Jim Backus

Jim Backus1913 - 1989

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.6

Famous

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.

Credits

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012

Documentary

as Pat Quaid (archive footage)

6.8
0.2
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

2005

Documentary

as Himself (uncredited)

0
0.1
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Documentary

as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

7.6
0.8
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987

Documentary

as Self

0
0.2
Prince Jack
Prince Jack

1985

Drama • History

as Dealy

0
0.1
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind

1982

Comedy • Science Fiction

as President of the U.S.

2.7
0.4
Enchanted Journey
Enchanted Journey

1981

Adventure • Animation • Family

as Gamba

7.8
0.2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

1981

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Thurston Howell III

5.3
0.3
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride

1980

Comedy • Romance

as Mr. Perkins

0
0.2
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist

1980

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Jim Backus

7.5
0.2
C.H.O.M.P.S.
C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979

Comedy • Family • Science Fiction

as Mr. Gibbs

5
0.4
The Rebels
The Rebels

1979

Drama • History • TV Movie • War

as John Hancock

0
0.7
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

1979

Comedy • TV Movie

as Thurston Howell III

6.6
0.2
Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade

1979

Action • Comedy

as Cmdr. Lindsey March

2.8
0.3
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1978

Adventure • Comedy • TV Movie

as Thurston Howell III

4.7
0.5
Good Guys Wear Black
Good Guys Wear Black

1978

Action

as Albert, the Doorman

5.2
0.4
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You

1977

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Kevin Grady

0
0.5
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon

1977

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as The Mayor

6.3
1.5
Never Con a Killer
Never Con a Killer

1977

TV Movie

as Stanley Bunch

0
0.2
Friday Foster
Friday Foster

1975

Action • Thriller

as Enos Griffith

6
0.5
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama

1975

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Mr. Albertson

5.7
1.3
Cop on the Beat
Cop on the Beat

1975

Crime • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie

as Jake Mandel

4.1
0.2
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1974

Animation • Family • TV Movie

as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

6.6
0.1
Goodnight Jackie
Goodnight Jackie

1974

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Mr. Landry

0
0.1
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

1973

Comedy • Drama • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Shellhammer

6.8
0.4
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

Comedy • Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Prof. David Tilson

6.6
0.4
Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet

1972

Drama • TV Movie

as George Benson

0
0.1
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing

1972

Comedy • Music

as Senator Robert F. Lyons

6
0.1
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction

as Timothy Forsythe

6.3
0.6
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All

1972

Comedy • TV Movie

as Mike Lorimar

0
0.3
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

Comedy • Family

as Jim Backus

5.1
1
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge

1970

Comedy • Drama

as Doctor

4.5
0.4
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

Action • Comedy • Romance • Western

as Staunch

6.3
0.2
Uncle Sam Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo

1970

Animation

as Mr. Magoo

0
0.1
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969

Comedy • TV Movie • War

as Colonel

5
0.2
Hello Down There
Hello Down There

1969

Comedy • Music • Science Fiction

as T.R. Hollister

5.9
0.2
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

1968

Comedy

as Tru-Blue Lou

5.2
0.5
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves

1967

Comedy

as Self (uncredited)

5.3
0.9
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees

1967

Comedy • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as Benny Van Buren

4
0.2
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown

1967

Drama

as Carter Sillens

6.4
0.4
Billie
Billie

1965

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Howard G. Carol

5
0.6
Fluffy
Fluffy

1965

Comedy

as Sergeant

6.5
0.3
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

Comedy

as Whitepaper

3.4
0.4
Rendezvous in Space
Rendezvous in Space

1964

Animation • Documentary

as Moon (voice)

0
0.2
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear

1964

Comedy • War • Western

as Gen. Willoughby

5
0.4
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

1964

Animation

as Mr. Magoo

0
0
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

1964

as Mr. Magoo

0
0
The Wheeler Dealers
The Wheeler Dealers

1963

Comedy • Romance

as Bullard Bear

6.2
0.3
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York

1963

Comedy • Romance

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

6.6
0.4
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Tyler Fitzgerald

7
3.5
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool

1963

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Louis Murphy

5.3
0.6
My Six Loves
My Six Loves

1963

Comedy

as Sheriff

5.6
0.5
Operation Bikini
Operation Bikini

1963

Drama • War

as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

3.8
0.5
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice

1963

Comedy • Romance

as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

5.5
0.3
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting

1963

Drama

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

6.8
0.5
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

6.3
0.2
Zotz!
Zotz!

