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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

163 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.6

movie

Known For

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Frank Stark
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
Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as District Attorney Judson
Good Guys Wear Black

Good Guys Wear Black

1978

as Albert, the Doorman
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 • as Frank Stark
★ 7.5
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • as Tyler Fitzgerald
★ 7.0
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon
1977 • as The Mayor
★ 6.3
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge
1970 • as Doctor
★ 4.6
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963 • as Louis Murphy
★ 5.4
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Jim Cleary
★ 6.9
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • as Peter Jones
★ 6.7
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York
1963 • as Chief Pilot Drysdale
★ 6.8
His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman
1951 • as Myron Winton
★ 6.8
Angel Face
Angel Face
1953 • as District Attorney Judson
★ 7.1
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
1952 • as Centurion
★ 5.9
Good Guys Wear Black
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 • as Albert, the Doorman
★ 5.1
Macabre
Macabre
1958 • as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
★ 6.0
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967 • as Carter Sillens
★ 6.4
M
M
1951 • as The Mayor
★ 6.5
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 • as Self
★ 6.0
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 • as Clarence Locan
★ 6.8
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 • as Prof. David Tilson
★ 6.6
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 • as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
★ 6.3
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.2
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 • as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak
1951 • as Flaherty
★ 6.8
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
1969 • as T.R. Hollister
★ 5.8
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 • as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
★ 5.9
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 • as Gen. Willoughby
★ 5.2
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out
1962 • as Peter Bowers
★ 5.7
C.H.O.M.P.S.
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 • as Mr. Gibbs
★ 5.0
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 • as Tru-Blue Lou
★ 5.3
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 • as Timothy Forsythe
★ 6.3
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 • as Tom Culdane
★ 4.5
Trouble Indemnity
Trouble Indemnity
1950 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.2
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 • as King's Emissary
★ 5.7
Bungled Bungalow
Bungled Bungalow
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 10.0
The Wild and the Innocent
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 • as Mr. Forbes
★ 6.4
Geraldine
Geraldine
1953 • as Jason Ambrose
★ 6.0
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as Mitch Davis
★ 6.7
The Wheeler Dealers
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 • as Bullard Bear
★ 6.3
Magoo's Private War
Magoo's Private War
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair
1957 • as Col. Homer W. Gooch
★ 4.9
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 • as Mr. Albertson
★ 5.6
Billie
Billie
1965 • as Howard G. Carol
★ 5.0
Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl
1959 • as Mr. Maxwell
★ 6.5
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
Barefaced Flatfoot
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 7.0
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession
1949 • as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.7
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952 • as Charles Barry
★ 6.4
You Can't Run Away from It
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 • as Danker
★ 5.4
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 • as Whitepaper
★ 3.8
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 • as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
1954 • as Ben Judson
★ 6.7
The Big Operator
The Big Operator
1959 • as Cliff Heldon
★ 6.0
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 • as Mr Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Bright Victory
Bright Victory
1951 • as Bill Grayson
★ 7.1
Half Angel
Half Angel
1951 • as Michael Hogan
★ 6.2
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
1975 • as Enos Griffith
★ 6.1
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
1956 • as Psychiatrist
★ 5.5
I Want You
I Want You
1951 • as Harvey Landrum
★ 5.2
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
• as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Easy Living
Easy Living
1949 • as Dr. Franklin
★ 5.7
Spellbound Hound
Spellbound Hound
1950 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 9.0
Above and Beyond
Above and Beyond
1953 • as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
★ 6.2
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • as Staunch
★ 7.0
Matador Magoo
Matador Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 • as Colonel
★ 5.2
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 • as Sam Harris
★ 4.9
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 5.2
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 • as Sgt. Hanna
★ 4.5
Hotsy Footsy
Hotsy Footsy
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 • as President of the U.S.
★ 3.1
Iron Man
Iron Man
1951 • as Max Watkins
★ 6.2
Destination Magoo
Destination Magoo
1954 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.5
Never Con a Killer
Never Con a Killer
1977 • as Stanley Bunch
★ 10.0
Francis in the Navy
Francis in the Navy
1955 • as Commander Hutch
★ 5.6
A Private's Affair
A Private's Affair
1959 • as Jim Gordon
★ 4.7
Ragtime Bear
Ragtime Bear
1949 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.2
Ice Palace
Ice Palace
