Jim Backus
Acting
Born: February 25, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: July 3, 1989 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Pete's Dragon
1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Gilligan's Island
1964
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Love Boat
1977
Angel Face
1953
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
The Brady Bunch
1969
CHiPs
1977
The Untouchables
1959
Photos (4)
Movies (152)
Pete's Dragon
The Mayor
Rebel Without a Cause
Frank Stark
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Tyler Fitzgerald
Boys' Night Out
Peter Bowers
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Timothy Forsythe
His Kind of Woman
Myron Winton
Angel Face
District Attorney Judson
Ask Any Girl
Mr. Maxwell
Deadline - U.S.A.
Jim Cleary
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Tom Culdane
Deep in My Heart
Ben Judson
A Child Is Waiting
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
Charles Barry
Hurry Sundown
Carter Sillens
Myra Breckinridge
Doctor
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Johnny Cool
Louis Murphy
Advance to the Rear
Gen. Willoughby
Friday Foster
Enos Griffith
Don't Bother to Knock
Peter Jones
The Opposite Sex
Psychiatrist
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
The Killer That Stalked New York
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Crazy Mama
Mr. Albertson
Good Guys Wear Black
Albert, the Doorman
You Can't Run Away from It
Danker
Fluffy
Sergeant
The Man with a Cloak
Flaherty
The Girl He Left Behind
Sgt. Hanna
Easy Living
Dr. Franklin
Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Locan
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Whitepaper
Macabre
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Bright Victory
Bill Grayson
Slapstick of Another Kind
President of the U.S.
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Tru-Blue Lou
The Girl Most Likely To...
Prof. David Tilson
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Geraldine
Jason Ambrose
Androcles and the Lion
Centurion
Sunday in New York
Chief Pilot Drysdale
Billie
Howard G. Carol
The Wheeler Dealers
Bullard Bear
M
The Mayor
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Colonel
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Staunch
Spellbound Hound
Mr. Magoo
I Want You
Harvey Landrum
Rendezvous in Space
Moon (voice)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Jim Backus
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Mr. Gibbs
Father Was a Fullback
Professor Sullivan
Hotsy Footsy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
Mr. Forbes
Ice Palace
Dave Husack
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Half Angel
Michael Hogan
A Private's Affair
Jim Gordon
1001 Arabian Nights
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
My Six Loves
Sheriff
Tom, Dick and Harriet
James
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Angels' Brigade
Cmdr. Lindsey March
Love Comes to Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Grizzly Golfer
Mr. Magoo
Operation Bikini
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Hello Down There
T.R. Hollister
Cop on the Beat
Jake Mandel
The Rose Bowl Story
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
I Was a Teenage Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ragtime Bear
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
A-Lad-in His Lamp
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
I Love Melvin
Mergo
Matador Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Dangerous Profession
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
There Goes The Bride
Mr. Perkins
Magoo Breaks Par
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man
Max Watkins
Plutopia
Milton the Cat
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Mr Magoo (voice)
Bungled Bungalow
Mr. Magoo
Hollywood Story
Mitch Davis
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Critic's Choice
William Von Hagedorn
The Naked Hills
Willis Haver
Damn Yankees
Benny Van Buren
Top Secret Affair
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Uncle Sam Magoo
Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The High Cost of Loving
Paul Mason
The Big Operator
Cliff Heldon
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Kevin Grady
Francis in the Navy
Commander Hutch
Of Thee I Sing
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Gumshoe Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
I'll See You in My Dreams
Sam Harris
Emergency Wedding
Ed Hamley
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
The Square Jungle
Pat Quaid
Bwana Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Calling Doctor Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man
Nick Cellantano
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
King's Emissary
Above and Beyond
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo
Prince Jack
Dealy
Miracle on 34th Street
Shellhammer
Getting Away from It All
Mike Lorimar
Magoo's Young Manhood
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trouble Indemnity
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Magistrate Backus
The Gossip Columnist
Jim Backus
Magoo's Private War
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Here Come the Nelsons
Joe Randolph
Madcap Magoo
Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Problem Child
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Barefaced Flatfoot
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
Mr. Magoo
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Makes News
Mr. Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Lover
Higgins
The Popcorn Story
Narrator
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pink and Blue Blues
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Zotz!
Horatio Kellgore
Eighteen and Anxious
Harvey Graham
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
When Magoo Flew
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Terror Faces Magoo
Mr. Magoo
Never Con a Killer
Stanley Bunch
Magic Carpet
George Benson
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo
One Last Fling
Howard Pritchard
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Mr. Magoo
TV Shows (58)
The Love Boat
Marvin Waterman · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Mr. Landers · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
Iggy · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Jerry Franks · 2 eps
Maverick
Joe Wheelwright · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Marty Van Ransohoff · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Cap Truman · 1 eps
Studio One
Tim McTaggart · 2 eps
Climax!
Detective Herman · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lucus Edgerton · 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
General Fitzhugh · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Swanson · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
The Untouchables
William Norbert · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Will Scataway · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Harold Mason · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Pork Pie Hannigan · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Herkimer Witt · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Maury Samuels · 1 eps
Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell · 98 eps
Gunsmoke
Reverend Sims · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
Police Story
Jake Mandel · 1 eps
The Brady Bunch
Zaccariah · 3 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Dr. Charles Walters · 1 eps
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
261 eps
The Mod Squad
Emile Wade · 1 eps
Harry O
Ziggy · 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1 eps
The Millionaire
Henry Banning · 1 eps
Ellery Queen
Howard Biggers · 1 eps
CHiPs
Weitzman · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Sam Thayer · 1 eps
The Mr. Magoo Show
Mr Magoo (voice) · 130 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Harry · 1 eps
The Gale Storm Show
Arthur Hutchins · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Monte · 1 eps
Chico and the Man
1 eps
Espionage
McAvoy · 1 eps
Joe Forrester
1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Karl Bigger · 1 eps
Flying High
1 eps
The Good Guys
3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kevin Grady · 1 eps
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Mr. Magoo (voice) · 32 eps
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) · 29 eps
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Thurston Howell III (voice) · 32 eps
I Married Joan
Judge Bradley Stevens · 98 eps
Eischied
1 eps
Accidental Family
1 eps
The Jim Backus Show
39 eps
Mobile One
Macklin · 1 eps
Gilligan's Planet
Thurston Howell, III (voice) · 13 eps
The Rebels
John Hancock · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 4 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 10 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 5 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 5 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 4 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 8 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
Don't Make Waves
Self (uncredited)
The Barbara McNair Show
Self · 1 eps
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
The Unknown Story
Self - archive footage · 1 eps
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Himself
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Self (uncredited)
Inside Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
