Cast
Jim Backus
Acting
Cast
Jim Backus
Known for
Acting
Born
1913-02-25
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
1989-07-03
Also known as James Gilmore 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.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
M
as The Mayor
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
The Great Lover
as Higgins
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Prince Jack
as Dealy
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
Fluffy
as Sergeant
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as Self
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
Pete Hothead
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself (uncredited)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Where Will You Hide?
as Narrator
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)