Jim Backus

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-02-25 (76 years old)

Deathday

1989-07-03

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Jim Backus

Biography

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.

Acting

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as Frank Stark

1977

Pete's Dragon

as The Mayor

1963

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

as Peter Jones

1979

Angels' Brigade

as Cmdr. Lindsey March

1972

1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

as Willie Dennis (uncredited)

1978

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

1951

His Kind of Woman

as Myron Winton

1962

Boys' Night Out

as Peter Bowers

1969

Hello Down There

as T.R. Hollister

1958

Macabre

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Jim Cleary

1963

The Wheeler Dealers

as Bullard Bear

1951

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Locan

1955

Francis in the Navy

as Commander Hutch

1959

1001 Arabian Nights

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

1959

1951

Hollywood Story

as Mitch Davis

1960

Ice Palace

as Dave Husack

2005

1951

Plutopia

as Milton the Cat

1949

A Dangerous Profession

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

1962

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

1951

Iron Man

as Max Watkins

1982

Slapstick of Another Kind

as President of the U.S.

1963

Johnny Cool

as Louis Murphy

1962

Zotz!

as Prof. Horatio Kellgore

1951

1975

Friday Foster

as Enos Griffith

1965

Billie

as Howard G. Carol

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Prof. David Tilson

1963

Critic's Choice

as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

1979

C.H.O.M.P.S.

as Mr. Gibbs

1979

1975

Crazy Mama

as Mr. Albertson

1949

Ragtime Bear

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1970

Uncle Sam Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1956

Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1949

Father Was a Fullback

as Professor Sullivan

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as King's Emissary

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

1963

Operation Bikini

as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

1979

The Rebels

as John Hancock

1971

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Tom Culdane

1951

Half Angel

as Michael Hogan

1956

The Naked Hills

as Willis Haver

1950

Customs Agent

as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

1956

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Carter Sillens

1964

Advance to the Rear

as Gen. Willoughby

1957

Top Secret Affair

as Col. Homer W. Gooch

1960

Inside Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

1958

1965

Fluffy

as Sergeant

1963

My Six Loves

as Sheriff

1951

I Want You

as Harvey Landrum

1973

1959

The Big Operator

as Cliff Heldon

1972

1952

Here Come the Nelsons

as Joe Randolph

1974

Goodnight Jackie

as Mr. Landry

1951

M

as The Mayor

1953

1955

The Square Jungle

as Pat Quaid

1950

Spellbound Hound

as Mr. Magoo

1951

Barefaced Flatfoot

as Mr. Magoo

1951

Bungled Bungalow

as Mr. Magoo

1953

Angel Face

as District Attorney Judson

1951

Bright Victory

as Bill Grayson

1951

Grizzly Golfer

as Mr. Magoo

1959

A Private's Affair

as Jim Gordon

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

1949

One Last Fling

as Howard Pritchard

2012

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

as Pat Quaid (archive footage)

1974

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

1954

When Magoo Flew

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1972

Magic Carpet

as George Benson

1950

Emergency Wedding

as Ed Hamley

1977

Never Con a Killer

as Stanley Bunch

1956

The Great Man

as Nick Cellantano

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

as Albert, the Doorman

1952

Hotsy Footsy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1951

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1960

I Was a Teenage Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1975

Cop on the Beat

as Jake Mandel

1952

1970

1961

1958

Scoutmaster Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1985

Prince Jack

as Dealy

1950

Trouble Indemnity

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1980

There Goes The Bride

as Mr. Perkins

1959

Ask Any Girl

as Mr. Maxwell

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Ben Judson

1967

Don't Make Waves

as Self (uncredited)

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Psychiatrist

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

1959

1963

Sunday in New York

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

1950

1953

Above and Beyond

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

1957

Eighteen and Anxious

as Harvey Graham

1955

Madcap Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1959

Terror Faces Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1956

Calling Doctor Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1955

Magoo Express

as Mr. Magoo

1956

Magoo Goes West

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1955

Magoo Makes News

as Mr. Magoo

1954

Destination Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1980

1956

Magoo Beats the Heat

as Mr. Magoo(voice)

1952

Pat and Mike

as Charles Barry

1949

Easy Living

as Dr. Franklin

1948

A-Lad-in His Lamp

as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

1981

1956

Trailblazer Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Rock Hound Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Magoo's Problem Child

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Meet Mother Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo's Masquerade

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo's Private War

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Goes Overboard

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Matador Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Magoo's Young Manhood

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Breaks Par

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo's Moose Hunt

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957

Magoo Saves the Bank

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1953

Geraldine

as Jason Ambrose

1959

Magoo's Lodge Brother

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1967

Damn Yankees

as Benny Van Buren

1963

A Child Is Waiting

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1958

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

1958

Magoo’s Cruise

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

as Mr Magoo (voice)

1959

Bwana Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Love Comes to Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

Merry Minstrel Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958

Gumshoe Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959

Magoo’s Homecoming

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1949

The Great Lover

as Higgins

1964

Rendezvous in Space

as Moon (voice)

1972

Of Thee I Sing

as Senator Robert F. Lyons

1948

1950

1952

Pink and Blue Blues

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Production

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