Jim 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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Hill Street Blues

Charlie's Angels

Maverick

All Movies (162)

• Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents2005 · as Himself (uncredited)
• Hollywood's Hidden Secrets1987 · as Self
• Prince Jack1985 · as Dealy
• Slapstick of Another Kind1982 · as President of the U.S.
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island1981 · as Thurston Howell III
• There Goes The Bride1980 · as Mr. Perkins
• The Gossip Columnist1980 · as Jim Backus
• C.H.O.M.P.S.1979 · as Mr. Gibbs
• The Castaways on Gilligan's Island1979 · as Thurston Howell III
• Angels' Brigade1979 · as Cmdr. Lindsey March
• Rescue from Gilligan's Island1978 · as Thurston Howell III
• Good Guys Wear Black1978 · as Albert, the Doorman
• Have I Got a Christmas for You1977 · as Kevin Grady
• Pete's Dragon1977 · as The Mayor
• Never Con a Killer1977 · as Stanley Bunch
• Friday Foster1975 · as Enos Griffith
• Crazy Mama1975 · as Mr. Albertson
• Cop on the Beat1975 · as Jake Mandel
• Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1974 · as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
• Goodnight Jackie1974 · as Mr. Landry
• Miracle on 34th Street1973 · as Shellhammer
• The Girl Most Likely To...1973 · as Prof. David Tilson
• Magic Carpet1972 · as George Benson
• Of Thee I Sing1972 · as Senator Robert F. Lyons
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't1972 · as Timothy Forsythe
• Getting Away from It All1972 · as Mike Lorimar
• Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · as Jim Backus
• Myra Breckinridge1970 · as Doctor
• The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970 · as Staunch
• Uncle Sam Magoo1970 · as Mr. Magoo
• Wake Me When the War Is Over1969 · as Colonel
• Hello Down There1969 · as T.R. Hollister
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968 · as Tru-Blue Lou
• Don't Make Waves1967 · as Self (uncredited)
• Damn Yankees1967 · as Benny Van Buren
• Hurry Sundown1967 · as Carter Sillens
• Billie1965 · as Howard G. Carol
• Fluffy1965 · as Sergeant
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · as Whitepaper
• Rendezvous in Space1964 · as Moon (voice)
• Advance to the Rear1964 · as Gen. Willoughby
• Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery1964 · as Mr. Magoo
• Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest1964 · as Mr. Magoo
• The Wheeler Dealers1963 · as Bullard Bear
• Sunday in New York1963 · as Chief Pilot Drysdale
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Tyler Fitzgerald
• Johnny Cool1963 · as Louis Murphy
• My Six Loves1963 · as Sheriff
• Operation Bikini1963 · as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
• Critic's Choice1963 · as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
• A Child Is Waiting1963 · as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
• Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol1962 · as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
• Zotz!1962 · as Horatio Kellgore
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
• Boys' Night Out1962 · as Peter Bowers
• The Horizontal Lieutenant1962 · as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
• Magoo Meets Frankenstein1961 · as Mr. Magoo
• Inside Magoo1960 · as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
• Ice Palace1960 · as Dave Husack
• I Was a Teenage Magoo1960 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Tom, Dick and Harriet1960 · as James
• Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)1959 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1001 Arabian Nights1959 · as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
• Ask Any Girl1959 · as Mr. Maxwell
• A Private's Affair1959 · as Jim Gordon
• The Big Operator1959 · as Cliff Heldon
• Terror Faces Magoo1959 · as Mr. Magoo
• The Wild and the Innocent1959 · as Mr. Forbes
• Magoo's Lodge Brother1959 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Merry Minstrel Magoo1959 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo’s Homecoming1959 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Bwana Magoo1959 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• A Princess for Magoo1959 · as Narrator
• Gumshoe Magoo1958 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Love Comes to Magoo1958 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Macabre1958 · as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
• Magoo’s Cruise1958 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo’s Three-Point Landing1958 · as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
• The High Cost of Loving1958 · as Paul Mason
• The Explosive Mr. Magoo1958 · as Mr Magoo (voice)
• Scoutmaster Magoo1958 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Young Manhood1958 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Private War1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Moose Hunt1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin1957 · as King's Emissary
• Eighteen and Anxious1957 · as Harvey Graham
• Rock Hound Magoo1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Saves the Bank1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Man of a Thousand Faces1957 · as Clarence Locan
• Magoo's Masquerade1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Breaks Par1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Matador Magoo1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Goes Overboard1957 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Top Secret Affair1957 · as Col. Homer W. Gooch
• Meet Mother Magoo1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Great Man1956 · as Nick Cellantano
• The Opposite Sex1956 · as Psychiatrist
• You Can't Run Away from It1956 · as Danker
• The Girl He Left Behind1956 · as Sgt. Hanna
• Magoo's Problem Child1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Trailblazer Magoo1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Puddle Jumper1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Beats the Heat1956 · as Mr. Magoo(voice)
• The Naked Hills1956 · as Willis Haver
• Calling Doctor Magoo1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Goes West1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Meet Me in Las Vegas1956 · as Tom Culdane
• Magoo's Canine Mutiny1956 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Square Jungle1955 · as Pat Quaid
• Magoo Makes News1955 · as Mr. Magoo
• Rebel Without a Cause1955 · as Frank Stark
• Francis in the Navy1955 · as Commander Hutch
• Madcap Magoo1955 · as Mr. Magoo
• Magoo Express1955 · as Mr. Magoo
• Destination Magoo1954 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Deep in My Heart1954 · as Ben Judson
• When Magoo Flew1954 · as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
• Geraldine1953 · as Jason Ambrose
• I Love Melvin1953 · as Mergo
• Angel Face1953 · as District Attorney Judson
• Above and Beyond1953 · as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
• Androcles and the Lion1952 · as Centurion
• Hotsy Footsy1952 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Pete Hothead1952 · as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
• The Rose Bowl Story1952 · as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
• Pink and Blue Blues1952 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Don't Bother to Knock1952 · as Peter Jones
• Pat and Mike1952 · as Charles Barry
• Deadline - U.S.A.1952 · as Jim Cleary
• Here Come the Nelsons1952 · as Joe Randolph
• I Want You1951 · as Harvey Landrum
• Grizzly Golfer1951 · as Mr. Magoo
• I'll See You in My Dreams1951 · as Sam Harris
• The Man with a Cloak1951 · as Flaherty
• Fuddy Duddy Buddy1951 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Iron Man1951 · as Max Watkins
• His Kind of Woman1951 · as Myron Winton
• Bright Victory1951 · as Bill Grayson
• Hollywood Story1951 · as Mitch Davis
• Plutopia1951 · as Milton the Cat
• Half Angel1951 · as Michael Hogan
• Barefaced Flatfoot1951 · as Mr. Magoo
• M1951 · as The Mayor
• Bungled Bungalow1951 · as Mr. Magoo
• The Popcorn Story1950 · as Narrator
• Emergency Wedding1950 · as Ed Hamley
• The Killer That Stalked New York1950 · as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
• Trouble Indemnity1950 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Customs Agent1950 · as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
• Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town1950 · as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
• Spellbound Hound1950 · as Mr. Magoo
• Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy1950 · as Magistrate Backus
• A Dangerous Profession1949 · as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
• The Great Lover1949 · as Higgins
• Easy Living1949 · as Dr. Franklin
• Father Was a Fullback1949 · as Professor Sullivan
• Ragtime Bear1949 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• One Last Fling1949 · as Howard Pritchard
• A-Lad-in His Lamp1948 · as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
• Where Will You Hide?1948 · as Narrator
• Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA— · as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

