Birthday
1913/02/25
Day of death
1989/07/03 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also know as
James Gilmore 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.
(1955) Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
(1977) Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
(1952) Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
(1979) Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
(1972) Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
(1950) The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
(1978) Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1951) His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
(1962) Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
(1969) Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
(1958) Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
(1952) Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
(1959) Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1968) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
(1963) The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
(1951) I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
(1957) Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
(1955) Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
(1959) 1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
(1959) The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
(1951) Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
(1960) Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
(2005) Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself (uncredited)
(1951) Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
(1949) A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator
(1962) Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
(1950) Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
(1951) Iron Man
as Max Watkins
(1982) Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
(1963) Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
(1962) Zotz!
as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
(1951) The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
(1975) Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
(1965) Billie
as Howard G. Carol
(1973) The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
(1963) Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
(1979) C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
(1956) You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
(1979) The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1975) Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
(1949) Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1970) Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1956) Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1965) John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
(1949) Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
(1957) The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
(1962) The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
(1979) The Rebels
as John Hancock
(1963) Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
(1971) Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
(1956) Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
(1951) Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
(1956) The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
(1950) Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
(1970) The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
(1956) The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
(1964) Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
(1967) Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
(1957) Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
(1960) Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
(1958) The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
(1965) Fluffy
as Sergeant
(1963) My Six Loves
as Sheriff
(1951) I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
(1973) Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
(1959) The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
(1972) Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
(1952) Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
(1974) Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
(1951) M
as The Mayor
(1953) I Love Melvin
as Mergo
(1955) The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
(1951) Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
(1951) Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
(1950) Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
(1953) Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
(1951) Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
(1951) Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
(1959) A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
(1962) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
(1949) One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
(2012) Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Pat Quaid (archive footage)
(1974) Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
(1954) When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1972) Magic Carpet
as George Benson
(1950) Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
(1977) Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
(1956) The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
(1987) Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as Self
(1978) Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
(1951) Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1952) Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1960) I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1975) Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
(1952) Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
(1970) Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
(1961) Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
(1958) Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1985) Prince Jack
as Dealy
(1950) Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1980) There Goes The Bride
as Mr. Perkins
(1959) Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
(1954) Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
(1967) Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
(1981) The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
(1956) The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
(1952) The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
(1960) Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
(1959) A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
(1963) Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
(1950) Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
(1953) Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
(1957) Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
(1959) Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1955) Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
(1956) Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1955) Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
(1955) Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
(1956) Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1954) Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1964) Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
(1980) The Gossip Columnist
as Jim Backus
(1956) Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
(1952) Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
(1949) Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
(1948) A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
(1981) The Enchanted Journey
as Gamba
(1956) Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956) Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956) Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1956) Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1957) Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958) Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1954) Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
(1959) Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1967) Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
(1969) Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
(1963) A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
(1958) The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
(1958) Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958) Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958) Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
(1959) Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959) Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1958) Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1959) Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1977) Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
(1949) The Great Lover
as Higgins
(1964) Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
(1972) Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
(1948) Where Will You Hide?
as Narrator
(1950) The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
(1977) CHiPs
as Weitzman
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Monte
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Maury Samuels
(1963) Burke's Law
as Harold Mason
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Karl Bigger
(1982) Gilligan's Planet
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
(1968) The Good Guys
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Marvin Waterman
(1969) The Brady Bunch
as ---
(1964) Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell, III
(1974) Chico and the Man
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Marty Van Ransohoff
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Iggy
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1966) Continental Showcase
as Self - Host
(1974) The New Adventures of Gilligan
as Thurston Howell III (voice)
(1968) The Mod Squad
as Emile Wade
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as Sam Thayer
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Reverend Sims
(1948) Studio One
as Tim McTaggart
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kevin Grady
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as ---
(1968) Blondie
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1975) Mobile One
as ---
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Fabian Swanson
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as Dr. Charles Walters
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Will Scataway
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Henry Banning
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1954) Climax!
as Detective Herman
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1967) Accidental Family
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as Howard Biggers
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Lucus Edgerton
(1979) Eischied
as ---
(1952) I Married Joan
as Judge Bradley Stevens
(1979) Sweepstakes
as ---
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1969) The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1986) The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
as ---
(1977) What's New, Mr. Magoo?
as ---
(1960) The Mr. Magoo Show
as Mr Magoo
(1960) The Jim Backus Show
as ---
(1975) Joe Forrester
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as Joe Wheelwright
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1964) The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
(1969) Love, American Style
as Jerry Franks
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Bill
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Harry
(1959) The Untouchables
as William Norbert
(1956) The Gale Storm Show
as Arthur Hutchins
(1963) Burke's Law
as Pork Pie Hannigan
(1963) Burke's Law
as Herkimer Witt
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Mr. Landers
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1967) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as General Fitzhugh
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1978) Fantasy Island
as Cap Truman