1962

Comedy • Fantasy

as Prof. Horatio Kellgore

5.7
0.3
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music

as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

5.8
0.7
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out

1962

Comedy • Romance

as Peter Bowers

5.8
0.4
The Horizontal Lieutenant
The Horizontal Lieutenant

1962

Comedy • Romance • War

as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

4.8
0.2
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Magoo Meets Frankenstein

1961

Animation

as Mr. Magoo

0
0.1
Inside Magoo
Inside Magoo

1960

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

0
0.2
Ice Palace
Ice Palace

1960

Adventure • Drama

as Dave Husack

5.8
0.6
I Was a Teenage Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo

1960

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet

1960

Music

as James

0
0.1
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

1959

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights

1959

Animation • Comedy • Fantasy

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

5.7
0.5
Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl

1959

Comedy • Romance

as Mr. Maxwell

6.2
0.5
A Private's Affair
A Private's Affair

1959

Comedy • Music

as Jim Gordon

1
0.3
The Big Operator
The Big Operator

1959

Crime • Drama

as Cliff Heldon

5.8
0.2
Terror Faces Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo

1959

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo

4
0.1
The Wild and the Innocent
The Wild and the Innocent

1959

Western

as Mr. Forbes

6.3
0.4
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Magoo's Lodge Brother

1959

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Merry Minstrel Magoo

1959

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Magoo’s Homecoming
Magoo’s Homecoming

1959

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Bwana Magoo
Bwana Magoo

1959

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
A Princess for Magoo
A Princess for Magoo

1959

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0.1
Gumshoe Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo

1958

Animation • Comedy • Crime

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.2
Love Comes to Magoo
Love Comes to Magoo

1958

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Macabre
Macabre

1958

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

5.9
0.4
Magoo’s Cruise
Magoo’s Cruise

1958

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

1958

Animation • Comedy

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

0
0.1
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving

1958

Comedy

as Paul Mason

5.7
0.2
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo

1958

Animation • Comedy

as Mr Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Scoutmaster Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo

1958

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

6
0.2
Magoo's Young Manhood
Magoo's Young Manhood

1958

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.2
Magoo's Private War
Magoo's Private War

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Moose Hunt

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

5
0.1
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957

Comedy • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as King's Emissary

5.6
1
Eighteen and Anxious
Eighteen and Anxious

1957

Drama

as Harvey Graham

6
0.3
Rock Hound Magoo
Rock Hound Magoo

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.3
Magoo Saves the Bank
Magoo Saves the Bank

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

5
0.1
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

Drama

as Clarence Locan

6.7
0.8
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo's Masquerade

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1
0.2
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo Breaks Par

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Matador Magoo
Matador Magoo

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Magoo Goes Overboard
Magoo Goes Overboard

1957

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

7.5
0.2
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair

1957

Comedy

as Col. Homer W. Gooch

4.6
0.4
Meet Mother Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
The Great Man
The Great Man

1956

Drama

as Nick Cellantano

5.2
0.4
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex

1956

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Psychiatrist

5.2
0.7
You Can't Run Away from It
You Can't Run Away from It

1956

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Danker

4.7
0.4
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind

1956

Comedy • Drama

as Sgt. Hanna

4
0.4
Magoo's Problem Child
Magoo's Problem Child

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Trailblazer Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.1
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

5.4
0.2
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo Beats the Heat

1956

Animation • Comedy • Western

as Mr. Magoo(voice)

