Name
Jim Backus
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-02-25
Deathday
1989-07-03 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Rebel Without a Cause
(1,810 Votes)
7.488
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate...
Relase Date : 27 Oct, 1955
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(715 Votes)
6.98
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them a...
Relase Date : 7 Nov, 1963
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Johnny Cool
(23 Votes)
5.283
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S....
Relase Date : 2 Oct, 1963
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Myra Breckinridge
(55 Votes)
4.555
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into t...
Relase Date : 24 Jun, 1970
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Above and Beyond
(18 Votes)
6.2
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Al...
Relase Date : 2 Jan, 1953
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Pat and Mike
(76 Votes)
6.408
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The l...
Relase Date : 13 Jun, 1952
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Hurry Sundown
(39 Votes)
6.397
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings ...
Relase Date : 9 Feb, 1967
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Advance to the Rear
(13 Votes)
5.231
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath ...
Relase Date : 10 Jun, 1964
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1955 Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark
- 1977 Pete's Dragon as The Mayor
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Tyler Fitzgerald
- 1952 Don't Bother to Knock as Peter Jones
- 1979 Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March
- 1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Timothy Forsythe
- 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
- 1978 Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1951 His Kind of Woman as Myron Winton
- 1962 Boys' Night Out as Peter Bowers
- 1969 Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister
- 1958 Macabre as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
- 1952 Deadline - U.S.A. as Jim Cleary
- 1959 Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou
- 1963 The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear
- 1951 I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris
- 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan
- 1955 Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch
- 1959 1001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
- 1959 The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes
- 1951 Hollywood Story as Mitch Davis
- 1960 Ice Palace as Dave Husack
- 2005 Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself (uncredited)
- 1951 Plutopia as Milton the Cat
- 1949 A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
- 1962 Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
- 1951 Iron Man as Max Watkins
- 1982 Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.
- 1963 Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy
- 1962 Zotz! as Horatio Kellgore
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty
- 1975 Friday Foster as Enos Griffith
- 1965 Billie as Howard G. Carol
- 1973 The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson
- 1963 Critic's Choice as William Von Hagedorn
- 1979 C.H.O.M.P.S. as Mr. Gibbs
- 1956 You Can't Run Away from It as Danker
- 1979 The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1975 Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson
- 1949 Ragtime Bear as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1970 Uncle Sam Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1956 Magoo's Puddle Jumper as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper
- 1949 Father Was a Fullback as Professor Sullivan
- 1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin as King's Emissary
- 1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
- 1963 Operation Bikini as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
- 1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus
- 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas as Tom Culdane
- 1951 Half Angel as Michael Hogan
- 1956 The Naked Hills as Willis Haver
- 1950 Customs Agent as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Staunch
- 1956 The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Hanna
- 1964 Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby
- 1967 Hurry Sundown as Carter Sillens
- 1957 Top Secret Affair as Col. Homer W. Gooch
- 1960 Inside Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
- 1958 The High Cost of Loving as Paul Mason
- 1965 Fluffy as Sergeant
- 1963 My Six Loves as Sheriff
- 1951 I Want You as Harvey Landrum
- 1973 Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer
- 1959 The Big Operator as Cliff Heldon
- 1972 Getting Away from It All as Mike Lorimar
- 1952 Here Come the Nelsons as Joe Randolph
- 1974 Goodnight Jackie as Mr. Landry
- 1951 M as The Mayor
- 1953 I Love Melvin as Mergo
- 1955 The Square Jungle as Pat Quaid
- 1951 Bungled Bungalow as Mr. Magoo
- 1951 Barefaced Flatfoot as Mr. Magoo
- 1950 Spellbound Hound as Mr. Magoo
- 1953 Angel Face as District Attorney Judson
- 1951 Bright Victory as Bill Grayson
- 1951 Grizzly Golfer as Mr. Magoo
- 1959 A Private's Affair as Jim Gordon
- 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
- 1949 One Last Fling as Howard Pritchard
- 1974 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
- 1954 When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
- 1972 Magic Carpet as George Benson
- 1950 Emergency Wedding as Ed Hamley
- 1977 Never Con a Killer as Stanley Bunch
- 1956 The Great Man as Nick Cellantano
- 1987 Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as Self
- 1978 Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman
- 1951 Fuddy Duddy Buddy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1952 Hotsy Footsy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1960 I Was a Teenage Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1975 Cop on the Beat as Jake Mandel
- 1952 Androcles and the Lion as Centurion
- 1970 Myra Breckinridge as Doctor
- 1961 Magoo Meets Frankenstein as Mr. Magoo
- 1958 Scoutmaster Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1985 Prince Jack as Dealy
- 1950 Trouble Indemnity as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1980 There Goes The Bride as Mr. Perkins
- 1959 Ask Any Girl as Mr. Maxwell
- 1954 Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson
- 1967 Don't Make Waves as Self (uncredited)
- 1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
- 1956 The Opposite Sex as Psychiatrist
- 1952 The Rose Bowl Story as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
- 1960 Tom, Dick and Harriet as James
- 1959 A Princess for Magoo as Narrator
- 1963 Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale
- 1950 Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy as Magistrate Backus
- 1953 Above and Beyond as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
- 1957 Eighteen and Anxious as Harvey Graham
