Jim Backus
Biography
Movies 163
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
1955
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
1963
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
1977
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
1963
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
1952
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
1962
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
1957
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
1952
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
1972
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
1973
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
1978
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
1970
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
1954
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
1951
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
1965
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
1956
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
1951
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
1963
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
1978
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1963
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
1953
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
1951
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
1965
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1962
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
1951
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
1956
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
1964
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1950
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
1967
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
1968
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
1956
M
as Mayor
1951
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
1953
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
1979
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
1967
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1953
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
1956
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
1955
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
1951
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
1951
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
1960
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
1959
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
1962
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
1952
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
1969
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
1949
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
1952
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
1951
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
1955
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
1973
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
1952
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
1963
Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
1982
Critic's Choice
as William Von Hagedorn
1963
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
1950
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
1951
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
1949
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
1969
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
1958
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
1975
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
1959
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
1959
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
1952
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
1977
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self
1982
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
1979
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
1949
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
1971
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
1960
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1960
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
1958
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
1975
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
1975
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
1962
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
1979
Fluffy
as Sergeant
1965
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
1959
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
1957
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
1970
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
1972
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
1951
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
1950
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
1951
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
1957
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
1951
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
1951
The Great Lover
as Higgins
1949
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
1972
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
1956
There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
1980
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
1958
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
1981
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
1964
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
1958
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
1963
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
1950
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1949
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952
Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
1962
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
1953
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
1950
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
1970
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
1950
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1948
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
1956
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
1949
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
1956
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
1980
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
1964
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
1974
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
1972
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
1977
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as Self
1987
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Self (uncredited)
2005
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
1954
Prince Jack
as Dealy
1985
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
1959
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
1957
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Where Will You Hide?
as Narrator
1948
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
1967
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
1961
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
1955
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
1955
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
1974
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
1959
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
1950
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
as Himself
1983
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
1964
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
1960
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Pete Hothead
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
1952
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
1955
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1951TV Shows 74
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Love Boat
as Marvin Waterman
1977
The Love Boat
as Mr. Landers
1977
Matinee Theater
1955
Love, American Style
as Jerry Franks
1969
Charlie's Angels
as Iggy
1976
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Marty Van Ransohoff
1962
Maverick
as Joe Wheelwright
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Hill Street Blues
as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Lucus Edgerton
1950
Studio One
as Tim McTaggart
1948
Climax!
as Detective Herman
1954
I Dream of Jeannie
as General Fitzhugh
1965
The Untouchables
as William Norbert
1959
The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Swanson
1965
Daniel Boone
as Will Scataway
1964
Fantasy Island
as Cap Truman
1978
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Bill
1969
Medical Center
1969
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
Burke's Law
as Harold Mason
1963
Burke's Law
as Pork Pie Hannigan
1963
Burke's Law
as Herkimer Witt
1963
The Brady Bunch
as Zaccariah
1969
Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell
1964
Gunsmoke
as Reverend Sims
1955
77 Sunset Strip
as Maury Samuels
1958
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Mr. Magoo Show
as Mr Magoo (voice)
1960
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Police Story
1973
Police Story
as Jake Mandel
1973
The Millionaire
as Henry Banning
1955
The Mod Squad
as Emile Wade
1968
Arrest and Trial
as Sam Thayer
1963
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
Ellery Queen
as Howard Biggers
1975
The Gale Storm Show
as Arthur Hutchins
1956
Harry O
as Ziggy
1974
Chico and the Man
1974
CHiPs
as Weitzman
1977
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
1967
Lux Video Theatre
as Harry
1950
Nanny and the Professor
as Dr. Charles Walters
1970
The Dick Powell Show
as Monte
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Karl Bigger
1961
Espionage
as McAvoy
1963
The Good Guys
1968
Flying High
1978
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1977
The New Adventures of Gilligan
as Thurston Howell III (voice)
1974
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1964
I Married Joan
as Judge Bradley Stevens
1952
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
Joe Forrester
1975
$weepstake$
as Major Adams
1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kevin Grady
1951
Accidental Family
1967
Conflict
as Dandy Summers
1956
Eischied
1979
Gilligan's Planet
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
1982
The Jim Backus Show
1960
Blondie
as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
1968
Mobile One
as Macklin
1975
The Rebels
as John Hancock
1979
The Unknown Story
as Self - archive footage
2022
Continental Showcase
as Self - Host
1966