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Jim Backus
Born
February 25, 1913
Died: July 3, 1989
Lived 76 years
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
163
Movies
69
TV Shows
Also Known As
James Gilmore Backus
IMDb Profile
Jim Backus
Acting
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.
Movies
163
TV Shows
69
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as
Himself (uncredited)
2005
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
2004
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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as
Self
1987
0
Prince Jack
as
Dealy
1985
2.7
Slapstick of Another Kind
as
President of the U.S.
1982
6.4
Enchanted Journey
as
Gamba
1981
4.6
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as
Thurston Howell III
1981
0
There Goes The Bride
as
Mr. Perkins
1980
7.5
The Gossip Columnist
as
Jim Backus
1980
5.0
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as
Mr. Gibbs
1979
0
The Rebels
as
John Hancock
1979
6.6
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as
Thurston Howell III
1979
2.8
Angels' Brigade
as
Cmdr. Lindsey March
1979
4.6
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as
Thurston Howell III
1978
5.1
Good Guys Wear Black
as
Albert, the Doorman
1978
0
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as
Kevin Grady
1977
6.3
Pete's Dragon
as
The Mayor
1977
0
Never Con a Killer
as
Stanley Bunch
1977
5.9
Friday Foster
as
Enos Griffith
1975
5.4
Crazy Mama
as
Mr. Albertson
1975
4.1
Cop on the Beat
as
Jake Mandel
1975
6.6
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
1974
0
Goodnight Jackie
as
Mr. Landry
1974
6.8
Miracle on 34th Street
as
Shellhammer
1973
6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
as
Prof. David Tilson
1973
0
Magic Carpet
as
George Benson
1972
6.0
Of Thee I Sing
as
Senator Robert F. Lyons
1972
6.3
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as
Timothy Forsythe
1972
0
Getting Away from It All
as
Mike Lorimar
1972
4.3
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as
Jim Backus
1971
4.5
Myra Breckinridge
as
Doctor
1970
6.2
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as
Staunch
1970
0
Uncle Sam Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo
1970
5.0
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as
Colonel
1969
5.7
Hello Down There
as
T.R. Hollister
1969
4.9
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as
Tru-Blue Lou
1968
5.1
Don't Make Waves
as
Self (uncredited)
1967
4.0
Damn Yankees
as
Benny Van Buren
1967
6.4
Hurry Sundown
as
Carter Sillens
1967
4.7
Billie
as
Howard G. Carol
1965
6.5
Fluffy
as
Sergeant
1965
3.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as
Whitepaper
1965
0
Rendezvous in Space
as
Moon (voice)
1964
5.0
Advance to the Rear
as
Gen. Willoughby
1964
0
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as
Mr. Magoo
1964
0
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as
Mr. Magoo
1964
6.2
The Wheeler Dealers
as
Bullard Bear
1963
6.7
Sunday in New York
as
Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as
Tyler Fitzgerald
1963
5.1
Johnny Cool
as
Louis Murphy
1963
5.6
My Six Loves
as
Sheriff
1963
3.6
Operation Bikini
as
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
1963
5.5
Critic's Choice
as
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
1963
6.8
A Child Is Waiting
as
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1963
6.2
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1962
5.6
Zotz!
