Jim Backus

Feb 25, 1913 - Jul 03, 1989 (76 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Love Boat

Marvin Waterman

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Maverick

Joe Wheelwright

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Love, American Style

Jerry Franks

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The Beverly Hillbillies

Marty Van Ransohoff

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Charlie's Angels

Iggy

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The Wild Wild West

Fabian Swanson

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I Dream of Jeannie

General Fitzhugh

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Hill Street Blues

Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Climax!

Detective Herman

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Matinee Theater

Credits

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents 2005

Himself (uncredited)

★ NR
Los Angeles Plays Itself 2004

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

★ 7.6
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets 1987

Self

★ NR
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show 1986

★ 8.1
Prince Jack 1985

Dealy

★ NR
Slapstick of Another Kind 1982

President of the U.S.

★ 2.7
Gilligan's Planet 1982

Thurston Howell, III (voice)

★ 5.8
Enchanted Journey 1981

Gamba

★ 6.4
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981

Thurston Howell III

★ 4.6
Hill Street Blues 1981

Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.6
There Goes The Bride 1980

Mr. Perkins

★ NR
The Gossip Columnist 1980

Jim Backus

★ 7.5
C.H.O.M.P.S. 1979

Mr. Gibbs

★ 5
Eischied 1979

★ 6
The Rebels 1979

John Hancock

★ NR
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 1979

Thurston Howell III

★ 6.6
Angels' Brigade 1979

Cmdr. Lindsey March

★ 2.8
$weepstake$ 1979

Major Adams

★ NR
Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978

Thurston Howell III

★ 4.6
Flying High 1978

★ 4.5
Good Guys Wear Black 1978

Albert, the Doorman

★ 5.1
Fantasy Island 1978

Cap Truman

★ 6.4
Have I Got a Christmas for You 1977

Kevin Grady

★ NR
Pete's Dragon 1977

The Mayor

★ 6.3
The Love Boat 1977

Marvin Waterman

★ 6.3
CHiPs 1977

Weitzman

★ 6.8
What's New, Mr. Magoo? 1977

★ 7.5
Never Con a Killer 1977

Stanley Bunch

★ NR
Charlie's Angels 1976

Iggy

★ 6.7
Friday Foster 1975

Enos Griffith

★ 5.9
Mobile One 1975

★ 5
Ellery Queen 1975

Howard Biggers

★ 7.4
Joe Forrester 1975

★ 7
Crazy Mama 1975

Mr. Albertson

★ 5.4
Cop on the Beat 1975

Jake Mandel

★ 4.1
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus 1974

Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

★ 6.6
Chico and the Man 1974

★ 5.8
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974

★ 7.6
Harry O 1974

Ziggy

★ 4.6
The New Adventures of Gilligan 1974

Thurston Howell III (voice)

★ 4.8
Goodnight Jackie 1974

Mr. Landry

★ NR
Miracle on 34th Street 1973

Shellhammer

★ 6.8
The Girl Most Likely To... 1973

Prof. David Tilson

★ 6.6
Police Story 1973

★ 6.9
Magic Carpet 1972

George Benson

★ NR
Of Thee I Sing 1972

Senator Robert F. Lyons

★ 6
Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972

Timothy Forsythe

★ 6.3
Getting Away from It All 1972

Mike Lorimar

★ NR
Mooch Goes to Hollywood 1971

Jim Backus

★ 4.3
Alias Smith and Jones 1971

★ 6.9
Myra Breckinridge 1970

Doctor

★ 4.5
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970

Staunch

★ 6.2
Uncle Sam Magoo 1970

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
Nanny and the Professor 1970

