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
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
The Mayor
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Mr. Albertson
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Myron Winton
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Friday Foster
(1975)
Enos Griffith
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Peter Jones
Myra Breckinridge
(1970)
Doctor
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(1972)
Timothy Forsythe
Hurry Sundown
(1967)
Carter Sillens
Operation Bikini
(1963)
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Angel Face
(1953)
District Attorney Judson
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Psychiatrist
Good Guys Wear Black
(1978)
Albert, the Doorman
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
Jim Cleary
Full Filmography
Acting
A-Lad-in His Lamp
(1948)
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
(1948)
Narrator
A Dangerous Profession
(1949)
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)
Ragtime Bear
(1949)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
(1949)
Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
(1949)
Howard Pritchard
Easy Living
(1949)
Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover
(1949)
Higgins
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
(1950)
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent
(1950)
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound
(1950)
Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding
(1950)
Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity
(1950)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)
Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
(1951)
Mitch Davis
Plutopia
(1951)
Milton the Cat
Iron Man
(1951)
Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Flaherty
Half Angel
(1951)
Michael Hogan
I Want You
(1951)
Harvey Landrum
Bungled Bungalow
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
Grizzly Golfer
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
(1951)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
M
(1951)
The Mayor
Bright Victory
(1951)
Bill Grayson
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
(1952)
Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
(1952)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story
(1952)
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
(1952)
Charles Barry
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Mergo
Angel Face
(1953)
District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
(1953)
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
When Magoo Flew
(1954)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
(1954)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Geraldine
(1954)
Jason Ambrose
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
(1955)
Commander Hutch
Magoo Express
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
The Square Jungle
(1955)
Pat Quaid
The Naked Hills
(1956)
Willis Haver
Meet Me in Las Vegas
(1956)
Tom Culdane
The Girl He Left Behind
(1956)
Sgt. Hanna
You Can't Run Away from It
(1956)
Danker
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Psychiatrist
Magoo Goes West
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
(1956)
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man
(1956)
Nick Cellantano
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Clarence Locan
Top Secret Affair
(1957)
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious
(1957)
Harvey Graham
Magoo's Masquerade
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(1957)
King's Emissary
Macabre
(1958)
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Paul Mason
Magoo's Young Manhood
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
(1958)
Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
(1958)
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
(1959)
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Big Operator
(1959)
Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair
(1959)
Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Mr. Maxwell
Terror Faces Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent
(1959)
Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ice Palace
(1960)
Dave Husack
Tom, Dick and Harriet
(1960)
James
Inside Magoo
(1960)
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo
(1960)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
(1961)
Mr. Magoo
Boys' Night Out
(1962)
Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
(1962)
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
(1962)
Prof. Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant
(1962)
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
(1963)
Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
(1963)
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
(1963)
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
(1963)
Sheriff
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
(1963)
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
(1964)
Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
(1964)
Moon (voice)
Billie
(1965)
Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(1965)
Whitepaper
Fluffy
(1965)
Sergeant
Hurry Sundown
(1967)
Carter Sillens
Damn Yankees
(1967)
Benny Van Buren
Don't Make Waves
(1967)
Self (uncredited)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
(1968)
Tru-Blue Lou
Hello Down There
(1969)
T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over
(1969)
Colonel
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(1970)
Staunch
Myra Breckinridge
(1970)
Doctor
Uncle Sam Magoo
(1970)
Mr. Magoo
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
(1971)
Jim Backus
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(1972)
Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
(1972)
Mike Lorimar
Of Thee I Sing
(1972)
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Magic Carpet
(1972)
George Benson
The Girl Most Likely to...
(1973)
Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
(1973)
Shellhammer
Goodnight Jackie
(1974)
Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
(1974)
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Friday Foster
(1975)
Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
(1975)
Jake Mandel
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
The Mayor
Have I Got a Christmas for You
(1977)
Kevin Grady
Never Con a Killer
(1977)
Stanley Bunch
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
(1978)
Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
(1978)
Albert, the Doorman
Angels' Brigade
(1979)
Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
(1979)
Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
(1979)
Thurston Howell III
The Rebels
(1979)
John Hancock
There Goes The Bride
(1980)
Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
(1980)
Jim Backus
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
(1981)
Thurston Howell III
The Enchanted Journey
(1981)
Gamba
Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
(1982)
President of the U.S.
Prince Jack
(1985)
Dealy
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
(1987)
Himself
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History
(2001)
Himself (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
(2005)
Himself (uncredited)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
(2012)
Pat Quaid (archive footage)
Writing