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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

162 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

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

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

1963

as Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Frank Stark
Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as District Attorney Judson
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977

as The Mayor
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

as Peter Jones
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • as Tyler Fitzgerald
★ 7.0
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 • as Frank Stark
★ 7.5
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge
1970 • as Doctor
★ 4.6
Angel Face
Angel Face
1953 • as District Attorney Judson
★ 7.1
Billie
Billie
1965 • as Howard G. Carol
★ 5.0
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon
1977 • as The Mayor
★ 6.3
Macabre
Macabre
1958 • as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
★ 6.0
Geraldine
Geraldine
1953 • as Jason Ambrose
★ 6.0
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • as Staunch
★ 6.8
Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade
1979 • as Cmdr. Lindsey March
★ 3.2
Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet
1972 • as George Benson
★ 9.0
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
1975 • as Enos Griffith
★ 6.0
Above and Beyond
Above and Beyond
1953 • as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
★ 6.2
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • as Peter Jones
★ 6.6
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 • as Timothy Forsythe
★ 6.3
Easy Living
Easy Living
1949 • as Dr. Franklin
★ 5.7
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963 • as Louis Murphy
★ 5.3
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out
1962 • as Peter Bowers
★ 5.9
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York
1963 • as Chief Pilot Drysdale
★ 6.8
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
1972 • as Mike Lorimar
★ 10.0
Good Guys Wear Black
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 • as Albert, the Doorman
★ 5.1
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 • as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
★ 5.9
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 • as Clarence Locan
★ 6.8
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Jim Cleary
★ 6.9
Iron Man
Iron Man
1951 • as Max Watkins
★ 6.2
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 • as Prof. David Tilson
★ 6.6
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
1956 • as Psychiatrist
★ 5.4
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
1952 • as Centurion
★ 5.9
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967 • as Carter Sillens
★ 6.4
The Wheeler Dealers
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 • as Bullard Bear
★ 6.3
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.2
M
M
1951 • as The Mayor
★ 6.4
Ice Palace
Ice Palace
1960 • as Dave Husack
★ 6.3
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
1969 • as T.R. Hollister
★ 5.9
Customs Agent
Customs Agent
1950 • as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
★ 10.0
His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman
1951 • as Myron Winton
★ 6.8
C.H.O.M.P.S.
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 • as Mr. Gibbs
★ 5.0
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952 • as Charles Barry
★ 6.4
Bright Victory
Bright Victory
1951 • as Bill Grayson
★ 7.1
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 • as Gen. Willoughby
★ 5.2
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 • as Mr. Albertson
★ 5.6
Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 • as Joe Randolph
★ 7.0
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 • as Tom Culdane
★ 4.5
The Horizontal Lieutenant
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 • as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
★ 5.2
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 • as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
★ 5.7
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 • as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
★ 6.2
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 • as Whitepaper
★ 3.8
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding
1950 • as Ed Hamley
★ 6.0
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession
1949 • as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.7
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 • as King's Emissary
★ 5.6
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 • as Sam Harris
★ 4.9
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 • as Jim Backus
★ 4.8
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
1958 • as Paul Mason
★ 6.8
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 • as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 • as President of the U.S.
★ 3.0
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 • as Sgt. Hanna
★ 4.5
The Wild and the Innocent
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 • as Mr. Forbes
★ 6.3
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 • as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
★ 6.3
I Want You
I Want You
1951 • as Harvey Landrum
★ 5.3
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair
1957 • as Col. Homer W. Gooch
★ 4.9
Zotz!
Zotz!
1962 • as Horatio Kellgore
★ 5.5
You Can't Run Away from It
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 • as Danker
★ 5.1
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 • as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
★ 6.1
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as Mitch Davis
★ 6.7
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 6.8
The Square Jungle
The Square Jungle
1955 • as Pat Quaid
★ 6.1
Trouble Indemnity
Trouble Indemnity
1950 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.2
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing
1972 • as Senator Robert F. Lyons
★ 7.0
movie
Goodnight Jackie
1974 • as Mr. Landry
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
1980 • as Mr. Perkins
★ 7.0
Grizzly Golfer
Grizzly Golfer
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.5