Dr. Charles Walters

★ 6
Wake Me When the War Is Over 1969

Colonel

★ 5
Love, American Style 1969

Jerry Franks

★ 6.1
The Brady Bunch 1969

★ 6.7
Medical Center 1969

★ 6.1
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969

Bill

★ 6.5
The Barbara McNair Show 1969

Self

★ NR
Hello Down There 1969

T.R. Hollister

★ 5.7
Blondie 1968

J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers

★ NR
The Good Guys 1968

★ 6
The Mod Squad 1968

Emile Wade

★ 6.2
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? 1968

Tru-Blue Lou

★ 4.9
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Self

★ 6.6
Accidental Family 1967

★ 5
Don't Make Waves 1967

Self (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Damn Yankees 1967

Benny Van Buren

★ 4
Hurry Sundown 1967

Carter Sillens

★ 6.4
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 1967

Self

★ 6.9
Continental Showcase 1966

Self - Host

★ NR
Billie 1965

Howard G. Carol

★ 4.7
I Dream of Jeannie 1965

General Fitzhugh

★ 7.8
The Wild Wild West 1965

Fabian Swanson

★ 7.6
Fluffy 1965

Sergeant

★ 6.5
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 1965

Whitepaper

★ 3.1
Gilligan's Island 1964

Thurston Howell, III

★ 7.4
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 1964

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 6.6
Daniel Boone 1964

Will Scataway

★ 7
Rendezvous in Space 1964

Moon (voice)

★ NR
Advance to the Rear 1964

Gen. Willoughby

★ 5
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery 1964

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest 1964

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
The Wheeler Dealers 1963

Bullard Bear

★ 6.2
Sunday in New York 1963

Chief Pilot Drysdale

★ 6.7
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963

Tyler Fitzgerald

★ 7
Johnny Cool 1963

Louis Murphy

★ 5.1
Burke's Law 1963

Harold Mason

★ 6
Arrest and Trial 1963

Sam Thayer

★ 7.7
My Six Loves 1963

Sheriff

★ 5.6
Operation Bikini 1963

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

★ 3.6
Critic's Choice 1963

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

★ 5.5
A Child Is Waiting 1963

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962

Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

★ 6.2
Zotz! 1962

Prof. Horatio Kellgore

★ 5.6
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

Marty Van Ransohoff

★ 6.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

★ 5.8
Boys' Night Out 1962

Peter Bowers

★ 5.7
The Horizontal Lieutenant 1962

Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

★ 4.8
Cain's Hundred 1961

Karl Bigger

★ 4.7
Magoo Meets Frankenstein 1961

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
The Mr. Magoo Show 1960

Mr Magoo

★ 6.7
The Jim Backus Show 1960

★ NR
Inside Magoo 1960

Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

★ NR
Ice Palace 1960

Dave Husack

★ 5.8
I Was a Teenage Magoo 1960

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Tom, Dick and Harriet 1960

James

★ NR
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) 1959

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
1001 Arabian Nights 1959

Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

★ 5.7
The Untouchables 1959

William Norbert

★ 7.8
Ask Any Girl 1959

Mr. Maxwell

★ 6.2
A Private's Affair 1959

Jim Gordon

★ 1
The Big Operator 1959

Cliff Heldon

★ 5.8
Terror Faces Magoo 1959

Mr. Magoo

★ 4
The Wild and the Innocent 1959

Mr. Forbes

★ 6.3
Magoo's Lodge Brother 1959

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Merry Minstrel Magoo 1959

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo’s Homecoming 1959

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Bwana Magoo 1959

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
A Princess for Magoo 1959

Narrator

★ NR
77 Sunset Strip 1958

Maury Samuels

★ 6.7
Gumshoe Magoo 1958

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Love Comes to Magoo 1958

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Macabre 1958

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

★ 6
Magoo’s Cruise 1958

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing 1958

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

★ NR
The High Cost of Loving 1958

Paul Mason

★ 5.7
The Explosive Mr. Magoo 1958

Mr Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Scoutmaster Magoo 1958

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 6
Magoo's Young Manhood 1958

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo's Private War 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo's Moose Hunt 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 5
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1957

King's Emissary

★ 5.4
Eighteen and Anxious 1957

Harvey Graham

★ 6
Rock Hound Magoo 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo Saves the Bank 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 5
Maverick 1957

Joe Wheelwright

★ 6.9
Man of a Thousand Faces 1957

Clarence Locan

★ 6.6
Magoo's Masquerade 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 1
Magoo Breaks Par 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Matador Magoo 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo Goes Overboard 1957

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 7.5
Top Secret Affair 1957

Col. Homer W. Gooch

★ 4.3
Meet Mother Magoo 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
The Great Man 1956