1960 • as Dave Husack
★ 6.3
I Was a Teenage Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pink and Blue Blues
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.9
Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 • as Joe Randolph
★ 7.0
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
1980 • as Mr. Perkins
★ 7.0
Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback
1949 • as Professor Sullivan
★ 6.3
Grizzly Golfer
Grizzly Golfer
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.5
Zotz!
Zotz!
1962 • as Horatio Kellgore
★ 5.6
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 • as Jim Backus
★ 4.8
Magoo's Problem Child
Magoo's Problem Child
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 10.0
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 • as Shellhammer
★ 6.8
The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills
1956 • as Willis Haver
★ 4.6
Fluffy
Fluffy
1965 • as Sergeant
★ 7.0
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 • as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
★ 6.5
Bwana Magoo
Bwana Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 • as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
★ 4.2
Magoo's Young Manhood
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 • as William Von Hagedorn
★ 5.6
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983 • as Himself
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
1972 • as Mike Lorimar
★ 10.0
Cop on the Beat
Cop on the Beat
1975 • as Jake Mandel
★ 4.7
Plutopia
Plutopia
1951 • as Milton the Cat
★ 6.0
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 6.5
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
1958 • as Paul Mason
★ 6.6
Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade
1979 • as Cmdr. Lindsey March
★ 3.1
Gumshoe Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
The Horizontal Lieutenant
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 • as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
★ 5.2
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew
1954 • as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
★ 6.7
movie
Where Will You Hide?
1948 • as Narrator
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 • as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
★ 7.0
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 • as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
★ 6.6
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 • as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
★ 8.0
Magoo’s Homecoming
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • as Kevin Grady
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.7
Rendezvous in Space
Rendezvous in Space
1964 • as Moon (voice)
★ 6.0
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 • as James
Prince Jack
Prince Jack
1985 • as Dealy
★ 9.0
I Love Melvin
I Love Melvin
1953 • as Mergo
★ 6.2
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 • as Self (uncredited)
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing
1972 • as Senator Robert F. Lyons
★ 7.0
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.7
A-Lad-in His Lamp
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 • as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Magoo Saves the Bank
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Meet Mother Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 10.0
The Great Man
The Great Man
1956 • as Nick Cellantano
★ 5.0
Love Comes to Magoo
Love Comes to Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
The Square Jungle
The Square Jungle
1955 • as Pat Quaid
★ 6.1
One Last Fling
One Last Fling
1949 • as Howard Pritchard
★ 4.8
My Six Loves
My Six Loves
1963 • as Sheriff
★ 5.7
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo Breaks Par
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
movie
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 • as Self
Magoo Makes News
Magoo Makes News
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.5
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • as Magistrate Backus
The Great Lover
The Great Lover
1949 • as Higgins
★ 7.1
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.5
Operation Bikini
Operation Bikini
1963 • as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
★ 3.8
Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet
1972 • as George Benson
★ 9.0
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956 • as Mr. Magoo(voice)
★ 10.0
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 9.0
Rock Hound Magoo
Rock Hound Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Terror Faces Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 5.7
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
1967 • as Benny Van Buren
★ 5.3
Madcap Magoo
Madcap Magoo
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 8.0
Magoo Goes West
Magoo Goes West
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
movie
A Princess for Magoo
1959 • as Narrator
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.3
Pete Hothead
Pete Hothead
1952 • as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Customs Agent
Customs Agent
1950 • as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
★ 10.0
Eighteen and Anxious
Eighteen and Anxious
1957 • as Harvey Graham
★ 7.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 10.0
Inside Magoo
Inside Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding
1950 • as Ed Hamley
★ 6.0
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • as Jim Backus
★ 7.3
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
movie
Goodnight Jackie
1974 • as Mr. Landry
Magoo Express
Magoo Express
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.7
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.5
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 • as Mr. Magoo
The Popcorn Story
The Popcorn Story
1950 • as Narrator
★ 6.5
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo's Masquerade
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 3.3
Scoutmaster Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Calling Doctor Magoo
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Trailblazer Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
movie
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0