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Jim Backus

Jim Backus

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.

Born

Feb 25, 1913

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died

Jul 03, 1989

Known For

Acting

Movies

163 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.9

movie

Known For

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977

as The Mayor
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

as Peter Jones
Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as District Attorney Judson
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • as Tyler Fitzgerald
★ 7.0
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 • as Frank Stark
★ 7.5
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon
1977 • as The Mayor
★ 6.3
Iron Man
Iron Man
1951 • as Max Watkins
★ 6.1
M
M
1951 • as The Mayor
★ 6.4
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 • as Mr. Albertson
★ 5.5
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 • as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York
1963 • as Chief Pilot Drysdale
★ 6.7
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 • as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
★ 5.8
His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman
1951 • as Myron Winton
★ 6.7
Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 • as Jim Cleary
★ 6.9
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963 • as Louis Murphy
★ 5.1
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge
1970 • as Doctor
★ 4.5
Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out
1962 • as Peter Bowers
★ 5.8
Good Guys Wear Black
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 • as Albert, the Doorman
★ 5.1
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 • as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 • as Timothy Forsythe
★ 6.2
Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 • as Clarence Locan
★ 6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • as Peter Jones
★ 6.6
Angel Face
Angel Face
1953 • as District Attorney Judson
★ 7.1
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 • as Whitepaper
★ 3.1
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 • as Prof. David Tilson
★ 6.6
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as Mitch Davis
★ 6.6
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
1975 • as Enos Griffith
★ 5.9
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
1956 • as Psychiatrist
★ 5.2
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967 • as Carter Sillens
★ 6.4
Ice Palace
Ice Palace
1960 • as Dave Husack
★ 5.8
Bright Victory
Bright Victory
1951 • as Bill Grayson
★ 6.9
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952 • as Charles Barry
★ 6.3
The Wheeler Dealers
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 • as Bullard Bear
★ 6.2
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 • as Shellhammer
★ 6.8
Billie
Billie
1965 • as Howard G. Carol
★ 4.7
The Wild and the Innocent
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 • as Mr. Forbes
★ 6.3
Zotz!
Zotz!
1962 • as Horatio Kellgore
★ 5.4
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 • as Tru-Blue Lou
★ 4.9
Easy Living
Easy Living
1949 • as Dr. Franklin
★ 5.6
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 • as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
★ 6.2
Slapstick of Another Kind
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 • as President of the U.S.
★ 2.7
Macabre
Macabre
1958 • as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
★ 5.9
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 • as Jim Backus
★ 4.3
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
1952 • as Centurion
★ 5.8
Francis in the Navy
Francis in the Navy
1955 • as Commander Hutch
★ 5.5
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 • as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
★ 6.1
C.H.O.M.P.S.
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 • as Mr. Gibbs
★ 5.0
The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills
1956 • as Willis Haver
★ 4.6
A Private's Affair
A Private's Affair
1959 • as Jim Gordon
★ 1.0
Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet
1972 • as George Benson
The Square Jungle
The Square Jungle
1955 • as Pat Quaid
★ 5.9
Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl
1959 • as Mr. Maxwell
★ 6.2
I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 • as Sam Harris
★ 4.7
I Love Melvin
I Love Melvin
1953 • as Mergo
★ 6.0
Cop on the Beat
Cop on the Beat
1975 • as Jake Mandel
★ 4.1
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
1954 • as Ben Judson
★ 6.7
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 • as Tom Culdane
★ 4.2
You Can't Run Away from It
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 • as Danker
★ 4.7
A-Lad-in His Lamp
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 • as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 • as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
★ 5.7
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 • as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
★ 5.6
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • as Jim Backus
★ 7.5
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 • as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
★ 3.0
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • as Kevin Grady
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • as Staunch
★ 6.2
My Six Loves
My Six Loves
1963 • as Sheriff
★ 5.6
Angels' Brigade
Angels' Brigade
1979 • as Cmdr. Lindsey March
★ 3.1
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 • as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
★ 6.5
Geraldine
Geraldine
1953 • as Jason Ambrose
★ 5.0
Operation Bikini
Operation Bikini
1963 • as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
★ 3.7
Hello Down There
Hello Down There
1969 • as T.R. Hollister
★ 5.7
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 6.6
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 • as Gen. Willoughby
★ 5.0
I Want You
I Want You
1951 • as Harvey Landrum
★ 4.7
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 • as Sgt. Hanna
★ 4.0
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak
