Jim Backus

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-02-25

Deathday 1989-07-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also Known As James Gilmore Backus

Jim Backus

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

Actor

2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

as Pat Quaid (archive footage)

2005
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

1985
Prince Jack

as Dealy

1982
Slapstick of Another Kind

as President of the U.S.

1982
Gilligan's Planet

as Thurston Howell, III (voice)

1980
There Goes The Bride

as Mr. Perkins

1980
The Gossip Columnist

as Jim Backus

1979
C.H.O.M.P.S.

as Mr. Gibbs

1979
The Rebels

as John Hancock

1979
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

1979
Angels' Brigade

as Cmdr. Lindsey March

1978
Rescue from Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

1978
Good Guys Wear Black

as Albert, the Doorman

1977
Pete's Dragon

as The Mayor

1977
Never Con a Killer

as Stanley Bunch

1977
The Love Boat

as Marvin Waterman

1977
The Love Boat

as Mr. Landers

1977
CHiPs

as Weitzman

1976
1975
Friday Foster

as Enos Griffith

1975
Crazy Mama

as Mr. Albertson

1975
Cop on the Beat

as Jake Mandel

1975
Ellery Queen

as Howard Biggers

1974
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

1974
Goodnight Jackie

as Mr. Landry

1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan

as Thurston Howell III (voice)

1973
Miracle on 34th Street

as Shellhammer

1973
The Girl Most Likely To...

as Prof. David Tilson

1972
Magic Carpet

as George Benson

1972
Of Thee I Sing

as Senator Robert F. Lyons

1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't

as Timothy Forsythe

1972
Getting Away from It All

as Mike Lorimar

1971
1970
1970
Uncle Sam Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1970
Nanny and the Professor

as Dr. Charles Walters

1969
Hello Down There

as T.R. Hollister

1969
Love, American Style

as Jerry Franks

1969
1968
The Mod Squad

as Emile Wade

1967
Don't Make Waves

as Self (uncredited)

1967
Damn Yankees

as Benny Van Buren

1967
Hurry Sundown

as Carter Sillens

1966
Continental Showcase

as Self - Host

1965
Billie

as Howard G. Carol

1965
Fluffy

as Sergeant

1965
I Dream of Jeannie

as General Fitzhugh

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Fabian Swanson

1964
Rendezvous in Space

as Moon (voice)

1964
Advance to the Rear

as Gen. Willoughby

1964
1964
Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell, III

1964
1964
Daniel Boone

as Will Scataway

1963
The Wheeler Dealers

as Bullard Bear

1963
Sunday in New York

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

1963
1963
Johnny Cool

as Louis Murphy

1963
My Six Loves

as Sheriff

1963
Operation Bikini

as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

1963
Critic's Choice

as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

1963
A Child Is Waiting

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1963
Burke's Law

as Harold Mason

1963
Burke's Law

as Pork Pie Hannigan

1963
Burke's Law

as Herkimer Witt

1963
Arrest and Trial

as Sam Thayer

1962
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

1962
Zotz!

as Prof. Horatio Kellgore

1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

1962
Boys' Night Out

as Peter Bowers

1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies

as Marty Van Ransohoff

1961
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Karl Bigger

1960
Inside Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

1960
Ice Palace

as Dave Husack

1960
I Was a Teenage Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1960
The Mr. Magoo Show

as Mr Magoo

1959
1001 Arabian Nights

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

1959
Ask Any Girl

as Mr. Maxwell

1959
A Private's Affair

as Jim Gordon

1959
The Big Operator

as Cliff Heldon

1959
Terror Faces Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1959
1959
Magoo's Lodge Brother

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959
Merry Minstrel Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959
Magoo’s Homecoming

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959
Bwana Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959
1959
The Untouchables

as William Norbert

1958
Gumshoe Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958
Love Comes to Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958
Macabre

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

1958
Magoo’s Cruise

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

1958
1958
The Explosive Mr. Magoo

as Mr Magoo (voice)

1958
Scoutmaster Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958
Magoo's Young Manhood

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Maury Samuels

1957
Magoo's Private War

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Magoo's Moose Hunt

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as King's Emissary

1957
Eighteen and Anxious

as Harvey Graham

1957
Rock Hound Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Magoo Saves the Bank

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Locan

1957
Magoo's Masquerade

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Magoo Breaks Par

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Matador Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Magoo Goes Overboard

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1957
Top Secret Affair

as Col. Homer W. Gooch

1957
Maverick

as Joe Wheelwright

1956
Meet Mother Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
The Great Man

as Nick Cellantano

1956
The Opposite Sex

as Psychiatrist

1956
1956
Magoo's Problem Child

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
Trailblazer Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
Magoo Beats the Heat

as Mr. Magoo(voice)

1956
The Naked Hills

as Willis Haver

1956
Calling Doctor Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
Magoo Goes West

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Tom Culdane

1956
Magoo's Canine Mutiny

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1956
The Gale Storm Show

as Arthur Hutchins

1955
The Square Jungle

as Pat Quaid

1955
Magoo Makes News

as Mr. Magoo

1955
Rebel Without a Cause

as Frank Stark

1955
Francis in the Navy

as Commander Hutch

1955
Madcap Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

1955
Magoo Express

as Mr. Magoo

1955
Gunsmoke

as Reverend Sims

1955
The Millionaire

as Henry Banning

1954
Destination Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1954
Deep in My Heart

as Ben Judson

1954
Geraldine

as Jason Ambrose

1954
When Magoo Flew

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1954
Climax!

as Detective Herman

1953
I Love Melvin

as Mergo

1953
Angel Face

as District Attorney Judson

1953
Above and Beyond

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

1952
1952
Hotsy Footsy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1952
The Rose Bowl Story

as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

1952
Don't Bother to Knock

as Peter Jones

1952
Pat and Mike

as Charles Barry

1952
Deadline - U.S.A.

as Jim Cleary

1952
Here Come the Nelsons

as Joe Randolph

1952
I Married Joan

as Judge Bradley Stevens

1951
I Want You

as Harvey Landrum

1951
Grizzly Golfer

as Mr. Magoo

1951
1951
1951
Fuddy Duddy Buddy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1951
Iron Man

as Max Watkins

1951
His Kind of Woman

as Myron Winton

1951
Bright Victory

as Bill Grayson

1951
Hollywood Story

as Mitch Davis

1951
Plutopia

as Milton the Cat

1951
Half Angel

as Michael Hogan

1951
Barefaced Flatfoot

as Mr. Magoo

1951
M

as The Mayor

1951
Bungled Bungalow

as Mr. Magoo

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Kevin Grady

1950
Emergency Wedding

as Ed Hamley

1950
The Killer That Stalked New York

as Willie Dennis (uncredited)

1950
Trouble Indemnity

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1950
Customs Agent

as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

1950
Spellbound Hound

as Mr. Magoo

1950
1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Lucus Edgerton

1949
A Dangerous Profession

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)

1949
The Great Lover

as Higgins

1949
Easy Living

as Dr. Franklin

1949
Father Was a Fullback

as Professor Sullivan

1949
Ragtime Bear

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1949
One Last Fling

as Howard Pritchard

1948
A-Lad-in His Lamp

as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

1948
1948
Studio One

as Tim McTaggart

Writer

1954