0
0.1
The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills

1956

Western

as Willis Haver

4.6
2.3
Calling Doctor Magoo
Calling Doctor Magoo

1956

Animation • Family

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

0
0.2
Magoo Goes West
Magoo Goes West

1956

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

6
0.1
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Tom Culdane

4.5
0.7
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo's Canine Mutiny

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

7.5
0.2
The Square Jungle
The Square Jungle

1955

Drama

as Pat Quaid

6
0.2
Magoo Makes News
Magoo Makes News

1955

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Magoo

6
0.1
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause

1955

Drama

as Frank Stark

7.5
2.2
Francis in the Navy
Francis in the Navy

1955

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Romance

as Commander Hutch

5.5
0.3
Madcap Magoo
Madcap Magoo

1955

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Magoo

6
0.2
Magoo Express
Magoo Express

1955

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo

6
0.2
Destination Magoo
Destination Magoo

1954

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

8
0.1
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart

1954

Comedy • Music

as Ben Judson

6.8
0.6
Geraldine
Geraldine

1954

Comedy

as Jason Ambrose

5
0.4
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew

1954

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

6.6
0.2
I Love Melvin
I Love Melvin

1953

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mergo

6.2
0.6
Angel Face
Angel Face

1953

Crime • Drama

as District Attorney Judson

7.1
0.5
Above and Beyond
Above and Beyond

1953

Action • Drama • War

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

6.1
0.4
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion

1952

Comedy

as Centurion

5.8
0.3
Hotsy Footsy
Hotsy Footsy

1952

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

7
0.1
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story

1952

Comedy • Drama

as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

3.5
0.2
Pink and Blue Blues
Pink and Blue Blues

1952

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

5.7
0.1
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock

1952

Drama • Thriller

as Peter Jones

6.7
0.6
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike

1952

Comedy • Romance

as Charles Barry

6.3
0.7
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

Crime • Drama

as Jim Cleary

6.8
0.6
Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons

1952

Comedy

as Joe Randolph

6
0.2
I Want You
I Want You

1951

Drama

as Harvey Landrum

5.2
0.6
Grizzly Golfer
Grizzly Golfer

1951

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo

6
0.1
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams

1951

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Sam Harris

4.7
0.4
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak

1951

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Flaherty

6.9
0.3
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Fuddy Duddy Buddy

1951

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

6
0
Iron Man
Iron Man

1951

Drama

as Max Watkins

6.1
0.4
His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman

1951

Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as Myron Winton

6.6
0.6
Bright Victory
Bright Victory

1951

Drama • Romance • War

as Bill Grayson

6.9
0.2
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story

1951

Mystery • Thriller

as Mitch Davis

6.6
0.4
Plutopia
Plutopia

1951

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Milton the Cat

5.6
0.3
Half Angel
Half Angel

1951

Comedy

as Michael Hogan

5.6
0.2
Barefaced Flatfoot
Barefaced Flatfoot

1951

Animation

as Mr. Magoo

6
0.1
M
M

1951

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as The Mayor

6.3
0.6
Bungled Bungalow
Bungled Bungalow

1951

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo

0
0.1
The Popcorn Story
The Popcorn Story

1950

Animation • Comedy

as Narrator

6
0.1
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding

1950

Comedy

as Ed Hamley

5.5
0.3
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

Thriller

as Willie Dennis (uncredited)

6.1
0.4
Trouble Indemnity
Trouble Indemnity

1950

Animation

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

5.8
0.1
Customs Agent
Customs Agent

1950

Crime • Drama

as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

0
0.3
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950

Comedy

as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

6.1
0.3
Spellbound Hound
Spellbound Hound

1950

Animation • Comedy

as Mr. Magoo

0
0.1
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

1950

Comedy • Music

as Magistrate Backus

0
0.2
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession

1949

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

5.6
0.4
The Great Lover
The Great Lover

1949

Comedy

as Higgins

6.8
0.4
Easy Living
Easy Living

1949

Drama

as Dr. Franklin

5.9
0.4
Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback

1949

Comedy

as Professor Sullivan

6
0.4
Ragtime Bear
Ragtime Bear

1949

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

7
0.1
One Last Fling
One Last Fling

1949

Comedy • Romance

as Howard Pritchard

4
0.3
A-Lad-in His Lamp
A-Lad-in His Lamp

1948

Animation • Comedy • Fantasy

as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

7.1
0.2
Where Will You Hide?
Where Will You Hide?

1948

Animation • Documentary

as Narrator

0
0.1

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