as
Prof. Horatio Kellgore
1962
5.8
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
1962
5.7
Boys' Night Out
as
Peter Bowers
1962
4.8
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
1962
0
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as
Mr. Magoo
1961
0
Inside Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
1960
5.8
Ice Palace
as
Dave Husack
1960
0
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1960
0
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as
James
1960
0
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
5.7
1001 Arabian Nights
as
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959
6.2
Ask Any Girl
as
Mr. Maxwell
1959
1.0
A Private's Affair
as
Jim Gordon
1959
5.8
The Big Operator
as
Cliff Heldon
1959
4.0
Terror Faces Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo
1959
6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
as
Mr. Forbes
1959
0
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
0
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
0
Magoo’s Homecoming
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
0
Bwana Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
0
A Princess for Magoo
as
Narrator
1959
0
Gumshoe Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
0
Love Comes to Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
6.0
Macabre
as
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
1958
0
Magoo’s Cruise
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
0
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
1958
5.7
The High Cost of Loving
as
Paul Mason
1958
0
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as
Mr Magoo (voice)
1958
6.0
Scoutmaster Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
0
Magoo's Young Manhood
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
0
Magoo's Private War
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
5.0
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
5.4
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as
King's Emissary
1957
6.0
Eighteen and Anxious
as
Harvey Graham
1957
0
Rock Hound Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
5.0
Magoo Saves the Bank
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
6.6
Man of a Thousand Faces
as
Clarence Locan
1957
1.0
Magoo's Masquerade
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
0
Magoo Breaks Par
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
0
Matador Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
7.5
Magoo Goes Overboard
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
4.3
Top Secret Affair
as
Col. Homer W. Gooch
1957
0
Meet Mother Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
4.6
The Great Man
as
Nick Cellantano
1956
5.2
The Opposite Sex
as
Psychiatrist
1956
4.7
You Can't Run Away from It
as
Danker
1956
3.5
The Girl He Left Behind
as
Sgt. Hanna
1956
0
Magoo's Problem Child
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
0
Trailblazer Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
5.5
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
0
Magoo Beats the Heat
as
Mr. Magoo(voice)
1956
4.6
The Naked Hills
as
Willis Haver
1956
0
Calling Doctor Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
6.0
Magoo Goes West
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
4.3
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as
Tom Culdane
1956
7.5
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
5.9
The Square Jungle
as
Pat Quaid
1955
6.0
Magoo Makes News
as
Mr. Magoo
1955
7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
as
Frank Stark
1955
5.4
Francis in the Navy
as
Commander Hutch
1955
6.0
Madcap Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo
1955
6.0
Magoo Express
as
Mr. Magoo
1955
8.0
Destination Magoo
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954
6.8
Deep in My Heart
as
Ben Judson
1954
6.6
When Magoo Flew
as
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
1954
5.0
Geraldine
as
Jason Ambrose
1953
6.0
I Love Melvin
as
Mergo
1953
7.1
Angel Face
as
District Attorney Judson
1953
6.1
Above and Beyond
as
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1953
5.8
Androcles and the Lion
as
Centurion
1952
7.0
Hotsy Footsy
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
0
Pete Hothead
as
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
1952
3.0
The Rose Bowl Story
as
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
1952
5.8
Pink and Blue Blues
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
as
Peter Jones
1952
6.3
Pat and Mike
as
Charles Barry
1952
6.8
Deadline - U.S.A.
as
Jim Cleary
1952
6.0
Here Come the Nelsons
as
Joe Randolph
1952
4.7
I Want You
as
Harvey Landrum
1951
6.0
Grizzly Golfer
as
Mr. Magoo
1951
4.7
I'll See You in My Dreams
as
Sam Harris
1951
6.9
The Man with a Cloak
as
Flaherty
1951
6.0
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1951
6.1
Iron Man
as
Max Watkins
1951
6.6
His Kind of Woman
as
Myron Winton
1951
6.9
Bright Victory
as
Bill Grayson
1951
6.6
Hollywood Story
as
Mitch Davis
1951
5.6
Plutopia
as
Milton the Cat
1951
5.6
Half Angel
as
Michael Hogan
1951
6.0
Barefaced Flatfoot
as
Mr. Magoo
1951
6.3
M
as
The Mayor
1951
0
Bungled Bungalow
as
Mr. Magoo
1951
6.0
The Popcorn Story
as
Narrator
1950
5.5
Emergency Wedding
as
Ed Hamley
1950
6.1
The Killer That Stalked New York
as
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Trouble Indemnity
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1950
0
Customs Agent
as
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
1950
6.1
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
1950
0
Spellbound Hound
as
Mr. Magoo
1950
0
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as
Magistrate Backus
1950
5.6
A Dangerous Profession
as
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
1949
6.8
The Great Lover
as
Higgins
1949
5.6
Easy Living
as
Dr. Franklin
1949
6.0
Father Was a Fullback
as
Professor Sullivan
1949
7.0
Ragtime Bear
as
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1949
3.8
One Last Fling
as
Howard Pritchard
1949
7.3
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1948
0
Where Will You Hide?
as
Narrator
1948
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