Jim Backus
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-02-25
Day of Death
1989-07-03 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jim Backus
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.
Known For
Acting
(2012)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Pat Quaid (archive footage)
(2005)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself (uncredited)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
(1987)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as Self
(1985)
Prince Jack
as Dealy
(1982)
Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
(1981)
Enchanted Journey
as Gamba
(1981)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1980)
The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
(1980)
There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
(1979)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
(1979)
The Rebels
as John Hancock
(1979)
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
(1979)
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1978)
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
(1978)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1977)
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
(1977)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
(1977)
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
(1975)
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
(1975)
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
(1975)
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
(1974)
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
(1974)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
(1973)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
(1973)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
(1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
(1972)
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
(1972)
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
(1972)
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
(1970)
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
(1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
(1970)
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1969)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
(1969)
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
(1968)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
(1967)
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
(1967)
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
(1965)
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
(1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
(1965)
Fluffy
as Sergeant
(1964)
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
(1964)
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
(1964)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
(1964)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
(1963)
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
(1963)
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
(1963)
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
(1963)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
(1963)
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
(1963)
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
(1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
(1962)
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
(1962)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(1962)
Zotz!
as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
(1962)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
(1961)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
(1960)
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
(1960)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
(1960)
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
(1960)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
(1959)
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
(1959)
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
(1959)
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
(1959)
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1959)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
(1958)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
(1958)
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
(1958)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
(1958)
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
(1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
(1957)
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
(1957)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
(1957)
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
(1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
(1956)
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
(1956)
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
(1956)
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
(1955)
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
(1955)
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
(1955)
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
(1954)
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
(1954)
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
(1954)
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1954)
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1953)
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
(1953)
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
(1952)
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
(1952)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
(1952)
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1952)
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
M
as The Mayor
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
(1951)
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
(1951)
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
(1951)
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
(1951)
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
(1951)
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
(1951)
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
(1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
(1950)
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
(1950)
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1950)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
(1950)
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
(1950)
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
(1949)
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
(1949)
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
(1949)
The Great Lover
as Higgins
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
(1949)
Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1948)
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
Where Will You Hide?
as Narrator
Crew
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Writer
(1954)
Destination Magoo
Story