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • as Jim Backus
★ 7.3
Fluffy
Fluffy
1965 • as Sergeant
★ 7.0
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 • as Tru-Blue Lou
★ 5.3
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 • as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
★ 6.5
The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills
1956 • as Willis Haver
★ 4.6
I Love Melvin
I Love Melvin
1953 • as Mergo
★ 6.2
My Six Loves
My Six Loves
1963 • as Sheriff
★ 5.7
Operation Bikini
Operation Bikini
1963 • as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
★ 3.9
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
1954 • as Ben Judson
★ 6.7
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 5.4
Francis in the Navy
Francis in the Navy
1955 • as Commander Hutch
★ 5.6
Rendezvous in Space
Rendezvous in Space
1964 • as Moon (voice)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • as Kevin Grady
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak
1951 • as Flaherty
★ 6.8
Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback
1949 • as Professor Sullivan
★ 6.5
A Private's Affair
A Private's Affair
1959 • as Jim Gordon
★ 4.5
Cop on the Beat
Cop on the Beat
1975 • as Jake Mandel
★ 4.7
The Great Lover
The Great Lover
1949 • as Higgins
★ 7.1
The Big Operator
The Big Operator
1959 • as Cliff Heldon
★ 6.0
Half Angel
Half Angel
1951 • as Michael Hogan
★ 6.2
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
1967 • as Benny Van Buren
★ 5.3
Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl
1959 • as Mr. Maxwell
★ 6.5
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • as Magistrate Backus
Prince Jack
Prince Jack
1985 • as Dealy
★ 9.0
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 • as Colonel
★ 5.2
Barefaced Flatfoot
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 7.0
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956 • as Mr. Magoo(voice)
★ 10.0
Never Con a Killer
Never Con a Killer
1977 • as Stanley Bunch
★ 10.0
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo's Masquerade
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 3.3
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.3
A-Lad-in His Lamp
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 • as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Inside Magoo
Inside Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Magoo Makes News
Magoo Makes News
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.5
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 • as James
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 • as Himself (uncredited)
Pete Hothead
Pete Hothead
1952 • as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Great Man
The Great Man
1956 • as Nick Cellantano
★ 5.0
Ragtime Bear
Ragtime Bear
1949 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.2
movie
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Plutopia
Plutopia
1951 • as Milton the Cat
★ 5.9
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 • as Shellhammer
★ 7.0
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Spellbound Hound
Spellbound Hound
1950 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 9.0
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew
1954 • as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
★ 6.7
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
★ 6.0
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.7
Meet Mother Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 10.0
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo Breaks Par
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Trailblazer Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Destination Magoo
Destination Magoo
1954 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.5
Magoo Express
Magoo Express
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.7
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 • as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
★ 7.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 10.0
Magoo's Problem Child
Magoo's Problem Child
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 10.0
movie
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.9
Hotsy Footsy
Hotsy Footsy
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 • as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
★ 4.3
Eighteen and Anxious
Eighteen and Anxious
1957 • as Harvey Graham
★ 7.0
Bungled Bungalow
Bungled Bungalow
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 10.0
Terror Faces Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 5.7
Magoo's Private War
Magoo's Private War
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
movie
A Princess for Magoo
1959 • as Narrator
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.5
Matador Magoo
Matador Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
I Was a Teenage Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo
Rock Hound Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Magoo's Young Manhood
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Magoo’s Homecoming
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.7
Magoo Goes West
Magoo Goes West
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 • as Mr. Magoo
movie
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 • as Self
Magoo Saves the Bank
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
One Last Fling
One Last Fling
1949 • as Howard Pritchard
★ 4.8
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 • as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
★ 8.0
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Bwana Magoo
Bwana Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
The Popcorn Story
The Popcorn Story
1950 • as Narrator
★ 6.5
Gumshoe Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Love Comes to Magoo
Love Comes to Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Calling Doctor Magoo
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Magoo Goes Overboard
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.3
Scoutmaster Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Madcap Magoo
Madcap Magoo
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 8.0
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 • as Mr Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
• as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
movie
Where Will You Hide?
1948 • as Narrator