All TV Shows (74)

• The Unknown Story2022 · as Self - archive footage
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show1986
• Gilligan's Planet1982 · as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
• Hill Street Blues1981 · as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Eischied1979
• The Rebels1979 · as John Hancock
• $weepstake$1979 · as Major Adams
• Flying High1978
• Fantasy Island1978 · as Cap Truman
• The Love Boat1977 · as Marvin Waterman
• The Love Boat1977 · as Mr. Landers
• CHiPs1977 · as Weitzman
• What's New, Mr. Magoo?1977 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Iggy
• Mobile One1975 · as Macklin
• Ellery Queen1975 · as Howard Biggers
• Joe Forrester1975
• Chico and the Man1974
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974
• Harry O1974 · as Ziggy
• The New Adventures of Gilligan1974 · as Thurston Howell III (voice)
• Police Story1973
• Police Story1973 · as Jake Mandel
• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• Nanny and the Professor1970 · as Dr. Charles Walters
• Love, American Style1969 · as Jerry Franks
• The Brady Bunch1969 · as Zaccariah
• Medical Center1969
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Bill
• The Barbara McNair Show1969 · as Self
• Blondie1968 · as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
• The Good Guys1968
• The Mod Squad1968 · as Emile Wade
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Accidental Family1967
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1967 · as Self
• Continental Showcase1966 · as Self - Host
• I Dream of Jeannie1965 · as General Fitzhugh
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Fabian Swanson
• Gilligan's Island1964 · as Thurston Howell, III
• The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo1964 · as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Will Scataway
• Espionage1963 · as McAvoy
• Burke's Law1963 · as Harold Mason
• Burke's Law1963 · as Pork Pie Hannigan
• Burke's Law1963 · as Herkimer Witt
• Arrest and Trial1963 · as Sam Thayer
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Marty Van Ransohoff
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Monte
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Karl Bigger
• The Mr. Magoo Show1960 · as Mr Magoo (voice)
• The Jim Backus Show1960
• The Untouchables1959 · as William Norbert
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Maury Samuels
• Maverick1957 · as Joe Wheelwright
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Gale Storm Show1956 · as Arthur Hutchins
• Conflict1956 · as Dandy Summers
• Matinee Theater1955
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Reverend Sims
• The Millionaire1955 · as Henry Banning
• Climax!1954 · as Detective Herman
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• I Married Joan1952 · as Judge Bradley Stevens
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Kevin Grady
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Harry
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Lucus Edgerton
• Studio One1948 · as Tim McTaggart