Acting
Jim Backus
Acting · Born 1913-02-25 · 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.
Credits · 216
The Unknown Story
2022 · Self - archive footage
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
FilmPrince Jack
1985 · Dealy
FilmSlapstick of Another Kind
1982 · President of the U.S.
Gilligan's Planet
1982 · Thurston Howell, III (voice)
FilmNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
FilmThe Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 · Thurston Howell III
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmThere Goes The Bride
1980 · Mr. Perkins
FilmThe Gossip Columnist
1980 · Jim Backus
FilmC.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Mr. Gibbs
Eischied
1979
The Rebels
1979 · John Hancock
FilmThe Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 · Thurston Howell III
FilmAngels' Brigade
1979 · Cmdr. Lindsey March
$weepstake$
$weepstake$
1979 · Major Adams
FilmRescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 · Thurston Howell III
Flying High
1978
FilmGood Guys Wear Black
1978 · Albert, the Doorman
Fantasy Island
1978 · Cap Truman
FilmPete's Dragon
1977 · The Mayor
The Love Boat
1977 · Marvin Waterman
CHiPs
1977 · Weitzman
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmNever Con a Killer
1977 · Stanley Bunch
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Iggy
FilmFriday Foster
1975 · Enos Griffith
Mobile One
1975 · Macklin
Ellery Queen
1975 · Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester
1975
FilmCrazy Mama
1975 · Mr. Albertson
FilmCop on the Beat
1975 · Jake Mandel
FilmYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 · Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Chico and the Man
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Harry O
1974 · Ziggy
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974 · Thurston Howell III (voice)
FilmMiracle on 34th Street
1973 · Shellhammer
FilmThe Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Prof. David Tilson
Police Story
1973 · Jake Mandel
FilmMagic Carpet
1972 · George Benson
FilmOf Thee I Sing
1972 · Senator Robert F. Lyons
FilmNow You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Timothy Forsythe
FilmGetting Away from It All
1972 · Mike Lorimar
FilmMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Jim Backus
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
FilmMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Doctor
FilmThe Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · Staunch
FilmUncle Sam Magoo
1970 · Mr. Magoo
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · Dr. Charles Walters
FilmWake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · Colonel
Love, American Style
1969 · Jerry Franks
The Brady Bunch
1969 · Zaccariah
Medical Center
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Bill
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Self
FilmHello Down There
1969 · T.R. Hollister
Blondie
1968 · J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968 · Emile Wade
FilmWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Tru-Blue Lou
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
Accidental Family
1967
FilmDon't Make Waves
1967 · Self (uncredited)
FilmDamn Yankees
1967 · Benny Van Buren
FilmHurry Sundown
1967 · Carter Sillens
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · Self
Continental Showcase
Continental Showcase
1966 · Self - Host
FilmBillie
1965 · Howard G. Carol
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · General Fitzhugh
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Fabian Swanson
FilmFluffy
1965 · Sergeant
FilmJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Whitepaper
Gilligan's Island
1964 · Thurston Howell
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Daniel Boone
1964 · Will Scataway
FilmRendezvous in Space
1964 · Moon (voice)
FilmAdvance to the Rear
1964 · Gen. Willoughby
FilmThe Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Bullard Bear
FilmSunday in New York
1963 · Chief Pilot Drysdale
FilmIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Tyler Fitzgerald
FilmJohnny Cool
1963 · Louis Murphy
Espionage
1963 · McAvoy
Burke's Law
1963 · Harold Mason
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Sam Thayer
FilmMy Six Loves
1963 · Sheriff
FilmOperation Bikini
1963 · Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
FilmCritic's Choice
1963 · William Von Hagedorn
FilmA Child Is Waiting
1963 · Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
FilmMister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
FilmZotz!
