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Jim Backus

Jim Backus

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.

Born

Feb 25, 1913

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died

Jul 03, 1989

Known For

Acting

Movies

164 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.7

movie

Known For

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

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

1963

as Tyler Fitzgerald
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977

as The Mayor
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

as Peter Jones
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Frank Stark
Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as District Attorney Judson
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • as Tyler Fitzgerald
★ 7.0
M
M
1951 • as The Mayor
★ 6.4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 • as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon
1977 • as The Mayor
★ 6.3
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • as Peter Jones
★ 6.6
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Jim Cleary
★ 6.9
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 • as Frank Stark
★ 7.5
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 • as Prof. David Tilson
★ 6.6
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 • as Clarence Locan
★ 6.7
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952 • as Charles Barry
★ 6.3
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 • as Timothy Forsythe
★ 6.2
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 • as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
★ 6.2
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge
1970 • as Doctor
★ 4.5
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.1
Good Guys Wear Black
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 • as Albert, the Doorman
★ 5.1
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out
1962 • as Peter Bowers
★ 5.8
The Wheeler Dealers
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 • as Bullard Bear
★ 6.2
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 • as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 • as Mr. Albertson
★ 5.5
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
1975 • as Enos Griffith
★ 5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 • as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
★ 5.8
Zotz!
Zotz!
1962 • as Horatio Kellgore
★ 5.4
The Wild and the Innocent
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 • as Mr. Forbes
★ 6.3
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
1956 • as Psychiatrist
★ 5.2
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967 • as Carter Sillens
★ 6.4
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963 • as Louis Murphy
★ 5.1
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
1954 • as Ben Judson
★ 6.7
His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman
1951 • as Myron Winton
★ 6.7
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 • as Sgt. Hanna
★ 4.0
Bright Victory
Bright Victory
1951 • as Bill Grayson
★ 6.9
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as Mitch Davis
★ 6.6
Angel Face
Angel Face
1953 • as District Attorney Judson
★ 7.1
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
1969 • as T.R. Hollister
★ 5.7
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 • as Gen. Willoughby
★ 5.0
The Square Jungle
The Square Jungle
1955 • as Pat Quaid
★ 5.9
Billie
Billie
1965 • as Howard G. Carol
★ 4.7
Iron Man
Iron Man
1951 • as Max Watkins
★ 6.1
Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade
1979 • as Cmdr. Lindsey March
★ 3.1
C.H.O.M.P.S.
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 • as Mr. Gibbs
★ 5.0
I Love Melvin
I Love Melvin
1953 • as Mergo
★ 6.0
The Great Lover
The Great Lover
1949 • as Higgins
★ 6.8
Ice Palace
Ice Palace
1960 • as Dave Husack
★ 5.8
You Can't Run Away from It
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 • as Danker
★ 4.7
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 • as Sam Harris
★ 4.7
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 • as Whitepaper
★ 3.1
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 • as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
★ 5.6
Francis in the Navy
Francis in the Navy
1955 • as Commander Hutch
★ 5.5
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 • as Shellhammer
★ 6.8
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 • as Tom Culdane
★ 4.2
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 • as Colonel
★ 5.0
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • as Staunch
★ 6.2
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 • as King's Emissary
★ 5.5
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak
1951 • as Flaherty
★ 6.9
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
1952 • as Centurion
★ 5.8
Cop on the Beat
Cop on the Beat
1975 • as Jake Mandel
★ 4.1
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession
1949 • as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.6
Above and Beyond
Above and Beyond
1953 • as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
★ 6.1
Easy Living
Easy Living
1949 • as Dr. Franklin
★ 5.6
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
1980 • as Mr. Perkins
Enchanted Journey
Enchanted Journey
1981 • as Gamba
★ 6.4
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing
1972 • as Senator Robert F. Lyons
★ 6.0
Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl
1959 • as Mr. Maxwell
★ 6.2
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
1958 • as Paul Mason
★ 5.7
One Last Fling
One Last Fling
1949 • as Howard Pritchard
★ 3.8
Half Angel
Half Angel
1951 • as Michael Hogan
★ 5.6
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 • as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
★ 6.5
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 6.6
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York
1963 • as Chief Pilot Drysdale
★ 6.7
