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