Jim Backus

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 227

Gender Male

Birthday February 25, 1913

Day of Death July 3, 1989 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

James Gilmore Backus

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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.

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

Acting

2012

as Pat Quaid (archive footage)

2005

as Himself (uncredited)

2004

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

1987

as Self

1986

(261 episodes)

1985

as Dealy

1982		Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.
1982		Gilligan's Planet (13 episodes) as Thurston Howell, III (voice)

1981		Enchanted Journey as Gamba
1981		The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III

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		Eischied (1 episode)
1979		The Rebels as John Hancock
1979		The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
1979		Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March
1979		Sweepstakes (1 episode)

1978		Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
1978		Flying High (1 episode)
1978		Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman
1978		Fantasy Island (1 episode) as Cap Truman

1977		Have I Got a Christmas for You as Kevin Grady
1977		Pete's Dragon as The Mayor
1977		The Love Boat (1 episode) as Mr. Landers (1 episode) as Marvin Waterman
1977		CHiPs (1 episode) as Weitzman
1977		What's New, Mr. Magoo? (32 episodes)
1977		Never Con a Killer as Stanley Bunch

1976

(2 episodes) as Iggy

1975		Friday Foster as Enos Griffith
1975		Mobile One (1 episode)
1975		Ellery Queen (1 episode) as Howard Biggers
1975		Joe Forrester (1 episode)
1975		Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson
1975		Cop on the Beat as Jake Mandel

1974		Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
1974		Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 episode)
1974		Chico and the Man (1 episode)
1974		Harry O (1 episode)
1974		The New Adventures of Gilligan (32 episodes) as Thurston Howell III (voice)
1974		Goodnight Jackie as Mr. Landry

1973		Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer
1973		The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson
1973		Police Story (3 episodes)

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		Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus
1971		Alias Smith and Jones (1 episode)

1970		Myra Breckinridge as Doctor
1970		The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Staunch
1970		Uncle Sam Magoo as Mr. Magoo
1970		Nanny and the Professor (1 episode) as Dr. Charles Walters

1969		Wake Me When the War Is Over as Colonel
1969		Love, American Style (2 episodes) as Jerry Franks
1969		The Brady Bunch (3 episodes)
1969		Medical Center (1 episode)
1969		Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 episode) as Bill
1969		The Barbara McNair Show (1 episode) as Self
1969		Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister

1968		Blondie (14 episodes)
1968		The Good Guys (3 episodes)
1968		The Mod Squad (1 episode) as Emile Wade
1968		Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (2 episodes) as Self

1967		Accidental Family (1 episode)
1967		Don't Make Waves as Self (uncredited)
1967		Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren
1967		Hurry Sundown as Carter Sillens
1967		The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1 episode) as Self

1966

(14 episodes) as Self - Host

1965		Billie as Howard G. Carol
1965		I Dream of Jeannie (1 episode) as General Fitzhugh
1965		The Wild Wild West (1 episode) as Fabian Swanson
1965		Fluffy as Sergeant
1965		John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper

1964		The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (29 episodes) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1964		Gilligan's Island (98 episodes) as Thurston Howell, III
1964		Daniel Boone (1 episode) as Will Scataway
1964		Rendezvous in Space as Moon (voice)
1964		Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby
1964		Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest as Mr. Magoo
1964		Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery as Mr. Magoo

1963		The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear
1963		Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963		It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Tyler Fitzgerald
1963		Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy
1963		Burke's Law (1 episode) as Herkimer Witt (1 episode) as Pork Pie Hannigan (1 episode) as Harold Mason
1963		Arrest and Trial (1 episode) as Sam Thayer
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)

1962		Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1962		Zotz! as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (4 episodes) as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show (2 episodes) as Self
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies (1 episode) as Marty Van Ransohoff
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

1961		The Mike Douglas Show (5 episodes) as Self - Co-Host (10 episodes) as Self
1961		The Dick Powell Show (1 episode) as Monte
1961		Cain's Hundred (1 episode) as Karl Bigger
1961		Magoo Meets Frankenstein as Mr. Magoo

1960		The Mr. Magoo Show (130 episodes) as Mr Magoo
1960		The Jim Backus Show (39 episodes)
1960		Inside Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
1960		Ice Palace as Dave Husack
1960		Tom, Dick and Harriet as James
1960		I Was a Teenage Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1959		Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959		1001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959		The Untouchables (1 episode) as William Norbert
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		The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes
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		A Princess for Magoo as Narrator

1958		77 Sunset Strip (1 episode) as Maury Samuels
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		The High Cost of Loving as Paul Mason
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)

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		Maverick (1 episode) as Joe Wheelwright
1957		Magoo's Masquerade as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957		Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar (8 episodes) as Self
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

1956		Meet Mother Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956		The Great Man as Nick Cellantano
1956		The Opposite Sex as Psychiatrist
1956		You Can't Run Away from It as Danker
1956		The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Hanna
1956		Magoo's Problem Child as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956		The Gale Storm Show (1 episode) as Arthur Hutchins
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)

1955		The Square Jungle as Pat Quaid
1955		Magoo Makes News as Mr. Magoo
1955		Matinee Theater (1 episode)
1955		Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark
1955		Gunsmoke (1 episode) as Reverend Sims
1955		Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch
1955		Madcap Magoo as Mr. Magoo
1955		Magoo Express as Mr. Magoo
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as Henry Banning

1954		Destination Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954		Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson
1954		Climax! (1 episode) as Detective Herman
1954		The George Gobel Show (1 episode) as Self
1954		Geraldine as Jason Ambrose
1954		When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1953		I Love Melvin as Mergo
1953		Above and Beyond as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1953		Angel Face as District Attorney Judson

1952		Androcles and the Lion as Centurion
1952		Hotsy Footsy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952		I Married Joan (98 episodes) as Judge Bradley Stevens
1952		The Rose Bowl Story as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
1952		Pink and Blue Blues as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Kevin Grady
1951		I Want You as Harvey Landrum
1951		Grizzly Golfer as Mr. Magoo
1951		I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris
1951		The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty
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

1950		The Popcorn Story as Narrator
1950		Emergency Wedding as Ed Hamley
1950		The Killer That Stalked New York as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Harry
1950		Trouble Indemnity as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour (1 episode) as Self
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		What's My Line? (4 episodes) as Self - Panelist
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents (1 episode) as Lucus Edgerton
1950		Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy as Magistrate Backus

1949		A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
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		Studio One (2 episodes) as Tim McTaggart
1948		A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1948		Where Will You Hide? as Narrator

Writing

1971

… Writer

1954

… Story

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