Jim Backus
February 25, 1913 (111 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Credits
- 2012 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Pat Quaid (archive footage)
- 2005 · Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself (uncredited)
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
- 1987 · Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as Self
- 1986 · The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show as
- 1985 · Prince Jack as Dealy
- 1982 · Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.
- 1982 · Gilligan's Planet as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
- 1981 · The Enchanted Journey as Gamba
- 1981 · The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1980 · There Goes The Bride as Mr. Perkins
- 1980 · The Gossip Columnist as Jim Backus
- 1979 · C.H.O.M.P.S. as Mr. Gibbs
- 1979 · Eischied as
- 1979 · The Rebels as John Hancock
- 1979 · The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1979 · Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March
- 1979 · Sweepstakes as
- 1978 · Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman
- 1977 · Have I Got a Christmas for You as Kevin Grady
- 1977 · Pete's Dragon as The Mayor
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Marvin Waterman
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Mr. Landers
- 1977 · CHiPs as Weitzman
- 1977 · What's New, Mr. Magoo? as
- 1977 · Never Con a Killer as Stanley Bunch
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Iggy
- 1975 · Friday Foster as Enos Griffith
- 1975 · Mobile One as
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as Howard Biggers
- 1975 · Joe Forrester as
- 1975 · Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson
- 1975 · Cop on the Beat as Jake Mandel
- 1974 · Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
- 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as
- 1974 · Chico and the Man as
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1974 · The New Adventures of Gilligan as Thurston Howell III (voice)
- 1974 · Goodnight Jackie as Mr. Landry
- 1973 · Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer
- 1973 · The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Magic Carpet as George Benson
- 1972 · Of Thee I Sing as Senator Robert F. Lyons
- 1972 · Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Timothy Forsythe
- 1972 · Getting Away from It All as Mike Lorimar
- 1971 · Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · Myra Breckinridge as Doctor
- 1970 · The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Staunch
- 1970 · Uncle Sam Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as Dr. Charles Walters
- 1969 · Wake Me When the War Is Over as Colonel
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Jerry Franks
- 1969 · The Brady Bunch as
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Bill
- 1969 · The Barbara McNair Show as Self
- 1969 · Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister
- 1968 · Blondie as
- 1968 · The Good Guys as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as Emile Wade
- 1968 · Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou
- 1967 · Accidental Family as
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Don't Make Waves as Self (uncredited)
- 1967 · Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren
- 1967 · Hurry Sundown as Carter Sillens
- 1967 · The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
- 1966 · Continental Showcase as Self - Host
- 1965 · Billie as Howard G. Carol
- 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as General Fitzhugh
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Fabian Swanson
- 1965 · Fluffy as Sergeant
- 1965 · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper
- 1964 · Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell, III
- 1964 · The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Will Scataway
- 1964 · Rendezvous in Space as Moon (voice)
- 1964 · Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby
- 1964 · Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery as Mr. Magoo
- 1963 · The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear
- 1963 · Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale
- 1963 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Tyler Fitzgerald
- 1963 · Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Harold Mason
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Pork Pie Hannigan
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Herkimer Witt
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Sam Thayer
- 1963 · My Six Loves as Sheriff
- 1963 · Operation Bikini as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
- 1963 · Critic's Choice as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
- 1963 · A Child Is Waiting as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- 1962 · Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- 1962 · Zotz! as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Marty Van Ransohoff
- 1962 · The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
- 1962 · Boys' Night Out as Peter Bowers
- 1962 · The Horizontal Lieutenant as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Monte
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Karl Bigger
- 1961 · Magoo Meets Frankenstein as Mr. Magoo
- 1960 · The Mr. Magoo Show as Mr Magoo
- 1960 · The Jim Backus Show as
- 1960 · Inside Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
- 1960 · Ice Palace as Dave Husack
- 1960 · I Was a Teenage Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1960 · Tom, Dick and Harriet as James
- 1959 · Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · 1001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · The Untouchables as William Norbert
- 1959 · Ask Any Girl as Mr. Maxwell
