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