Jim Backus

Born

February 25, 1913

Died

July 3, 1989 (76 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

IMDb

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

7.5

Gilligan's Island

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)

7.6

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)

5.8

1982

Enchanted Journey

Gamba

6.4

1981

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III

4.7

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

5.1

1978

Fantasy Island

Cap Truman · (1 episode)

6.4

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

5.6

1975

Cop on the Beat

Jake Mandel

4.1

1975

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

6.6

1974

Chico and the Man

(1 episode)

5.8

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

(1 episode)

7.6

1974

Harry O

Ziggy · (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

4.7

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)

6.1

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

6.5

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)

7.5

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)

6.7

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)

7.7

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 · (3 episodes)

5.8

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (4 episodes)

7.5

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

Marty Van Ransohoff · (1 episode)

6.9

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)

5.4

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host · (5 episodes)

5.4

1961

The Dick Powell Show

Monte · (1 episode)

5.5

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

5.4

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)

7.0

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)

5.4

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

4.5

1956

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

Mr. Magoo (voice)

7.5

1956

The Square Jungle

Pat Quaid

5.9

1955

Magoo Makes News

Mr. Magoo

6.0

1955

Matinee Theater

(1 episode)

5.0

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)

3.3

1954

The George Gobel Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

1954

When Magoo Flew

Mr. Magoo (voice)

6.6

1954

Geraldine

Jason Ambrose

5.0

1953

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

Pink and Blue Blues

Mr. Magoo (voice)

5.7

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)

8.6

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

6.1

1951

His Kind of Woman

Myron Winton

6.6

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)

6.3

1950

Trouble Indemnity

Mr. Magoo (voice)

5.8

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self · (1 episode)

6.8

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)

6.9

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lucus Edgerton · (1 episode)

5.6

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)

7.0

1949

One Last Fling

Howard Pritchard

4.0

1949

Studio One

Tim McTaggart · (2 episodes)

5.0

1948

A-Lad-in His Lamp

Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

1948

Where Will You Hide?

Narrator

0.0

1948