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Jim Backus
Born · February 25, 1913
Died · July 3, 1989 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Bio
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.
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Pat Quaid (archive footage)
6.8
2012
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
0.0
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
7.7
2004
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Self
0.0
1987
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
(261 episodes)
7.8
1986
Prince Jack
Dealy
0.0
1985
Slapstick of Another Kind
President of the U.S.
2.7
1982
Gilligan's Planet
Thurston Howell, III (voice) · (13 episodes)
5.7
1982
Enchanted Journey
Gamba
7.8
1981
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
5.3
1981
There Goes The Bride
Mr. Perkins
0.0
1980
The Gossip Columnist
Jim Backus
7.5
1980
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Mr. Gibbs
5.0
1979
Eischied
(1 episode)
6.0
1979
The Rebels
John Hancock
0.0
1979
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
6.6
1979
Angels' Brigade
Cmdr. Lindsey March
2.8
1979
Sweepstakes
(1 episode)
0.0
1979
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell III
4.7
1978
Flying High
(1 episode)
4.5
1978
Good Guys Wear Black
Albert, the Doorman
5.2
1978
Fantasy Island
Cap Truman · (1 episode)
6.3
1978
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Kevin Grady
0.0
1977
Pete's Dragon
The Mayor
6.3
1977
The Love Boat
Marvin Waterman · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
The Love Boat
Mr. Landers · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
CHiPs
Weitzman · (1 episode)
6.8
1977
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
(32 episodes)
7.5
1977
Never Con a Killer
Stanley Bunch
0.0
1977
Charlie's Angels
Iggy · (2 episodes)
6.7
1976
Friday Foster
Enos Griffith
6.0
1975
Mobile One
(1 episode)
5.0
1975
Ellery Queen
Howard Biggers · (1 episode)
7.4
1975
Joe Forrester
(1 episode)
7.0
1975
Crazy Mama
Mr. Albertson
5.7
1975
Cop on the Beat
Jake Mandel
4.1
1975
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
6.3
1974
Chico and the Man
(1 episode)
5.8
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(1 episode)
7.6
1974
Harry O
(1 episode)
4.6
1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Thurston Howell III (voice) · (32 episodes)
4.8
1974
Goodnight Jackie
Mr. Landry
0.0
1974
Miracle on 34th Street
Shellhammer
6.8
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
Prof. David Tilson
6.6
1973
Police Story
(3 episodes)
6.9
1973
Magic Carpet
George Benson
0.0
1972
Of Thee I Sing
Senator Robert F. Lyons
6.0
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Timothy Forsythe
6.3
1972
Getting Away from It All
Mike Lorimar
0.0
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Jim Backus
5.1
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
6.9
1971
Myra Breckinridge
Doctor
4.5
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Staunch
6.3
1970
Uncle Sam Magoo
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1970
Nanny and the Professor
Dr. Charles Walters · (1 episode)
6.0
1970
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Colonel
5.0
1969
Love, American Style
Jerry Franks · (2 episodes)
6.0
1969
The Brady Bunch
(3 episodes)
6.7
1969
Medical Center
(1 episode)
6.1
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill · (1 episode)
6.5
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1969
Hello Down There
T.R. Hollister
5.9
1969
Blondie
(14 episodes)
0.0
1968
The Good Guys
(3 episodes)
6.0
1968
The Mod Squad
Emile Wade · (1 episode)
6.3
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Tru-Blue Lou
5.2
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (2 episodes)
6.5
1968
Accidental Family
(1 episode)
5.0
1967
Don't Make Waves
Self (uncredited)
5.3
1967
Damn Yankees
Benny Van Buren
4.0
1967
Hurry Sundown
Carter Sillens
6.4
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1967
Continental Showcase
Self - Host · (14 episodes)
0.0
1966
Billie
Howard G. Carol
5.0
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
General Fitzhugh · (1 episode)
7.8
1965
The Wild Wild West
Fabian Swanson · (1 episode)
7.6
1965
Fluffy
Sergeant
6.5
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Whitepaper
3.4
1965
Gilligan's Island
Thurston Howell, III · (98 episodes)
7.4
1964
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) · (29 episodes)
6.8
1964
Daniel Boone
Will Scataway · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Rendezvous in Space
Moon (voice)
0.0
1964
Advance to the Rear
Gen. Willoughby
5.0
1964
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1964
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
Bullard Bear
6.2
1963
Sunday in New York
Chief Pilot Drysdale
6.6
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Tyler Fitzgerald
7.0
1963
Johnny Cool
Louis Murphy
5.3
1963
Burke's Law
Harold Mason · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Burke's Law
Pork Pie Hannigan · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Burke's Law
Herkimer Witt · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Arrest and Trial
Sam Thayer · (1 episode)
7.0
1963
My Six Loves
Sheriff
5.6
1963
Operation Bikini
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
3.8
1963
Critic's Choice
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
5.5
1963
A Child Is Waiting
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
6.8
1963
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
6.3
1962
Zotz!