- 1959 · A Private's Affair as Jim Gordon
- 1959 · The Big Operator as Cliff Heldon
- 1959 · Terror Faces Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1959 · The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes
- 1959 · Magoo's Lodge Brother as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · Merry Minstrel Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · Magoo’s Homecoming as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · Bwana Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 · A Princess for Magoo as Narrator
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Maury Samuels
- 1958 · Gumshoe Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 · Love Comes to Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 · Macabre as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
- 1958 · Magoo’s Cruise as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 · Magoo’s Three-Point Landing as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
- 1958 · The High Cost of Loving as Paul Mason
- 1958 · The Explosive Mr. Magoo as Mr Magoo (voice)
- 1958 · Scoutmaster Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 · Magoo's Young Manhood as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Magoo's Private War as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Magoo's Moose Hunt as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · The Pied Piper of Hamelin as King's Emissary
- 1957 · Eighteen and Anxious as Harvey Graham
- 1957 · Rock Hound Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Magoo Saves the Bank as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Maverick as Joe Wheelwright
- 1957 · Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan
- 1957 · Magoo's Masquerade as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · Magoo Breaks Par as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Matador Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Magoo Goes Overboard as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 · Top Secret Affair as Col. Homer W. Gooch
- 1956 · Meet Mother Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · The Great Man as Nick Cellantano
- 1956 · The Opposite Sex as Psychiatrist
- 1956 · You Can't Run Away from It as Danker
- 1956 · The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Hanna
- 1956 · Magoo's Problem Child as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · The Gale Storm Show as Arthur Hutchins
- 1956 · Trailblazer Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · Magoo Beats the Heat as Mr. Magoo(voice)
- 1956 · The Naked Hills as Willis Haver
- 1956 · Calling Doctor Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · Magoo Goes West as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 · Meet Me in Las Vegas as Tom Culdane
- 1956 · Magoo's Canine Mutiny as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1955 · The Square Jungle as Pat Quaid
- 1955 · Magoo Makes News as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Reverend Sims
- 1955 · Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch
- 1955 · Madcap Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 · Magoo Express as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Henry Banning
- 1954 · Destination Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1954 · Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson
- 1954 · Climax! as Detective Herman
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · Geraldine as Jason Ambrose
- 1954 · When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1953 · I Love Melvin as Mergo
- 1953 · Angel Face as District Attorney Judson
- 1953 · Above and Beyond as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
- 1952 · Androcles and the Lion as Centurion
- 1952 · Hotsy Footsy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1952 · I Married Joan as Judge Bradley Stevens
- 1952 · The Rose Bowl Story as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
- 1952 · Don't Bother to Knock as Peter Jones
- 1952 · Pat and Mike as Charles Barry
- 1952 · Deadline - U.S.A. as Jim Cleary
- 1952 · Here Come the Nelsons as Joe Randolph
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Kevin Grady
- 1951 · I Want You as Harvey Landrum
- 1951 · Grizzly Golfer as Mr. Magoo
- 1951 · I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris
- 1951 · The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty
- 1951 · Fuddy Duddy Buddy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1951 · Iron Man as Max Watkins
- 1951 · His Kind of Woman as Myron Winton
- 1951 · Bright Victory as Bill Grayson
- 1951 · Hollywood Story as Mitch Davis
- 1951 · Plutopia as Milton the Cat
- 1951 · Half Angel as Michael Hogan
- 1951 · Barefaced Flatfoot as Mr. Magoo
- 1951 · M as The Mayor
- 1951 · Bungled Bungalow as Mr. Magoo
- 1950 · Emergency Wedding as Ed Hamley
- 1950 · The Killer That Stalked New York as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Harry
- 1950 · Trouble Indemnity as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Customs Agent as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
- 1950 · Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
- 1950 · Spellbound Hound as Mr. Magoo
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Lucus Edgerton
- 1950 · Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy as Magistrate Backus
- 1949 · A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)
- 1949 · The Great Lover as Higgins
- 1949 · Easy Living as Dr. Franklin
- 1949 · Father Was a Fullback as Professor Sullivan
- 1949 · Ragtime Bear as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1949 · One Last Fling as Howard Pritchard
- 1948 · Studio One as Tim McTaggart
- 1948 · A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
- 1948 · Where Will You Hide? as Narrator