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Jim Backus

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Rebel Without a Cause1955
Pete's Dragon1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963
Angel Face1953

About Jim Backus

Known for: Acting
Born: February 25, 1913
Died: July 3, 1989 (age 76)
Birthplace: 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.

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James Gilmore Backus

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Filmography

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents2005as Self (uncredited)

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets1987as Self
Prince Jack1985as Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy!1983as Himself
Slapstick of Another Kind1982as President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982as Self
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island1981as Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride1980as Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist1980as Jim Backus
C.H.O.M.P.S.1979as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island1979as Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade1979as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Rescue from Gilligan's Island1978as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black1978as Albert, the Doorman
Have I Got a Christmas for You1977as Kevin Grady
Pete's Dragon1977as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer1977as Stanley Bunch
Friday Foster1975as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama1975as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat1975as Jake Mandel
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1974as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Goodnight Jackie1974as Mr. Landry
Miracle on 34th Street1973as Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To...1973as Prof. David Tilson
Magic Carpet1972as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing1972as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't1972as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All1972as Mike Lorimar
Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971as Jim Backus
Myra Breckinridge1970as Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970as Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo1970as Mr. Magoo
Wake Me When the War Is Over1969as Colonel
Hello Down There1969as T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968as Tru-Blue Lou
Don't Make Waves1967as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees1967as Benny Van Buren
Hurry Sundown1967as Carter Sillens
Billie1965as Howard G. Carol
Fluffy1965as Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965as Whitepaper
Rendezvous in Space1964as Moon (voice)
Advance to the Rear1964as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest1964as Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery1964as Mr. Magoo
The Wheeler Dealers1963as Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York1963as Chief Pilot Drysdale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963as Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool1963as Louis Murphy
My Six Loves1963as Sheriff
Operation Bikini1963as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Critic's Choice1963as William Von Hagedorn
A Child Is Waiting1963as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol1962as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!1962as Horatio Kellgore
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Boys' Night Out1962as Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant1962as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Magoo Meets Frankenstein1961as Mr. Magoo
Inside Magoo1960as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace1960as Dave Husack
I Was a Teenage Magoo1960as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet1960as James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)1959as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights1959as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Ask Any Girl1959as Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair1959as Jim Gordon
The Big Operator1959as Cliff Heldon
Terror Faces Magoo1959as Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent1959as Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother1959as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo1959as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming1959as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo1959as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo1959as Narrator
Gumshoe Magoo1958as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo1958as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre1958as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise1958as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing1958as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The High Cost of Loving1958as Paul Mason
The Explosive Mr. Magoo1958as Mr Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo1958as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood1958as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin1957as King's Emissary
Eighteen and Anxious1957as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces1957as Clarence Locan
Magoo Breaks Par1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard1957as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Top Secret Affair1957as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Meet Mother Magoo1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man1956as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex1956as Psychiatrist
You Can't Run Away from It1956as Danker
The Girl He Left Behind1956as Sgt. Hanna
Magoo's Problem Child1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat1956as Mr. Magoo(voice)
The Naked Hills1956as Willis Haver
Calling Doctor Magoo1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas1956as Tom Culdane
Magoo's Canine Mutiny1956as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle1955as Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News1955as Mr. Magoo
Rebel Without a Cause1955as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy1955as Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo1955as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express1955as Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo1954as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart1954as Ben Judson
When Magoo Flew1954as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Geraldine1953as Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin1953as Mergo
Above and Beyond1953as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Angel Face1953as District Attorney Judson
Androcles and the Lion1952as Centurion
Hotsy Footsy1952as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead1952as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story1952as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues1952as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Don't Bother to Knock1952as Peter Jones
Pat and Mike1952as Charles Barry
Deadline - U.S.A.1952as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons1952as Joe Randolph
I Want You1951as Harvey Landrum
Grizzly Golfer1951as Mr. Magoo
I'll See You in My Dreams1951as Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak1951as Flaherty
Fuddy Duddy Buddy1951as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man1951as Max Watkins
His Kind of Woman1951as Myron Winton
Bright Victory1951as Bill Grayson
Hollywood Story1951as Mitch Davis
Plutopia1951as Milton the Cat
Half Angel1951as Michael Hogan
Barefaced Flatfoot1951as Mr. Magoo
M1951as The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow1951as Mr. Magoo
The Popcorn Story1950as Narrator
Emergency Wedding1950as Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York1950as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Trouble Indemnity1950as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent1950as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town1950as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound1950as Mr. Magoo
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy1950as Magistrate Backus
A Dangerous Profession1949as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Great Lover1949as Higgins
Easy Living1949as Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback1949as Professor Sullivan
Ragtime Bear1949as Mr. Magoo (voice)
One Last Fling1949as Howard Pritchard
A-Lad-in His Lamp1948as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?1948as Narrator
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPAYear unavailableas Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971Writer

Destination Magoo1954Story

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Writing 2