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Jim Backus

AKA: James Gilmore Backus
Birthday: 1913-02-25
Died: 1989-07-03
Birthplace: 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.

Filmography

Rebel Without a Cause
Character: Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
Character: The Mayor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: Tyler Fitzgerald

Don't Bother to Knock
Character: Peter Jones
Angels' Brigade
Character: Cmdr. Lindsey March
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Character: Timothy Forsythe

The Killer That Stalked New York
Character: Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
His Kind of Woman
Character: Myron Winton

Boys' Night Out
Character: Peter Bowers
Hello Down There
Character: T.R. Hollister
Macabre
Character: Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Deadline - U.S.A.
Character: Jim Cleary

The Wheeler Dealers
Character: Bullard Bear
I'll See You in My Dreams
Character: Sam Harris
Man of a Thousand Faces
Character: Clarence Locan

Francis in the Navy
Character: Commander Hutch
1001 Arabian Nights
Character: Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
Character: Mr. Forbes

Hollywood Story
Character: Mitch Davis
Ice Palace
Character: Dave Husack
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Character: Himself (uncredited)

Plutopia
Character: Milton the Cat
A Dangerous Profession
Character: Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Character: Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character: Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Iron Man
Character: Max Watkins
Slapstick of Another Kind
Character: President of the U.S.

Johnny Cool
Character: Louis Murphy
Zotz!
Character: Horatio Kellgore
The Man with a Cloak
Character: Flaherty

Friday Foster
Character: Enos Griffith
Billie
Character: Howard G. Carol
The Girl Most Likely To...
Character: Prof. David Tilson

Critic's Choice
Character: Dr. William Von Hagedorn
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Character: Mr. Gibbs
You Can't Run Away from It
Character: Danker

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
Crazy Mama
Character: Mr. Albertson
Ragtime Bear
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Uncle Sam Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character: Whitepaper

Father Was a Fullback
Character: Professor Sullivan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character: King's Emissary
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Character: Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

Operation Bikini
Character: Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Character: Jim Backus
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Character: Tom Culdane

Half Angel
Character: Michael Hogan
The Naked Hills
Character: Willis Haver
Customs Agent
Character: Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

The Girl He Left Behind
Character: Sgt. Hanna
Hurry Sundown
Character: Carter Sillens

Advance to the Rear
Character: Gen. Willoughby
Top Secret Affair
Character: Col. Homer W. Gooch
Inside Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

The High Cost of Loving
Character: Paul Mason
Fluffy
Character: Sergeant
My Six Loves
Character: Sheriff

I Want You
Character: Harvey Landrum
Miracle on 34th Street
Character: Shellhammer
The Big Operator
Character: Cliff Heldon

Getting Away from It All
Character: Mike Lorimar
Here Come the Nelsons
Character: Joe Randolph
Goodnight Jackie
Character: Mr. Landry

M
Character: The Mayor
I Love Melvin
Character: Mergo
The Square Jungle
Character: Pat Quaid

Spellbound Hound
Character: Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot
Character: Mr. Magoo
Bungled Bungalow
Character: Mr. Magoo

Angel Face
Character: District Attorney Judson
Bright Victory
Character: Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
Character: Mr. Magoo

A Private's Affair
Character: Jim Gordon
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
One Last Fling
Character: Howard Pritchard

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Character: Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
When Magoo Flew
Character: Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Magic Carpet
Character: George Benson

Emergency Wedding
Character: Ed Hamley
Never Con a Killer
Character: Stanley Bunch
The Great Man
Character: Nick Cellantano

Good Guys Wear Black
Character: Albert, the Doorman
Hotsy Footsy
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Cop on the Beat
Character: Jake Mandel

Androcles and the Lion
Character: Centurion
Myra Breckinridge
Character: Doctor
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Character: Mr. Magoo

Scoutmaster Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Prince Jack
Character: Dealy
Trouble Indemnity
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

There Goes The Bride
Character: Mr. Perkins
Ask Any Girl
Character: Mr. Maxwell
Deep in My Heart
Character: Ben Judson

Don't Make Waves
Character: Self (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Character: Thurston Howell III
The Opposite Sex
Character: Psychiatrist

The Rose Bowl Story
Character: Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Character: James
A Princess for Magoo
Character: Narrator

Sunday in New York
Character: Chief Pilot Drysdale
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Character: Magistrate Backus
Above and Beyond
Character: Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Eighteen and Anxious
Character: Harvey Graham
Madcap Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo

Calling Doctor Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Express
Character: Mr. Magoo
Magoo Goes West
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Makes News
Character: Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Character: Mr. Magoo

The Gossip Columnist
Character: Jim Backus
Magoo Beats the Heat
Character: Mr. Magoo(voice)
Pat and Mike
Character: Charles Barry

Easy Living
Character: Dr. Franklin
A-Lad-in His Lamp
Character: Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Trailblazer Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Rock Hound Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes Overboard
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Breaks Par
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Geraldine
Character: Jason Ambrose
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Damn Yankees
Character: Benny Van Buren

Wake Me When the War Is Over
Character: Colonel
A Child Is Waiting
Character: Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Character: Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

Magoo’s Cruise
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Character: Mr Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Love Comes to Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Homecoming
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Character: Kevin Grady
The Great Lover
Character: Higgins

Rendezvous in Space
Character: Moon (voice)
Of Thee I Sing
Character: Senator Robert F. Lyons
Where Will You Hide?
Character: Narrator

The Popcorn Story
Character: Narrator
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Character: Mr. Magoo
Pink and Blue Blues
Character: Mr. Magoo (voice)

Pete Hothead
Character: Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Character: Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

Destination Magoo
Job: Story