1962 · Horatio Kellgore
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Marty Van Ransohoff
FilmThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
FilmBoys' Night Out
1962 · Peter Bowers
FilmThe Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 · Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Monte
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Karl Bigger
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960 · Mr Magoo (voice)
The Jim Backus Show
1960
FilmIce Palace
1960 · Dave Husack
Film1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Untouchables
1959 · William Norbert
FilmAsk Any Girl
1959 · Mr. Maxwell
FilmA Private's Affair
1959 · Jim Gordon
FilmThe Big Operator
1959 · Cliff Heldon
FilmTerror Faces Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo
FilmThe Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Mr. Forbes
FilmMagoo's Lodge Brother
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMerry Minstrel Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo’s Homecoming
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmBwana Magoo
1959 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Maury Samuels
FilmGumshoe Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmLove Comes to Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMacabre
1958 · Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
FilmMagoo’s Cruise
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 · Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
FilmThe High Cost of Loving
1958 · Paul Mason
FilmThe Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 · Mr Magoo (voice)
FilmScoutmaster Magoo
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo's Young Manhood
1958 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo's Private War
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo's Moose Hunt
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · King's Emissary
FilmEighteen and Anxious
1957 · Harvey Graham
FilmRock Hound Magoo
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo Saves the Bank
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Maverick
1957 · Joe Wheelwright
FilmMan of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Clarence Locan
FilmMagoo's Masquerade
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
FilmMagoo Breaks Par
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMatador Magoo
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo Goes Overboard
1957 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmTop Secret Affair
1957 · Col. Homer W. Gooch
FilmMeet Mother Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmThe Great Man
1956 · Nick Cellantano
FilmThe Opposite Sex
1956 · Psychiatrist
FilmYou Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Danker
FilmThe Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Sgt. Hanna
FilmMagoo's Problem Child
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Arthur Hutchins
Conflict
Conflict
1956 · Dandy Summers
FilmTrailblazer Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo Beats the Heat
1956 · Mr. Magoo(voice)
FilmThe Naked Hills
1956 · Willis Haver
FilmCalling Doctor Magoo
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMagoo Goes West
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Tom Culdane
FilmMagoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmThe Square Jungle
1955 · Pat Quaid
FilmMagoo Makes News
1955 · Mr. Magoo
Matinee Theater
1955
FilmRebel Without a Cause
1955 · Frank Stark
Gunsmoke
1955 · Reverend Sims
FilmFrancis in the Navy
1955 · Commander Hutch
FilmMadcap Magoo
1955 · Mr. Magoo
FilmMagoo Express
1955 · Mr. Magoo
The Millionaire
1955 · Henry Banning
FilmDestination Magoo
1954 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmDeep in My Heart
1954 · Ben Judson
Climax!
1954 · Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
FilmWhen Magoo Flew
1954 · Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
FilmGeraldine
1953 · Jason Ambrose
FilmI Love Melvin
1953 · Mergo
FilmAngel Face
1953 · District Attorney Judson
FilmAbove and Beyond
1953 · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
FilmAndrocles and the Lion
1952 · Centurion
FilmHotsy Footsy
1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Married Joan
1952 · Judge Bradley Stevens
FilmPete Hothead
1952 · Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
FilmThe Rose Bowl Story
1952 · Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
FilmPink and Blue Blues
1952 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmDon't Bother to Knock
1952 · Peter Jones
FilmPat and Mike
1952 · Charles Barry
FilmDeadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Jim Cleary
FilmHere Come the Nelsons
1952 · Joe Randolph
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Kevin Grady
FilmI Want You
1951 · Harvey Landrum
FilmGrizzly Golfer
1951 · Mr. Magoo
FilmI'll See You in My Dreams
1951 · Sam Harris
FilmThe Man with a Cloak
1951 · Flaherty
FilmFuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmIron Man
1951 · Max Watkins
FilmHis Kind of Woman
1951 · Myron Winton
FilmBright Victory
1951 · Bill Grayson
FilmHollywood Story
1951 · Mitch Davis
FilmPlutopia
1951 · Milton the Cat
FilmHalf Angel
1951 · Michael Hogan
FilmBarefaced Flatfoot
1951 · Mr. Magoo
FilmM
1951 · The Mayor
FilmBungled Bungalow
1951 · Mr. Magoo
FilmThe Popcorn Story
1950 · Narrator
FilmEmergency Wedding
1950 · Ed Hamley
FilmThe Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Harry
FilmTrouble Indemnity
1950 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
FilmCustoms Agent
1950 · Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
FilmMa and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
FilmSpellbound Hound
1950 · Mr. Magoo
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Lucus Edgerton
FilmA Dangerous Profession
1949 · Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
FilmThe Great Lover
1949 · Higgins
FilmEasy Living
1949 · Dr. Franklin
FilmFather Was a Fullback
1949 · Professor Sullivan
FilmRagtime Bear
1949 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
FilmOne Last Fling
1949 · Howard Pritchard
Studio One
1948 · Tim McTaggart
FilmA-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 · Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)