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
(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)
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
(1979)
The Rebels
as John Hancock
(1979)
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1979)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
(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)
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
(1977)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
(1975)
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
(1975)
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
(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)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
(1973)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
(1972)
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
(1972)
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
(1972)
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
(1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
(1970)
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
(1970)
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
(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)
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
(1967)
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
(1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
(1965)
Fluffy
as Sergeant
(1965)
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
(1964)
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
(1964)
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
(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)
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
(1963)
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
(1963)
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
(1963)
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
(1963)
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
(1963)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
(1962)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
(1962)
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
(1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
(1962)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(1962)
Zotz!
as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
(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)
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1959)
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
(1959)
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
(1959)
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
(1959)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959)
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
(1959)
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
(1959)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
(1958)
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
(1958)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (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)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Magoo Goes Overboard
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)
(1957)
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957)
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
(1957)
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
(1957)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
(1956)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
(1956)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
(1956)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
(1956)
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956)
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
(1956)
Magoo's Problem Child
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 Express
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1955)
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
(1954)
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1954)
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
(1954)
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1953)
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
(1953)
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
(1953)
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
(1952)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
(1952)
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
(1952)
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1952)
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
(1951)
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
(1951)
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
(1951)
M
as The Mayor
(1951)
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
(1951)
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
(1951)
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
(1951)
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
(1951)
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
(1950)
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
(1950)
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
(1950)
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
(1950)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
(1950)
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
(1949)
The Great Lover
as Higgins
(1949)
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
(1949)
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
(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