Acting
Jim Backus
EN cinema · 163 credits
Born
25 February 1913
Died
3 July 1989 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as James Gilmore Backus
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
Filmography
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Self (uncredited)
Prince Jack
as Dealy
Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus, Writer
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
Fluffy
as Sergeant
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
as William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice), Story
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
M
as The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover
as Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)