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 • as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Fluffy
Fluffy
1965 • as Sergeant
★ 6.5
Macabre
Macabre
1958 • as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
★ 5.9
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 • as President of the U.S.
★ 2.7
Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback
1949 • as Professor Sullivan
★ 6.0
Operation Bikini
Operation Bikini
1963 • as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
★ 3.7
The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills
1956 • as Willis Haver
★ 4.6
The Big Operator
The Big Operator
1959 • as Cliff Heldon
★ 5.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 • as Jim Backus
★ 4.3
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 • as Tru-Blue Lou
★ 4.9
The Great Man
The Great Man
1956 • as Nick Cellantano
★ 4.6
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 • as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
★ 3.0
Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet
1972 • as George Benson
A Private's Affair
A Private's Affair
1959 • as Jim Gordon
★ 1.0
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 • as James
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 • as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
★ 5.7
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding
1950 • as Ed Hamley
★ 5.5
I Want You
I Want You
1951 • as Harvey Landrum
★ 4.7
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
1967 • as Benny Van Buren
★ 4.0
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair
1957 • as Col. Homer W. Gooch
★ 4.3
My Six Loves
My Six Loves
1963 • as Sheriff
★ 5.6
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
1972 • as Mike Lorimar
movie
Goodnight Jackie
1974 • as Mr. Landry
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
★ 6.0
Prince Jack
Prince Jack
1985 • as Dealy
Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 • as Joe Randolph
★ 6.0
Plutopia
Plutopia
1951 • as Milton the Cat
★ 5.7
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • as Kevin Grady
movie
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 • as Self
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • as Jim Backus
★ 7.5
Customs Agent
Customs Agent
1950 • as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
movie
Where Will You Hide?
1948 • as Narrator
The Horizontal Lieutenant
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 • as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
★ 4.8
Never Con a Killer
Never Con a Killer
1977 • as Stanley Bunch
Geraldine
Geraldine
1953 • as Jason Ambrose
★ 5.0
I Was a Teenage Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.5
Eighteen and Anxious
Eighteen and Anxious
1957 • as Harvey Graham
★ 6.0
Rendezvous in Space
Rendezvous in Space
1964 • as Moon (voice)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 • as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
★ 6.6
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
movie
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.8
Spellbound Hound
Spellbound Hound
1950 • as Mr. Magoo
Inside Magoo
Inside Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 • as Himself (uncredited)
Meet Mother Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trouble Indemnity
Trouble Indemnity
1950 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.8
movie
A Princess for Magoo
1959 • as Narrator
Rock Hound Magoo
Rock Hound Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • as Magistrate Backus
Scoutmaster Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0
Magoo Express
Magoo Express
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew
1954 • as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
★ 6.6
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo's Masquerade
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 1.0
Matador Magoo
Matador Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
Bwana Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.0
Magoo Goes Overboard
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Barefaced Flatfoot
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Gumshoe Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Terror Faces Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 4.5
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 • as Mr. Magoo
movie
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
Magoo's Problem Child
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
Magoo's Private War
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
Love Comes to Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
Pete Hothead
1952 • as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Trailblazer Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A-Lad-in His Lamp
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 • as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Hotsy Footsy
Hotsy Footsy
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Destination Magoo
Destination Magoo
1954 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Magoo Goes West
Magoo Goes West
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0
The Popcorn Story
The Popcorn Story
1950 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
Grizzly Golfer
Grizzly Golfer
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Magoo Makes News
Magoo Makes News
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 • as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 • as Mr Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
• as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Madcap Magoo
Madcap Magoo
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956 • as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Ragtime Bear
Ragtime Bear
1949 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Bungled Bungalow
Bungled Bungalow
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Magoo’s Homecoming
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 • as Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo Breaks Par
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)