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Jim Backus

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/02/1913

Day of Death

03/07/1989
(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

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Prince Jack

Slapstick of Another Kind

Enchanted Journey

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

There Goes The Bride

The Gossip Columnist

C.H.O.M.P.S.

Filmography

Cast

2005

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

as Himself (uncredited)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (ar...

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 I...

as Thurston Howell III

1980

There Goes The Bride

as Mr. Perkins

1980

The Gossip Columnist

as Jim Backus

1979

C.H.O.M.P.S.

as Mr. Gibbs

1979

The Rebels

as John Hancock

1979

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

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

Have I Got a Christmas for You

as Kevin Grady

1977

Pete's Dragon

as The Mayor

1977

Never Con a Killer

as Stanley Bunch

1975

Friday Foster

as Enos Griffith

1975

Crazy Mama

as Mr. Albertson

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

Miracle on 34th Street

as Shellhammer

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Prof. David Tilson

1972

Magic Carpet

as George Benson

1972

Of Thee I Sing

as Senator Robert F. Lyons

1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

as Timothy Forsythe

1972

Getting Away from It All

as Mike Lorimar

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

Damn Yankees

as Benny Van Buren

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Carter Sillens

1965

Billie

as Howard G. Carol

1965

Fluffy

as Sergeant

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Whitepaper

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

The Wheeler Dealers

as Bullard Bear

1963

Sunday in New York

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Tyler Fitzgerald

1963

Johnny Cool

as Louis Murphy

1963

My Six Loves

as Sheriff

1963

Operation Bikini

as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

1963

Critic's Choice

as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

1963

A Child Is Waiting

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1962

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voi...

1962

Zotz!

as Prof. Horatio Kellgore

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grim...

as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess"...

1962

Boys' Night Out

as Peter Bowers

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

1961

Magoo Meets Frankenstein

as Mr. Magoo

1960

Inside Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

1960

Ice Palace

as Dave Husack

1960

I Was a Teenage Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1960

Tom, Dick and Harriet

as James

1959

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Makin...

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

1001 Arabian Nights

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

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

The Wild and the Innocent

as Mr. Forbes

1959

Magoo's Lodge Brother

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

Merry Minstrel Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

Magoo’s Homecoming

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

Bwana Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

A Princess for Magoo

as Narrator

1958

Gumshoe Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Love Comes to Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Macabre

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

1958

Magoo’s Cruise

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sul...

1958

The High Cost of Loving

as Paul Mason

1958

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

as Mr Magoo (voice)

1958

Scoutmaster Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Magoo's Young Manhood

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo's Private War

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo's Moose Hunt

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as King's Emissary

1957

Eighteen and Anxious

as Harvey Graham

1957

Rock Hound Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Saves the Bank

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Locan

1957

Magoo's Masquerade

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Breaks Par

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Matador Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Goes Overboard

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Top Secret Affair

as Col. Homer W. Gooch

1956

Meet Mother Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

The Great Man

as Nick Cellantano

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Psychiatrist

1956

You Can't Run Away from It

as Danker

1956

The Girl He Left Behind

as Sgt. Hanna

1956

Magoo's Problem Child

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Trailblazer Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Magoo Beats the Heat

as Mr. Magoo(voice)

1956

The Naked Hills

as Willis Haver

1956

Calling Doctor Magoo

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)

1955

The Square Jungle

as Pat Quaid

1955

Magoo Makes News

as Mr. Magoo

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as Frank Stark

1955

Francis in the Navy

as Commander Hutch

1955

Madcap Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1955

Magoo Express

as Mr. Magoo

1954

Destination Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Ben Judson

1954

When Magoo Flew

as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)

1953

Geraldine

as Jason Ambrose

1953

I Love Melvin

as Mergo

1953

Angel Face

as District Attorney Judson

1953

Above and Beyond

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Centurion

1952

Hotsy Footsy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1952

Pete Hothead

as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredit...

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

1952

Pink and Blue Blues

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

as Peter Jones

1952

Pat and Mike

as Charles Barry

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Jim Cleary

1952

Here Come the Nelsons

as Joe Randolph

1951

I Want You

as Harvey Landrum

1951

Grizzly Golfer

as Mr. Magoo

1951

I'll See You in My Dreams

as Sam Harris

1951

The Man with a Cloak

as Flaherty

1951

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1951

Iron Man

as Max Watkins

1951

His Kind of Woman

as Myron Winton

1951

Bright Victory

as Bill Grayson

1951

Hollywood Story

as Mitch Davis

1951

Plutopia

as Milton the Cat

1951

Half Angel

as Michael Hogan

1951

Barefaced Flatfoot

as Mr. Magoo

1951

M

as The Mayor

1951

Bungled Bungalow

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

Customs Agent

as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

1950

Spellbound Hound

as Mr. Magoo

1950

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

as Magistrate Backus

1949

A Dangerous Profession

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voic...

1949

The Great Lover

as Higgins

1949

Easy Living

as Dr. Franklin

1949

Father Was a Fullback

as Professor Sullivan

1949

Ragtime Bear

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1949

One Last Fling

as Howard Pritchard

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

as Writer

1954

Destination Magoo

as Story