Prof. Horatio Kellgore
5.7
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (4 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Marty Van Ransohoff · (1 episode)
6.8
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
5.8
1962
Boys' Night Out
Peter Bowers
5.8
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
4.8
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (10 episodes)
5.1
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (5 episodes)
5.1
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Monte · (1 episode)
5.0
1961
Cain's Hundred
Karl Bigger · (1 episode)
4.7
1961
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1961
The Mr. Magoo Show
Mr Magoo · (130 episodes)
6.7
1960
The Jim Backus Show
(39 episodes)
0.0
1960
Inside Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
0.0
1960
Ice Palace
Dave Husack
5.8
1960
I Was a Teenage Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1960
Tom, Dick and Harriet
James
0.0
1960
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1959
1001 Arabian Nights
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
5.7
1959
The Untouchables
William Norbert · (1 episode)
7.9
1959
Ask Any Girl
Mr. Maxwell
6.2
1959
A Private's Affair
Jim Gordon
1.0
1959
The Big Operator
Cliff Heldon
5.8
1959
Terror Faces Magoo
Mr. Magoo
4.0
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
Mr. Forbes
6.3
1959
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1959
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1959
Magoo’s Homecoming
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1959
Bwana Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1959
A Princess for Magoo
Narrator
0.0
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Maury Samuels · (1 episode)
6.7
1958
Gumshoe Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1958
Love Comes to Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1958
Macabre
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
5.9
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1958
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
0.0
1958
The High Cost of Loving
Paul Mason
5.7
1958
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
Mr Magoo (voice)
0.0
1958
Scoutmaster Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
6.0
1958
Magoo's Young Manhood
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1958
Magoo's Private War
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1957
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Mr. Magoo (voice)
5.0
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
King's Emissary
5.6
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
Harvey Graham
6.0
1957
Rock Hound Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1957
Magoo Saves the Bank
Mr. Magoo (voice)
5.0
1957
Maverick
Joe Wheelwright · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Locan
6.7
1957
Magoo's Masquerade
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1.0
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (8 episodes)
6.5
1957
Magoo Breaks Par
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1957
Matador Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1957
Magoo Goes Overboard
Mr. Magoo (voice)
7.5
1957
Top Secret Affair
Col. Homer W. Gooch
4.6
1957
Meet Mother Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1956
The Great Man
Nick Cellantano
5.2
1956
The Opposite Sex
Psychiatrist
5.2
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
Danker
4.7
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
Sgt. Hanna
4.0
1956
Magoo's Problem Child
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1956
The Gale Storm Show
Arthur Hutchins · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Trailblazer Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1956
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Mr. Magoo (voice)
5.2
1956
Magoo Beats the Heat
Mr. Magoo(voice)
0.0
1956
The Naked Hills
Willis Haver
4.6
1956
Calling Doctor Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
0.0
1956
Magoo Goes West
Mr. Magoo (voice)
6.0
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Tom Culdane
4.7
1956
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Mr. Magoo (voice)
7.5
1956
The Square Jungle
Pat Quaid
6.0
1955
Magoo Makes News
Mr. Magoo
6.0
1955
Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
4.6
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Frank Stark
7.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Reverend Sims · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Francis in the Navy
Commander Hutch
5.5
1955
Madcap Magoo
Mr. Magoo
6.0
1955
Magoo Express
Mr. Magoo
6.0
1955
The Millionaire
Henry Banning · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
Destination Magoo
Mr. Magoo (voice)
8.0
1954
Deep in My Heart
Ben Judson
6.8
1954
Climax!
Detective Herman · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1954
Geraldine
Jason Ambrose
5.0
1954
When Magoo Flew
Mr. Magoo (voice)
6.4
1954
I Love Melvin
Mergo
6.2
1953
Angel Face
District Attorney Judson
7.1
1953
Above and Beyond
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
6.1
1953
Androcles and the Lion
Centurion
5.8
1952
Hotsy Footsy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
7.0
1952
I Married Joan
Judge Bradley Stevens · (98 episodes)
6.0
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
3.5
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Peter Jones
6.7
1952
Pat and Mike
Charles Barry
6.3
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
Jim Cleary
6.8
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
Joe Randolph
6.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kevin Grady · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
I Want You
Harvey Landrum
5.2
1951
Grizzly Golfer
Mr. Magoo
6.0
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
Sam Harris
4.7
1951
The Man with a Cloak
Flaherty
6.9
1951
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Mr. Magoo (voice)
6.0
1951
Iron Man
Max Watkins
4.5
1951
His Kind of Woman
Myron Winton
6.7
1951
Bright Victory
Bill Grayson
6.9
1951
Hollywood Story
Mitch Davis
6.6
1951
Plutopia
Milton the Cat
5.6
1951
Half Angel
Michael Hogan
5.6
1951
Barefaced Flatfoot
Mr. Magoo
6.0
1951
M
The Mayor
6.3
1951
Bungled Bungalow
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1951
The Popcorn Story
Narrator
6.0
1950
Emergency Wedding
Ed Hamley
5.5
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
6.1
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Harry · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Trouble Indemnity
Mr. Magoo (voice)
5.8
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1950
Customs Agent
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
0.0
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
6.1
1950
Spellbound Hound
Mr. Magoo
0.0
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (4 episodes)
6.8
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lucus Edgerton · (1 episode)
5.2
1950
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Magistrate Backus
0.0
1950
A Dangerous Profession
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
5.6
1949
The Great Lover
Higgins
6.8
1949
Easy Living
Dr. Franklin
5.9
1949
Father Was a Fullback
Professor Sullivan
6.0
1949
Ragtime Bear
Mr. Magoo (voice)
6.8
1949
One Last Fling
Howard Pritchard
4.0
1949
Studio One
Tim McTaggart · (2 episodes)
4.7
1948
A-Lad-in His Lamp
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
7.1
1948
Where Will You Hide?
Narrator
0.0
1948