- 1959 Terror Faces Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 Magoo Makes News as Mr. Magoo
- 1956 Calling Doctor Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1955 Magoo Express as Mr. Magoo
- 1955 Madcap Magoo as Mr. Magoo
- 1956 Magoo Goes West as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1954 Destination Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1964 Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery as Mr. Magoo
- 1980 The Gossip Columnist as Jim Backus
- 1956 Magoo Beats the Heat as Mr. Magoo(voice)
- 1952 Pat and Mike as Charles Barry
- 1949 Easy Living as Dr. Franklin
- 1948 A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
- 1956 Magoo's Canine Mutiny as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Meet Mother Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Rock Hound Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Trailblazer Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1956 Magoo's Problem Child as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Goes Overboard as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo's Masquerade as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo's Moose Hunt as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Matador Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo's Private War as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Breaks Par as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1957 Magoo Saves the Bank as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Magoo's Young Manhood as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1953 Geraldine as Jason Ambrose
- 1959 Magoo's Lodge Brother as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1967 Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren
- 1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over as Colonel
- 1963 A Child Is Waiting as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- 1958 The Explosive Mr. Magoo as Mr Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Magoo’s Cruise as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Gumshoe Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Magoo’s Three-Point Landing as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
- 1959 Bwana Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 Merry Minstrel Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1958 Love Comes to Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1959 Magoo’s Homecoming as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1977 Have I Got a Christmas for You as Kevin Grady
- 1949 The Great Lover as Higgins
- 1964 Rendezvous in Space as Moon (voice)
- 1972 Of Thee I Sing as Senator Robert F. Lyons
- 1948 Where Will You Hide? as Narrator
- 1950 The Popcorn Story as Narrator
- 1964 Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest as Mr. Magoo
- 1952 Pink and Blue Blues as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1952 Pete Hothead as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
- Soon Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
- 1982 Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1983 The Unpredictable Pudgy! as Himself
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as Weitzman
- 1961 The Dick Powell Show ( 1 episode ) as Monte
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Maury Samuels
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Harold Mason
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Karl Bigger
- 1982 Gilligan's Planet ( 13 episodes ) as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
- 1968 The Good Guys ( 3 episodes )
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Marvin Waterman
- 1969 The Brady Bunch ( 3 episodes ) as Zaccariah
- 1964 Gilligan's Island ( 98 episodes ) as Thurston Howell
- 1974 Chico and the Man ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode ) as Marty Van Ransohoff
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 2 episodes ) as Iggy
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1966 Continental Showcase ( 14 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode ) as Emile Wade
- 1974 The New Adventures of Gilligan ( 32 episodes ) as Thurston Howell III (voice)
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Sam Thayer
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Sims
- 1948 Studio One ( 2 episodes ) as Tim McTaggart
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Kevin Grady
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Blondie ( 14 episodes ) as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Fabian Swanson
- 1975 Mobile One ( 1 episode ) as Macklin
- 1970 Nanny and the Professor ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Charles Walters
- 1973 Police Story ( 2 episodes )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Will Scataway
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Henry Banning
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Detective Herman
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Accidental Family ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Howard Biggers
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Lucus Edgerton
- 1952 I Married Joan ( 98 episodes ) as Judge Bradley Stevens
- 1979 Eischied ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Flying High ( 1 episode )
- 1969 The Barbara McNair Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1986 The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show ( 261 episodes )
- 1977 What's New, Mr. Magoo? ( 32 episodes ) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1960 The Mr. Magoo Show ( 130 episodes ) as Mr Magoo (voice)
- 1960 The Jim Backus Show ( 39 episodes )
- 1975 Joe Forrester ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Joe Wheelwright
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 10 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1964 The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo ( 29 episodes ) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Bill
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 2 episodes ) as Jerry Franks
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as William Norbert
- 1956 The Gale Storm Show ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Hutchins
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Harry
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Pork Pie Hannigan
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Herkimer Witt
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Landers
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 I Dream of Jeannie ( 1 episode ) as General Fitzhugh
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Cap Truman
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode ) as Ziggy
- 1979 $weepstake$ ( 1 episode ) as Major Adams
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode ) as Jake Mandel
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 2022 The Unknown Story ( 1 episode ) as Self - archive footage
- 1979 The Rebels ( 2 episodes ) as John Hancock
- 1956 Conflict ( 1 episode ) as Dandy Summers
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as McAvoy