1951 • as Flaherty
★ 6.9
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
1972 • as Mike Lorimar
Eighteen and Anxious
Eighteen and Anxious
1957 • as Harvey Graham
★ 6.0
Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback
1949 • as Professor Sullivan
★ 6.0
Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons
1952 • as Joe Randolph
★ 6.0
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair
1957 • as Col. Homer W. Gooch
★ 4.3
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 • as King's Emissary
★ 5.5
The Great Man
The Great Man
1956 • as Nick Cellantano
★ 4.6
Plutopia
Plutopia
1951 • as Milton the Cat
★ 5.7
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
1958 • as Paul Mason
★ 5.7
Above and Beyond
Above and Beyond
1953 • as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
★ 6.1
The Great Lover
The Great Lover
1949 • as Higgins
★ 6.8
Half Angel
Half Angel
1951 • as Michael Hogan
★ 5.6
Never Con a Killer
Never Con a Killer
1977 • as Stanley Bunch
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 • as Colonel
★ 5.0
Fluffy
Fluffy
1965 • as Sergeant
★ 6.5
Prince Jack
Prince Jack
1985 • as Dealy
Customs Agent
Customs Agent
1950 • as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Rendezvous in Space
Rendezvous in Space
1964 • as Moon (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
★ 6.0
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
1967 • as Benny Van Buren
★ 4.0
There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
1980 • as Mr. Perkins
Calling Doctor Magoo
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Big Operator
The Big Operator
1959 • as Cliff Heldon
★ 5.8
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession
1949 • as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.6
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • as Thurston Howell III
★ 4.6
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding
1950 • as Ed Hamley
★ 5.5
The Horizontal Lieutenant
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962 • as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
★ 4.8
movie
Goodnight Jackie
1974 • as Mr. Landry
One Last Fling
One Last Fling
1949 • as Howard Pritchard
★ 3.8
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974 • as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
★ 6.6
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing
1972 • as Senator Robert F. Lyons
★ 6.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970 • as Mr. Magoo
movie
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987 • as Self
Magoo Express
Magoo Express
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Trouble Indemnity
Trouble Indemnity
1950 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.8
Ragtime Bear
Ragtime Bear
1949 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Scoutmaster Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0
Spellbound Hound
Spellbound Hound
1950 • as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.5
Inside Magoo
Inside Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Gumshoe Magoo
Gumshoe Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956 • as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
Magoo's Masquerade
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 1.0
Magoo's Moose Hunt
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.0
Merry Minstrel Magoo
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
Bwana Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew
1954 • as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
★ 6.6
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 • as Himself (uncredited)
Magoo's Young Manhood
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958 • as Mr Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
Trailblazer Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
Meet Mother Magoo
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
• as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
Rock Hound Magoo
Rock Hound Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
Magoo Breaks Par
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
Love Comes to Magoo
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.0
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958 • as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Bungled Bungalow
Bungled Bungalow
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
Matador Magoo
Matador Magoo
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961 • as Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo
Destination Magoo
1954 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 8.0
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • as Magistrate Backus
Magoo's Private War
Magoo's Private War
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Madcap Magoo
Madcap Magoo
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
movie
Where Will You Hide?
1948 • as Narrator
Magoo’s Homecoming
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
Magoo's Problem Child
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 • as James
movie
Magoo’s Cruise
1958 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Grizzly Golfer
Grizzly Golfer
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Magoo Makes News
Magoo Makes News
1955 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Magoo Goes West
Magoo Goes West
1956 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0
Hotsy Footsy
Hotsy Footsy
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.0
Magoo Goes Overboard
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 7.5
Terror Faces Magoo
Terror Faces Magoo
1959 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 4.5
Pete Hothead
Pete Hothead
1952 • as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Popcorn Story
The Popcorn Story
1950 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
movie
A Princess for Magoo
1959 • as Narrator
movie
Pink and Blue Blues
1952 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 5.8
Barefaced Flatfoot
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951 • as Mr. Magoo
★ 6.0
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964 • as Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951 • as Mr. Magoo (voice)
★ 6.0