Jim Backus
Known for Acting · 231 credits
- Born
- 1913-02-25
- Died
- 1989-07-03
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- James Gilmore 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.
Known For
TV Shows (69)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
The Love Boat
1977
as Marvin Waterman / Mr. Landers
Matinee Theater
1955
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Lucus Edgerton
Love, American Style
1969
as Jerry Franks
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Iggy
Maverick
1957
as Joe Wheelwright
Climax!
1954
as Detective Herman
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Marty Van Ransohoff
The Untouchables
1959
as William Norbert
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as General Fitzhugh
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Fabian Swanson
Fantasy Island
1978
as Cap Truman
Daniel Boone
1964
as Will Scataway
Studio One
1948
as Tim McTaggart
Medical Center
1969
Burke's Law
1963
as Harold Mason / Pork Pie Hannigan / Herkimer Witt
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Bill
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Maury Samuels
Gunsmoke
1955
as Reverend Sims
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
CHiPs
1977
as Weitzman
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
as Emile Wade
The Millionaire
1955
as Henry Banning
Gilligan's Island
1964
as Thurston Howell, III
The Brady Bunch
1969
as Zaccariah
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Harry O
1974
as Ziggy
Police Story
1973
as Jake Mandel
Ellery Queen
1975
as Howard Biggers
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harry
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Karl Bigger
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Sam Thayer
Chico and the Man
1974
Espionage
1963
as McAvoy
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Monte
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Dr. Charles Walters
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Arthur Hutchins
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self
Flying High
1978
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
as Mr Magoo (voice)
The Good Guys
1968
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kevin Grady
I Married Joan
1952
as Judge Bradley Stevens
Joe Forrester
1975
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
$weepstake$
1979
as Major Adams
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
as Self
Eischied
1979
Conflict
1956
as Dandy Summers
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Movies (162)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
1977
as The Mayor
Angel Face
1953
as District Attorney Judson
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Doctor
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Psychiatrist
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Peter Jones
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Timothy Forsythe
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Jim Cleary
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Clarence Locan
Johnny Cool
1963
as Louis Murphy
Crazy Mama
1975
as Mr. Albertson
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Whitepaper
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Myron Winton
Hello Down There
1969
as T.R. Hollister
Iron Man
1951
as Max Watkins
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Friday Foster
1975
as Enos Griffith
Geraldine
1953
as Jason Ambrose
Easy Living
1949
as Dr. Franklin
Angels' Brigade
1979
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Mike Lorimar
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Tom Culdane
M
1951
as The Mayor
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Prof. David Tilson
Macabre
1958
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Ice Palace
1960
as Dave Husack
Pat and Mike
1952
as Charles Barry
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Peter Bowers
Hollywood Story
1951
as Mitch Davis
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
as Albert, the Doorman
Sunday in New York
1963
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Mr. Forbes
Billie
1965
as Howard G. Carol
Above and Beyond
1953
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Carter Sillens
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Centurion
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Sam Harris
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Ed Hamley
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Bullard Bear
Bright Victory
1951
as Bill Grayson
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Danker
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Tru-Blue Lou
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Joe Randolph
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Staunch
A Dangerous Profession
1949
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
as Thurston Howell III
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Thurston Howell III
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
as President of the U.S.
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Ben Judson
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
as Kevin Grady
A Private's Affair
1959
as Jim Gordon
Magic Carpet
1972
as George Benson
Zotz!
1962
as Horatio Kellgore
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
as Colonel
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Paul Mason
Rendezvous in Space
1964
as Moon (voice)
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Flaherty
The Square Jungle
1955
as Pat Quaid
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Sgt. Hanna
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Gen. Willoughby
Half Angel
1951
as Michael Hogan
The Naked Hills
1956
as Willis Haver
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Jim Backus
My Six Loves
1963
as Sheriff
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
as Mr. Magoo
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
as Thurston Howell III
I Want You
1951
as Harvey Landrum
Cop on the Beat
1975
as Jake Mandel
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Mr. Maxwell
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Commander Hutch
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
as Mr. Gibbs
The Great Man
1956
as Nick Cellantano
Fluffy
1965
as Sergeant
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Jim Backus
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
as Magistrate Backus
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Damn Yankees
1967
as Benny Van Buren
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mergo
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Professor Sullivan
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Shellhammer
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
as Mr. Magoo
Prince Jack
1985
as Dealy
Plutopia
1951
as Milton the Cat
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Mr. Perkins
The Big Operator
1959
as Cliff Heldon
Pete Hothead
1952
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
Never Con a Killer
1977
as Stanley Bunch
Bungled Bungalow
1951
as Mr. Magoo
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Great Lover
1949
as Higgins
Operation Bikini
1963
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Of Thee I Sing
1972
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as King's Emissary
Destination Magoo
1954
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Goodnight Jackie
1974
as Mr. Landry
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
as Mr. Magoo
Ragtime Bear
1949
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Grizzly Golfer
1951
as Mr. Magoo
Customs Agent
1950
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
as Himself (uncredited)
Matador Magoo
1957
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Makes News
1955
as Mr. Magoo
About Jim Backus
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. With 231 credits spanning from 1948 to 2022, Jim Backus has appeared in 162 films and 69 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jim Backus Movies
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Tyler Fitzgerald
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — as Frank Stark
- Pete's Dragon (1977) — as The Mayor
- Angel Face (1953) — as District Attorney Judson
- Myra Breckinridge (1970) — as Doctor
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