Nick Cellantano

★ 4.6
The Opposite Sex 1956

Psychiatrist

★ 5.2
You Can't Run Away from It 1956

Danker

★ 4.7
The Girl He Left Behind 1956

Sgt. Hanna

★ 3.5
Magoo's Problem Child 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
The Gale Storm Show 1956

Arthur Hutchins

★ 5.5
Trailblazer Magoo 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo's Puddle Jumper 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 5.5
Magoo Beats the Heat 1956

Mr. Magoo(voice)

★ NR
The Naked Hills 1956

Willis Haver

★ 4.6
Calling Doctor Magoo 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ NR
Magoo Goes West 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 6
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956

Tom Culdane

★ 4.3
Magoo's Canine Mutiny 1956

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 7.5
The Square Jungle 1955

Pat Quaid

★ 5.9
Magoo Makes News 1955

Mr. Magoo

★ 6
Matinee Theater 1955

★ 5
Rebel Without a Cause 1955

Frank Stark

★ 7.5
Gunsmoke 1955

Reverend Sims

★ 6.6
Francis in the Navy 1955

Commander Hutch

★ 5.4
Madcap Magoo 1955

Mr. Magoo

★ 6
Magoo Express 1955

Mr. Magoo

★ 6
The Millionaire 1955

Henry Banning

★ 5
Destination Magoo 1954

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 8
Deep in My Heart 1954

Ben Judson

★ 6.8
Climax! 1954

Detective Herman

★ 3.3
The George Gobel Show 1954

Self

★ 7.3
When Magoo Flew 1954

Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)

★ 6.6
Geraldine 1953

Jason Ambrose

★ 5
I Love Melvin 1953

Mergo

★ 6
Angel Face 1953

District Attorney Judson

★ 7.1
Above and Beyond 1953

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

★ 6.1
Androcles and the Lion 1952

Centurion

★ 5.8
Hotsy Footsy 1952

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 7
I Married Joan 1952

Judge Bradley Stevens

★ 6
Pete Hothead 1952

Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)

★ NR
The Rose Bowl Story 1952

Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

★ 3
Pink and Blue Blues 1952

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 5.8
Don't Bother to Knock 1952

Peter Jones

★ 6.6
Pat and Mike 1952

Charles Barry

★ 6.3
Deadline - U.S.A. 1952

Jim Cleary

★ 6.8
Here Come the Nelsons 1952

Joe Randolph

★ 6
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Kevin Grady

★ 8.6
I Want You 1951

Harvey Landrum

★ 4.7
Grizzly Golfer 1951

Mr. Magoo

★ 6
I'll See You in My Dreams 1951

Sam Harris

★ 4.7
The Man with a Cloak 1951

Flaherty

★ 6.9
Fuddy Duddy Buddy 1951

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 6
Iron Man 1951

Max Watkins

★ 6.1
His Kind of Woman 1951

Myron Winton

★ 6.6
Bright Victory 1951

Bill Grayson

★ 6.9
Hollywood Story 1951

Mitch Davis

★ 6.6
Plutopia 1951

Milton the Cat

★ 5.6
Half Angel 1951

Michael Hogan

★ 5.6
Barefaced Flatfoot 1951

Mr. Magoo

★ 6
M 1951

The Mayor

★ 6.3
Bungled Bungalow 1951

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
The Popcorn Story 1950

Narrator

★ 6
Emergency Wedding 1950

Ed Hamley

★ 5.5
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950

Willie Dennis (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Harry

★ 6.3
Trouble Indemnity 1950

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 5.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self

★ 6.8
Customs Agent 1950

Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

★ NR
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950

Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

★ 6.1
Spellbound Hound 1950

Mr. Magoo

★ NR
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Panelist

★ 6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Lucus Edgerton

★ 5.6
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy 1950

Magistrate Backus

★ NR
A Dangerous Profession 1949

Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

★ 5.6
The Great Lover 1949

Higgins

★ 6.8
Easy Living 1949

Dr. Franklin

★ 5.6
Father Was a Fullback 1949

Professor Sullivan

★ 6
Ragtime Bear 1949

Mr. Magoo (voice)

★ 7
One Last Fling 1949

Howard Pritchard

★ 3.8
Studio One 1948

Tim McTaggart

★ 5
A-Lad-in His Lamp 1948

Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Where Will You Hide? 1948

Narrator

★ NR

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