Jim Backus
Acting
236
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Unknown Story
2022
as Self - archive footage
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as Self
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
Prince Jack
1985
as Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
as Himself
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
Gilligan's Planet
1982
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Thurston Howell III
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Jim Backus
Angels' Brigade
1979
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
as Thurston Howell III
Eischied
1979
$weepstake$
1979
as Major Adams
The Rebels
1979
as John Hancock
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
as Albert, the Doorman
Flying High
1978
Fantasy Island
1978
as Cap Truman
Pete's Dragon
1977
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
1977
as Stanley Bunch
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
as Kevin Grady
CHiPs
1977
as Weitzman
The Love Boat
1977
as Marvin Waterman
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Love Boat
1977
as Mr. Landers
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Iggy
Friday Foster
1975
as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
1975
as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
1975
as Jake Mandel
Mobile One
1975
as Macklin
Ellery Queen
1975
as Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester
1975
Goodnight Jackie
1974
as Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Chico and the Man
1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974
as Thurston Howell III (voice)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Harry O
1974
as Ziggy
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Shellhammer
Police Story
1973
Police Story
1973
as Jake Mandel
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet
1972
as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
1972
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Jim Backus
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
as Mr. Magoo
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Staunch
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Doctor
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Dr. Charles Walters
Hello Down There
1969
as T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
as Colonel
The Brady Bunch
1969
as Zaccariah
Medical Center
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
as Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Bill
Love, American Style
1969
as Jerry Franks
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Tru-Blue Lou
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
as Emile Wade
Blondie
1968
as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
1967
as Benny Van Buren
Accidental Family
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self
Continental Showcase
1966
as Self - Host
Billie
1965
as Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Whitepaper
Fluffy
1965
as Sergeant
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Fabian Swanson
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as General Fitzhugh
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
as Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Moon (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
as Mr. Magoo
Gilligan's Island
1964
as Thurston Howell
Daniel Boone
1964
as Will Scataway
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
1963
as Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
1963
as William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
1963
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
1963
as Sheriff
Sunday in New York
1963
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963
as Harold Mason
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Sam Thayer
Burke's Law
1963
as Pork Pie Hannigan
Burke's Law
1963
as Herkimer Witt
Espionage
1963
as McAvoy
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
1962
as Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Marty Van Ransohoff
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
as Mr. Magoo
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Monte
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Karl Bigger
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Ice Palace
1960
as Dave Husack
Inside Magoo
1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
as James
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
as Mr Magoo (voice)
The Jim Backus Show
1960
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator
1959
as Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair
1959
as Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Mr. Maxwell
A Princess for Magoo
1959
as Narrator
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Untouchables
1959
as William Norbert
Macabre
1958
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Paul Mason
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Maury Samuels
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Maverick
1957
as Joe Wheelwright
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Danker
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills
1956
as Willis Haver
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man
1956
as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Psychiatrist
Magoo Goes West
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Arthur Hutchins
Conflict
1956
as Dandy Summers
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Commander Hutch
The Square Jungle
1955
as Pat Quaid
Magoo Express
1955
as Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo
1955
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
1955
as Mr. Magoo
Gunsmoke
1955
as Reverend Sims
The Millionaire
1955
as Henry Banning
Matinee Theater
1955
When Magoo Flew
1954
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
1954
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Climax!
1954
as Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mergo
Angel Face
1953
as District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
1953
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine
1953
as Jason Ambrose
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
1952
as Charles Barry
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
1952
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
I Married Joan
1952
as Judge Bradley Stevens
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
1951
as Mitch Davis
Plutopia
1951
as Milton the Cat
Iron Man
1951
as Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Flaherty
Half Angel
1951
as Michael Hogan
I Want You
1951
as Harvey Landrum
M
1951
as The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow
1951
as Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
as Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
1951
as Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
1951
as Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kevin Grady
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent
1950
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound
1950
as Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity
1950
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
as Magistrate Backus
The Popcorn Story
1950
as Narrator
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Lucus Edgerton
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harry
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
A Dangerous Profession
1949
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Ragtime Bear
1949
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
1949
as Howard Pritchard
Easy Living
1949
as Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover
1949
as Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
1948
as Narrator
Studio One
1948
as Tim McTaggart