People
Jim Backus
- Name: Jim Backus
- Birthday: 1913-02-25
- Also known as: James Gilmore Backus
- Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Popularity: 5.751
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Pat Quaid (archive footage) | 2012-03-20 |
| Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself (uncredited) | 2005-01-01 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as Self | 1987-01-01 |
| Prince Jack as Dealy | 1985-12-01 |
| Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S. | 1982-12-09 |
| The Enchanted Journey as Gamba | 1981-10-10 |
| The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III | 1981-05-15 |
| There Goes The Bride as Mr. Perkins | 1980-07-07 |
| The Gossip Columnist as Jim Backus | 1980-03-21 |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. as Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
| The Rebels as John Hancock | 1979-05-14 |
| The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
| Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
| Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III | 1978-10-14 |
| Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman | 1978-06-01 |
| Have I Got a Christmas for You as Kevin Grady | 1977-12-16 |
| Pete's Dragon as The Mayor | 1977-11-03 |
| Never Con a Killer as Stanley Bunch | 1977-05-13 |
| Friday Foster as Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
| Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
| Cop on the Beat as Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
| Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) | 1974-12-06 |
| Goodnight Jackie as Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
| Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer | 1973-12-14 |
| The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson | 1973-11-06 |
| Magic Carpet as George Benson | 1972-11-06 |
| Of Thee I Sing as Senator Robert F. Lyons | 1972-10-24 |
| Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Timothy Forsythe | 1972-07-12 |
| Getting Away from It All as Mike Lorimar | 1972-01-18 |
| Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus | 1971-12-31 |
| Myra Breckinridge as Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
| The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
| Uncle Sam Magoo as Mr. Magoo | 1970-02-15 |
| Wake Me When the War Is Over as Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
| Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister | 1969-01-01 |
| Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
| Don't Make Waves as Self (uncredited) | 1967-06-20 |
| Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren | 1967-04-08 |
| Hurry Sundown as Carter Sillens | 1967-02-09 |
| Billie as Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
| Fluffy as Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
| John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
| Rendezvous in Space as Moon (voice) | 1964-09-10 |
| Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
| Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery as Mr. Magoo | 1964-01-01 |
| The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
| Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
| Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
| My Six Loves as Sheriff | 1963-04-03 |
| Operation Bikini as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 1963-03-26 |
| Critic's Choice as Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 1963-02-24 |
| A Child Is Waiting as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 1963-02-13 |
| Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1962-12-18 |
| Zotz! as Prof. Horatio Kellgore | 1962-10-03 |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 1962-08-07 |
| Boys' Night Out as Peter Bowers | 1962-06-21 |
| The Horizontal Lieutenant as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 1962-04-18 |
| Magoo Meets Frankenstein as Mr. Magoo | 1961-03-20 |
| Inside Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self | 1960-01-12 |
| Ice Palace as Dave Husack | 1960-01-02 |
| Tom, Dick and Harriet as James | 1960-01-01 |
| I Was a Teenage Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1960-01-01 |
| Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-27 |
| 1001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
| Ask Any Girl as Mr. Maxwell | 1959-08-21 |
| A Private's Affair as Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
| The Big Operator as Cliff Heldon | 1959-08-01 |
| Terror Faces Magoo as Mr. Magoo | 1959-07-09 |
| The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes | 1959-05-27 |
| Magoo's Lodge Brother as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-05-07 |
| Merry Minstrel Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-04-09 |
| Magoo’s Homecoming as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-03-05 |
| Bwana Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-01-09 |
| A Princess for Magoo as Narrator | 1959-01-01 |
| Gumshoe Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-10-06 |
| Love Comes to Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-10-02 |
| Macabre as Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 1958-10-01 |
| Magoo’s Cruise as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-09-11 |
| Magoo’s Three-Point Landing as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) | 1958-06-05 |
| The High Cost of Loving as Paul Mason | 1958-05-16 |
| The Explosive Mr. Magoo as Mr Magoo (voice) | 1958-05-08 |
| Scoutmaster Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-04-10 |
| Magoo's Young Manhood as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-03-13 |
| Magoo's Private War as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-12-19 |
| Magoo's Moose Hunt as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-11-28 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin as King's Emissary | 1957-11-26 |
| Eighteen and Anxious as Harvey Graham | 1957-11-15 |
| Rock Hound Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-10-24 |
| Magoo Saves the Bank as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-09-26 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan | 1957-08-15 |
| Magoo's Masquerade as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-08-15 |
| Magoo Breaks Par as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-06-27 |
| Matador Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-05-30 |
| Magoo Goes Overboard as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-02-21 |
| Top Secret Affair as Col. Homer W. Gooch | 1957-01-30 |
| Meet Mother Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-12-27 |
| The Great Man as Nick Cellantano | 1956-12-01 |
| The Opposite Sex as Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
| You Can't Run Away from It as Danker | 1956-10-30 |
| The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
| Magoo's Problem Child as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-10-18 |
| Trailblazer Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-09-13 |
| Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-07-26 |
| Magoo Beats the Heat as Mr. Magoo(voice) | 1956-06-21 |
| The Naked Hills as Willis Haver | 1956-06-17 |
| Calling Doctor Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
| Magoo Goes West as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-04-18 |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas as Tom Culdane | 1956-03-09 |
| Magoo's Canine Mutiny as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-03-08 |
| The Square Jungle as Pat Quaid | 1955-12-30 |
| Magoo Makes News as Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
| Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
| Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch | 1955-08-24 |
| Madcap Magoo as Mr. Magoo | 1955-06-23 |
| Magoo Express as Mr. Magoo | 1955-05-19 |
| Destination Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-12-16 |
| Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson | 1954-12-09 |
| Geraldine as Jason Ambrose | 1954-01-26 |
| When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-01-06 |
| I Love Melvin as Mergo | 1953-03-20 |
| Above and Beyond as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | 1953-01-02 |
| Angel Face as District Attorney Judson | 1953-01-02 |
| Androcles and the Lion as Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
| Hotsy Footsy as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
| The Rose Bowl Story as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
| Don't Bother to Knock as Peter Jones | 1952-07-18 |
| Pat and Mike as Charles Barry | 1952-06-13 |
| Deadline - U.S.A. as Jim Cleary | 1952-03-14 |
| Here Come the Nelsons as Joe Randolph | 1952-02-23 |
| I Want You as Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
| Grizzly Golfer as Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
| The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
| Fuddy Duddy Buddy as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1951-10-17 |
| Iron Man as Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
| His Kind of Woman as Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
| Bright Victory as Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
| Hollywood Story as Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
| Plutopia as Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
| Half Angel as Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
| Barefaced Flatfoot as Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
| M as The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
| Bungled Bungalow as Mr. Magoo | 1951-01-15 |
| The Popcorn Story as Narrator | 1950-11-30 |
| Emergency Wedding as Ed Hamley | 1950-11-15 |
| The Killer That Stalked New York as Willie Dennis (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
| Trouble Indemnity as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1950-09-14 |
| Customs Agent as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | 1950-05-18 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 1950-04-01 |
| Spellbound Hound as Mr. Magoo | 1950-03-16 |
| Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy as Magistrate Backus | 1950-01-01 |
| A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice) | 1949-12-10 |
| The Great Lover as Higgins | 1949-11-23 |
| Easy Living as Dr. Franklin | 1949-10-08 |
| Father Was a Fullback as Professor Sullivan | 1949-09-30 |
| Ragtime Bear as Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1949-09-29 |
| One Last Fling as Howard Pritchard | 1949-06-30 |
| A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-10-22 |
| Where Will You Hide? as Narrator | 1948-07-18 |
