
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy1950 · Film · Magistrate Backus
A Dangerous Profession1949 · Film · Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Great Lover1949 · Film · Higgins
Easy Living1949 · Film · Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback1949 · Film · Professor Sullivan
Ragtime Bear1949 · Film · Mr. Magoo (voice)
One Last Fling1949 · Film · Howard Pritchard
A-Lad-in His Lamp1948 · Film · Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Series

51 shows

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show1986 · Series
Gilligan's Planet1982 · Series · Thurston Howell, III (voice)
Eischied1979 · Series
The Rebels1979 · Series · John Hancock
Flying High1978 · Series
Fantasy Island1978 · Series · Cap Truman
The Love Boat1977 · Series · Marvin Waterman
CHiPs1977 · Series · Weitzman
What's New, Mr. Magoo?1977 · Series · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Charlie's Angels1976 · Series · Iggy
Mobile One1975 · Series · Macklin
Ellery Queen1975 · Series · Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester1975 · Series
Chico and the Man1974 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974 · Series
Harry O1974 · Series · Ziggy
The New Adventures of Gilligan1974 · Series · Thurston Howell III (voice)
Police Story1973 · Series
Alias Smith and Jones1971 · Series
Nanny and the Professor1970 · Series · Dr. Charles Walters
Love, American Style1969 · Series · Jerry Franks
The Brady Bunch1969 · Series · Zaccariah
Medical Center1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · Series · Bill
The Good Guys1968 · Series
The Mod Squad1968 · Series · Emile Wade
Accidental Family1967 · Series
I Dream of Jeannie1965 · Series · General Fitzhugh
The Wild Wild West1965 · Series · Fabian Swanson
Gilligan's Island1964 · Series · Thurston Howell
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo1964 · Series · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Daniel Boone1964 · Series · Will Scataway
Espionage1963 · Series · McAvoy
Burke's Law1963 · Series · Harold Mason
Arrest and Trial1963 · Series · Sam Thayer
The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · Series · Marty Van Ransohoff
Cain's Hundred1961 · Series · Karl Bigger
The Mr. Magoo Show1960 · Series · Mr Magoo (voice)
The Jim Backus Show1960 · Series
The Untouchables1959 · Series · William Norbert
77 Sunset Strip1958 · Series · Maury Samuels
Maverick1957 · Series · Joe Wheelwright
The Gale Storm Show1956 · Series · Arthur Hutchins
Matinee Theater1955 · Series
Gunsmoke1955 · Series · Reverend Sims
The Millionaire1955 · Series · Henry Banning
Climax!1954 · Series · Detective Herman
I Married Joan1952 · Series · Judge Bradley Stevens
Lux Video Theatre1950 · Series · Harry
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · Series · Lucus Edgerton
Studio One1948 · Series · Tim McTaggart