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
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Frank Stark
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Mr. Albertson
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Tyler Fitzgerald
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
The Mayor
Angel Face
(1953)
District Attorney Judson
Friday Foster
(1975)
Enos Griffith
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Chief Pilot Drysdale
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Myron Winton
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
Jim Cleary
Myra Breckinridge
(1970)
Doctor
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Peter Jones
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Clarence Locan
Boys' Night Out
(1962)
Peter Bowers
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Good Guys Wear Black
(1978)
Albert, the Doorman
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(1972)
Timothy Forsythe
Full Filmography
Acting
A-Lad-in His Lamp
(1948)
Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
(1948)
Narrator
Father Was a Fullback
(1949)
Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
(1949)
Howard Pritchard
A Dangerous Profession
(1949)
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)
Easy Living
(1949)
Dr. Franklin
Ragtime Bear
(1949)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Lover
(1949)
Higgins
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Spellbound Hound
(1950)
Mr. Magoo
Customs Agent
(1950)
Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Emergency Wedding
(1950)
Ed Hamley
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
(1950)
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Trouble Indemnity
(1950)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Barefaced Flatfoot
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
Grizzly Golfer
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
(1951)
Bill Grayson
Bungled Bungalow
(1951)
Mr. Magoo
I Want You
(1951)
Harvey Landrum
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Myron Winton
Iron Man
(1951)
Max Watkins
Hollywood Story
(1951)
Mitch Davis
Plutopia
(1951)
Milton the Cat
I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)
Sam Harris
Half Angel
(1951)
Michael Hogan
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
(1951)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
M
(1951)
The Mayor
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Flaherty
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Centurion
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
Jim Cleary
The Rose Bowl Story
(1952)
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Peter Jones
Hotsy Footsy
(1952)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Here Come the Nelsons
(1952)
Joe Randolph
Pat and Mike
(1952)
Charles Barry
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Mergo
Above and Beyond
(1953)
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Angel Face
(1953)
District Attorney Judson
Geraldine
(1954)
Jason Ambrose
Destination Magoo
(1954)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
When Magoo Flew
(1954)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
Ben Judson
Madcap Magoo
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
The Square Jungle
(1955)
Pat Quaid
Francis in the Navy
(1955)
Commander Hutch
Magoo Makes News
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Frank Stark
Magoo Express
(1955)
Mr. Magoo
The Great Man
(1956)
Nick Cellantano
Meet Mother Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
(1956)
Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo Goes West
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
You Can't Run Away from It
(1956)
Danker
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Girl He Left Behind
(1956)
Sgt. Hanna
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Psychiatrist
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
(1956)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Naked Hills
(1956)
Willis Haver
Meet Me in Las Vegas
(1956)
Tom Culdane
Top Secret Affair
(1957)
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Matador Magoo
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(1957)
King's Emissary
Magoo Saves the Bank
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957)
Clarence Locan
Rock Hound Magoo
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Eighteen and Anxious
(1957)
Harvey Graham
Magoo's Private War
(1957)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Paul Mason
Love Comes to Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
(1958)
Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
(1958)
Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
(1958)
Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
(1958)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Big Operator
(1959)
Cliff Heldon
Bwana Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
(1959)
Mr. Forbes
Magoo’s Homecoming
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Lodge Brother
(1959)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
(1959)
Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Terror Faces Magoo
(1959)
Mr. Magoo
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair
(1959)
Jim Gordon
I Was a Teenage Magoo
(1960)
Mr. Magoo (voice)
Ice Palace
(1960)
Dave Husack
Tom, Dick and Harriet
(1960)
James
Inside Magoo
(1960)
Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
(1961)
Mr. Magoo
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
The Horizontal Lieutenant
(1962)
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Zotz!
(1962)
Prof. Horatio Kellgore
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
(1962)
Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Boys' Night Out
(1962)
Peter Bowers
My Six Loves
(1963)
Sheriff
A Child Is Waiting
(1963)
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Operation Bikini
(1963)
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Chief Pilot Drysdale
Critic's Choice
(1963)
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Louis Murphy
The Wheeler Dealers
(1963)
Bullard Bear
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Tyler Fitzgerald
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
(1964)
Mr. Magoo
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Gen. Willoughby
Rendezvous in Space
(1964)
Moon (voice)
Fluffy
(1965)
Sergeant
Billie
(1965)
Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(1965)
Whitepaper
Hurry Sundown
(1967)
Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
(1967)
Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
(1967)
Benny Van Buren
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
(1968)
Tru-Blue Lou
Wake Me When the War Is Over
(1969)
Colonel
Hello Down There
(1969)
T.R. Hollister
Uncle Sam Magoo
(1970)
Mr. Magoo
Myra Breckinridge
(1970)
Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(1970)
Staunch
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
(1971)
Jim Backus
Getting Away from It All
(1972)
Mike Lorimar
Of Thee I Sing
(1972)
Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(1972)
Timothy Forsythe
Magic Carpet
(1972)
George Benson
Miracle on 34th Street
(1973)
Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely to...
(1973)
Prof. David Tilson
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
(1974)
Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Goodnight Jackie
(1974)
Mr. Landry
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Mr. Albertson
Friday Foster
(1975)
Enos Griffith
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
Good Guys Wear Black
(1978)
Albert, the Doorman
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
(1978)
Thurston Howell III
The Rebels
(1979)
John Hancock
C.H.O.M.P.S.
(1979)
Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
(1979)
Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade
(1979)
Cmdr. Lindsey March
The Gossip Columnist
(1980)
Jim Backus
There Goes The Bride
(1980)
Mr. Perkins
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)
Self
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