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 (153)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause
Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
The Mayor
Johnny Cool
Louis Murphy
Don't Bother to Knock
Peter Jones
Angel Face
District Attorney Judson
Advance to the Rear
Gen. Willoughby
His Kind of Woman
Myron Winton
Deep in My Heart
Ben Judson
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Timothy Forsythe
Crazy Mama
Mr. Albertson
The Girl Most Likely To...
Prof. David Tilson
Critic's Choice
William Von Hagedorn
Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Locan
Androcles and the Lion
Centurion
Boys' Night Out
Peter Bowers
Myra Breckinridge
Doctor
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Deadline - U.S.A.
Jim Cleary
Good Guys Wear Black
Albert, the Doorman
A Child Is Waiting
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Tru-Blue Lou
The Opposite Sex
Psychiatrist
Iron Man
Max Watkins
The Wild and the Innocent
Mr. Forbes
Above and Beyond
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Hurry Sundown
Carter Sillens
Geraldine
Jason Ambrose
Hello Down There
T.R. Hollister
Pat and Mike
Charles Barry
The Wheeler Dealers
Bullard Bear
Billie
Howard G. Carol
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Tom Culdane
Friday Foster
Enos Griffith
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
Half Angel
Michael Hogan
Macabre
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Bright Victory
Bill Grayson
Ask Any Girl
Mr. Maxwell
Bungled Bungalow
Mr. Magoo
A Dangerous Profession
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Sunday in New York
Chief Pilot Drysdale
Slapstick of Another Kind
President of the U.S.
The Naked Hills
Willis Haver
M
The Mayor
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Whitepaper
Top Secret Affair
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Barefaced Flatfoot
Mr. Magoo
Spellbound Hound
Mr. Magoo
Trouble Indemnity
Mr. Magoo (voice)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Mr. Gibbs
Miracle on 34th Street
Shellhammer
Hotsy Footsy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Destination Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ice Palace
Dave Husack
I'll See You in My Dreams
Sam Harris
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Jim Backus
Easy Living
Dr. Franklin
Cop on the Beat
Jake Mandel
I Love Melvin
Mergo
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Killer That Stalked New York
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Francis in the Navy
Commander Hutch
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
The Man with a Cloak
Flaherty
You Can't Run Away from It
Danker
Matador Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Of Thee I Sing
Senator Robert F. Lyons
My Six Loves
Sheriff
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Ragtime Bear
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Operation Bikini
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
The Girl He Left Behind
Sgt. Hanna
The Great Lover
Higgins
Magoo’s Homecoming
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Angels' Brigade
Cmdr. Lindsey March
There Goes The Bride
Mr. Perkins
The High Cost of Loving
Paul Mason
Father Was a Fullback
Professor Sullivan
The Big Operator
Cliff Heldon
I Want You
Harvey Landrum
Hollywood Story
Mitch Davis
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
Rock Hound Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Prince Jack
Dealy
Gumshoe Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gossip Columnist
Jim Backus
The Square Jungle
Pat Quaid
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
King's Emissary
Fluffy
Sergeant
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
1001 Arabian Nights
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Magic Carpet
George Benson
Grizzly Golfer
Mr. Magoo
The Great Man
Nick Cellantano
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Staunch
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Mr Magoo (voice)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Kevin Grady
Rendezvous in Space
Moon (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Rose Bowl Story
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Plutopia
Milton the Cat
I Was a Teenage Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Eighteen and Anxious
Harvey Graham
Here Come the Nelsons
Joe Randolph
A Private's Affair
Jim Gordon
Emergency Wedding
Ed Hamley
Zotz!
Horatio Kellgore
Getting Away from It All
Mike Lorimar
Pink and Blue Blues
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Express
Mr. Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Madcap Magoo
Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Colonel
Tom, Dick and Harriet
James
Magoo Saves the Bank
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Uncle Sam Magoo
Mr. Magoo
When Magoo Flew
Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Damn Yankees
Benny Van Buren
One Last Fling
Howard Pritchard
A-Lad-in His Lamp
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Mr. Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Terror Faces Magoo
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Goes West
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Never Con a Killer
Stanley Bunch
Pete Hothead
Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Masquerade
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Popcorn Story
Narrator
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Magistrate Backus
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Makes News
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo
TV Shows (58)
The Love Boat
Marvin Waterman · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Mr. Landers · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lucus Edgerton · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Swanson · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Cap Truman · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Jerry Franks · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
Iggy · 2 eps
Maverick
Joe Wheelwright · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Marty Van Ransohoff · 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
General Fitzhugh · 1 eps
Climax!
Detective Herman · 1 eps
The Untouchables
William Norbert · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Will Scataway · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
Studio One
Tim McTaggart · 2 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Reverend Sims · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Harold Mason · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Pork Pie Hannigan · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Herkimer Witt · 1 eps
The Brady Bunch
Zaccariah · 3 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
The Millionaire
Henry Banning · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
Police Story
Jake Mandel · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Maury Samuels · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Harry O
Ziggy · 1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1 eps
Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell · 98 eps
Ellery Queen
Howard Biggers · 1 eps
The Mod Squad
Emile Wade · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Sam Thayer · 1 eps
The Mr. Magoo Show
Mr Magoo (voice) · 130 eps
CHiPs
Weitzman · 1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Dr. Charles Walters · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Monte · 1 eps
The Gale Storm Show
Arthur Hutchins · 1 eps
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
261 eps
Chico and the Man
1 eps
Espionage
McAvoy · 1 eps
Joe Forrester
1 eps
Flying High
1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Karl Bigger · 1 eps
The Good Guys
3 eps
I Married Joan
Judge Bradley Stevens · 98 eps
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Thurston Howell III (voice) · 32 eps
The Jim Backus Show
39 eps
Accidental Family
1 eps
Eischied
1 eps
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) · 29 eps
Gilligan's Planet
Thurston Howell, III (voice) · 13 eps
Blondie
J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers · 14 eps
The Rebels
John Hancock · 2 eps
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
Mr. Magoo (voice) · 32 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kevin Grady · 1 eps
Mobile One
Macklin · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
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
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 4 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
The Barbara McNair Show
Self · 1 eps
The Unknown Story
Self - archive footage · 1 eps
Don't Make Waves
Self (uncredited)
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Himself
Inside Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
