Jim Backus
Acting
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.
TV Shows(69)
The Unknown Story
Self - archive footage
2022
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
Gilligan's Planet
Thurston Howell, III (voice)
1982
Hill Street Blues
Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Eischied
1979
The Rebels
John Hancock
1979
$weepstake$
Major Adams
1979
Flying High
1978
Fantasy Island
Cap Truman
1978
The Love Boat
Marvin Waterman
1977
CHiPs
Weitzman
1977
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1977
Charlie's Angels
Iggy
1976
Mobile One
Macklin
1975
Ellery Queen
Howard Biggers
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
Chico and the Man
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Harry O
Ziggy
1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Thurston Howell III (voice)
1974
Police Story
1973
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Nanny and the Professor
Dr. Charles Walters
1970
Love, American Style
Jerry Franks
1969
The Brady Bunch
1969
Medical Center
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
1969
Blondie
J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
1968
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
Emile Wade
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Accidental Family
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1967
Continental Showcase
Self - Host
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
General Fitzhugh
1965
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Swanson
1965
Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell, III
1964
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1964
Daniel Boone
Will Scataway
1964
Espionage
McAvoy
1963
Burke's Law
Harold Mason
1963
Arrest and Trial
Sam Thayer
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Marty Van Ransohoff
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Monte
1961
Cain's Hundred
Karl Bigger
1961
The Mr. Magoo Show
Mr Magoo (voice)
1960
The Jim Backus Show
1960
The Untouchables
William Norbert
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Maury Samuels
1958
Maverick
Joe Wheelwright
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Gale Storm Show
Arthur Hutchins
1956
Conflict
Dandy Summers
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Gunsmoke
Reverend Sims
1955
The Millionaire
Henry Banning
1955
Climax!
Detective Herman
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
I Married Joan
Judge Bradley Stevens
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kevin Grady
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Harry
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lucus Edgerton
1950
Studio One
Tim McTaggart
1948
Movies(163)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
2004
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Self
1987
Prince Jack
Dealy
1985
Slapstick of Another Kind
President of the U.S.
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
1981
There Goes The Bride
Mr. Perkins
1980
The Gossip Columnist
Jim Backus
1980
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Mr. Gibbs
1979
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
1979
Angels' Brigade
Cmdr. Lindsey March
1979
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
1978
Good Guys Wear Black
Albert, the Doorman
1978
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Kevin Grady
1977
Pete's Dragon
The Mayor
1977
Never Con a Killer
Stanley Bunch
1977
Friday Foster
Enos Griffith
1975
Crazy Mama
Mr. Albertson
1975
Cop on the Beat
Jake Mandel
1975
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
1974
Goodnight Jackie
Mr. Landry
1974
Miracle on 34th Street
Shellhammer
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
Prof. David Tilson
1973
Magic Carpet
George Benson
1972
Of Thee I Sing
Senator Robert F. Lyons
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Timothy Forsythe
1972
Getting Away from It All
Mike Lorimar
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Jim Backus
1971
Myra Breckinridge
Doctor
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Staunch
1970
Uncle Sam Magoo
Mr. Magoo
1970
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Colonel
1969
Hello Down There
T.R. Hollister
1969
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Tru-Blue Lou
1968
Don't Make Waves
Self (uncredited)
1967
Damn Yankees
Benny Van Buren
1967
Hurry Sundown
Carter Sillens
1967
Billie
Howard G. Carol
1965
Fluffy
Sergeant
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Whitepaper
1965
Rendezvous in Space
Moon (voice)
1964
Advance to the Rear
Gen. Willoughby
1964
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo
1964
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
Bullard Bear
1963
Sunday in New York
Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Tyler Fitzgerald
1963
Johnny Cool
Louis Murphy
1963
My Six Loves
Sheriff
1963
Operation Bikini
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
1963
Critic's Choice
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
1963
A Child Is Waiting
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1963
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1962
Zotz!
Horatio Kellgore
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
1962
Boys' Night Out
Peter Bowers
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
1962
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Mr. Magoo
1961
Inside Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
1960
Ice Palace
Dave Husack
1960
I Was a Teenage Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1960
Tom, Dick and Harriet
James
1960
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
1001 Arabian Nights
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959
Ask Any Girl
Mr. Maxwell
1959
A Private's Affair
Jim Gordon
1959
The Big Operator
Cliff Heldon
1959
Terror Faces Magoo
Mr. Magoo
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
Mr. Forbes
1959
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Magoo’s Homecoming
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Bwana Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
A Princess for Magoo
Narrator
1959
Gumshoe Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Love Comes to Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Macabre
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
1958
The High Cost of Loving
Paul Mason
1958
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Mr Magoo (voice)
1958
Scoutmaster Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Magoo's Young Manhood
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Magoo's Private War
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
King's Emissary
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
Harvey Graham
1957
Rock Hound Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Magoo Saves the Bank
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Locan
1957
Magoo's Masquerade
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Magoo Breaks Par
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Matador Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Magoo Goes Overboard
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Top Secret Affair
Col. Homer W. Gooch
1957
Meet Mother Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
The Great Man
Nick Cellantano
1956
The Opposite Sex
Psychiatrist
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
Danker
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
Sgt. Hanna
1956
Magoo's Problem Child
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Trailblazer Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Magoo Beats the Heat
Mr. Magoo(voice)
1956
The Naked Hills
Willis Haver
1956
Calling Doctor Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Magoo Goes West
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Tom Culdane
1956
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
The Square Jungle
Pat Quaid
1955
Magoo Makes News
Mr. Magoo
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Frank Stark
1955
Francis in the Navy
Commander Hutch
1955
Madcap Magoo
Mr. Magoo
1955
Magoo Express
Mr. Magoo
1955
Destination Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954
Deep in My Heart
Ben Judson
1954
When Magoo Flew
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
1954
Geraldine
Jason Ambrose
1953
I Love Melvin
Mergo
1953
Angel Face
District Attorney Judson
1953
Above and Beyond
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1953
Androcles and the Lion
Centurion
1952
Hotsy Footsy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
Pete Hothead
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
1952
Pink and Blue Blues
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Peter Jones
1952
Pat and Mike
Charles Barry
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
Jim Cleary
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
Joe Randolph
1952
I Want You
Harvey Landrum
1951
Grizzly Golfer
Mr. Magoo
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
Sam Harris
1951
The Man with a Cloak
Flaherty
1951
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1951
Iron Man
Max Watkins
1951
His Kind of Woman
Myron Winton
1951
Bright Victory
Bill Grayson
1951
Hollywood Story
Mitch Davis
1951
Plutopia
Milton the Cat
1951
Half Angel
Michael Hogan
1951
Barefaced Flatfoot
Mr. Magoo
1951
M
The Mayor
1951
Bungled Bungalow
Mr. Magoo
1951
The Popcorn Story
Narrator
1950
Emergency Wedding
Ed Hamley
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1950
Trouble Indemnity
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1950
Customs Agent
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
1950
Spellbound Hound
Mr. Magoo
1950
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Magistrate Backus
1950
A Dangerous Profession
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
1949
The Great Lover
Higgins
1949
Easy Living
Dr. Franklin
1949
Father Was a Fullback
Professor Sullivan
1949
Ragtime Bear
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1949
One Last Fling
Howard Pritchard
1949
A-Lad-in His Lamp
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Where Will You Hide?
Narrator
1948
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)