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)
There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
(1980)
The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
(1979)
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1979)
The Rebels
as John Hancock
(1979)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
(1979)
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
(1978)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1978)
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
(1977)
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
(1977)
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
(1977)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
(1975)
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
(1975)
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
(1975)
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
(1974)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
(1974)
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
(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)
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
(1972)
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
(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 in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
(1964)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
(1963)
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
(1963)
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
(1963)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
(1963)
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
(1963)
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
(1963)
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
(1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
(1962)
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
(1962)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
(1962)
Zotz!
as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
(1962)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(1961)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
(1960)
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
(1960)
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
(1960)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
(1960)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
(1959)
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
(1959)
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
(1959)
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
(1959)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1959)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
(1959)
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
(1958)
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
(1958)
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
(1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
(1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
(1957)
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
(1957)
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
(1957)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
(1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
(1956)
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
(1956)
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
(1956)
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
(1955)
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
(1955)
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
(1955)
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1954)
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
(1954)
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1954)
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
(1953)
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
(1953)
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
(1953)
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
(1952)
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
(1952)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
(1952)
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1952)
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
(1951)
M
as The Mayor
(1951)
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
(1951)
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
(1951)
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
(1951)
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
(1951)
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
(1951)
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
Bungled Bungalow
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)
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
(1950)
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
(1950)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
(1950)
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
(1950)
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
(1949)
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
(1949)
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
(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