Jim Backus

Credits

1955-10-27 · Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark
1977-11-03 · Pete's Dragon as The Mayor
1963-11-07 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Tyler Fitzgerald
1952-07-18 · Don't Bother to Knock as Peter Jones
1979-02-01 · Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March
1972-07-12 · Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Timothy Forsythe
1950-10-06 · The Killer That Stalked New York as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1978-10-14 · Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
1951-08-15 · His Kind of Woman as Myron Winton
1962-06-21 · Boys' Night Out as Peter Bowers
1969-01-01 · Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister
1958-10-01 · Macabre as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
1952-03-14 · Deadline - U.S.A. as Jim Cleary
1959-12-27 · Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1968-06-19 · Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou
1963-11-14 · The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear
1951-12-06 · I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris
1957-08-15 · Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan
1955-08-24 · Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch
1959-12-01 · 1001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959-05-27 · The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes
1951-06-01 · Hollywood Story as Mitch Davis
1960-01-02 · Ice Palace as Dave Husack
2005-01-01 · Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself (uncredited)
1951-05-18 · Plutopia as Milton the Cat
1949-12-10 · A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator
1962-12-18 · Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
2004-07-28 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
1950-04-01 · Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
1951-09-20 · Iron Man as Max Watkins
1982-12-09 · Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.
1963-10-02 · Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy
1962-10-03 · Zotz! as Prof. Horatio Kellgore
1951-11-27 · The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty
1975-12-25 · Friday Foster as Enos Griffith
1965-12-13 · Billie as Howard G. Carol
1973-11-06 · The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson
1963-02-24 · Critic's Choice as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
1979-12-21 · C.H.O.M.P.S. as Mr. Gibbs
1956-10-30 · You Can't Run Away from It as Danker
1979-05-03 · The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
1975-06-01 · Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson
1949-09-29 · Ragtime Bear as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1970-02-15 · Uncle Sam Magoo as Mr. Magoo
1956-07-26 · Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1965-03-24 · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper
1949-09-30 · Father Was a Fullback as Professor Sullivan
1957-11-26 · The Pied Piper of Hamelin as King's Emissary
1962-04-18 · The Horizontal Lieutenant as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
1979-05-14 · The Rebels as John Hancock
1963-03-26 · Operation Bikini as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
1971-12-31 · Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus
1956-03-09 · Meet Me in Las Vegas as Tom Culdane
1951-05-05 · Half Angel as Michael Hogan
1956-06-17 · The Naked Hills as Willis Haver
1950-05-18 · Customs Agent as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
1970-04-01 · The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Staunch
1956-10-26 · The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Hanna
1964-06-10 · Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby
1967-02-09 · Hurry Sundown as Carter Sillens
1957-01-30 · Top Secret Affair as Col. Homer W. Gooch
1960-01-12 · Inside Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
1958-05-16 · The High Cost of Loving as Paul Mason
1965-06-27 · Fluffy as Sergeant
1963-04-03 · My Six Loves as Sheriff
1951-12-22 · I Want You as Harvey Landrum
1973-12-14 · Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer
1959-08-01 · The Big Operator as Cliff Heldon
1972-01-18 · Getting Away from It All as Mike Lorimar
1952-02-23 · Here Come the Nelsons as Joe Randolph
1974-02-27 · Goodnight Jackie as Mr. Landry
1951-03-01 · M as The Mayor
1953-03-20 · I Love Melvin as Mergo
1955-12-30 · The Square Jungle as Pat Quaid
1950-03-16 · Spellbound Hound as Mr. Magoo
1951-01-15 · Bungled Bungalow as Mr. Magoo
1951-04-25 · Barefaced Flatfoot as Mr. Magoo
1953-01-02 · Angel Face as District Attorney Judson
1951-08-01 · Bright Victory as Bill Grayson
1951-12-20 · Grizzly Golfer as Mr. Magoo
1959-08-14 · A Private's Affair as Jim Gordon
1962-08-07 · The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
1949-06-30 · One Last Fling as Howard Pritchard
2012-03-20 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Pat Quaid (archive footage)
1974-12-06 · Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
1954-01-06 · When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1972-11-06 · Magic Carpet as George Benson
1950-11-15 · Emergency Wedding as Ed Hamley
1977-05-13 · Never Con a Killer as Stanley Bunch
1956-12-01 · The Great Man as Nick Cellantano
1987-01-01 · Hollywood's Hidden Secrets as Self
1978-06-01 · Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman
1951-10-17 · Fuddy Duddy Buddy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1952-10-22 · Hotsy Footsy as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1960-01-01 · I Was a Teenage Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1975-05-06 · Cop on the Beat as Jake Mandel
1952-12-01 · Androcles and the Lion as Centurion
1970-06-24 · Myra Breckinridge as Doctor
1961-03-20 · Magoo Meets Frankenstein as Mr. Magoo
1958-04-10 · Scoutmaster Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1985-12-01 · Prince Jack as Dealy
1950-09-14 · Trouble Indemnity as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1980-07-07 · There Goes The Bride as Mr. Perkins
1959-08-21 · Ask Any Girl as Mr. Maxwell
1954-12-09 · Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson
1967-06-20 · Don't Make Waves as Self (uncredited)
1981-05-15 · The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III
1956-11-15 · The Opposite Sex as Psychiatrist
1952-08-24 · The Rose Bowl Story as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
1960-01-01 · Tom, Dick and Harriet as James
1959-01-01 · A Princess for Magoo as Narrator
1963-11-13 · Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale
1950-01-01 · Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy as Magistrate Backus
1953-01-02 · Above and Beyond as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1957-11-15 · Eighteen and Anxious as Harvey Graham
1959-07-09 · Terror Faces Magoo as Mr. Magoo
1955-05-19 · Magoo Express as Mr. Magoo
1955-06-23 · Madcap Magoo as Mr. Magoo
1955-11-15 · Magoo Makes News as Mr. Magoo
1956-04-18 · Magoo Goes West as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956-05-24 · Calling Doctor Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954-12-16 · Destination Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1964-01-01 · Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery as Mr. Magoo
1980-03-21 · The Gossip Columnist as Jim Backus
1956-06-21 · Magoo Beats the Heat as Mr. Magoo(voice)
1952-06-13 · Pat and Mike as Charles Barry
1949-10-08 · Easy Living as Dr. Franklin
1948-10-22 · A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1981-10-10 · The Enchanted Journey as Gamba
1956-09-13 · Trailblazer Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956-10-18 · Magoo's Problem Child as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956-12-27 · Meet Mother Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1956-03-08 · Magoo's Canine Mutiny as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-10-24 · Rock Hound Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-11-28 · Magoo's Moose Hunt as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-12-19 · Magoo's Private War as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-02-21 · Magoo Goes Overboard as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-05-30 · Matador Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-06-27 · Magoo Breaks Par as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-08-15 · Magoo's Masquerade as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1957-09-26 · Magoo Saves the Bank as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958-03-13 · Magoo's Young Manhood as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1954-01-26 · Geraldine as Jason Ambrose
1959-05-07 · Magoo's Lodge Brother as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1967-04-08 · Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren
1969-10-14 · Wake Me When the War Is Over as Colonel
1963-02-13 · A Child Is Waiting as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1958-05-08 · The Explosive Mr. Magoo as Mr Magoo (voice)
1958-06-05 · Magoo’s Three-Point Landing as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
1958-09-11 · Magoo’s Cruise as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958-10-02 · Love Comes to Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1958-10-06 · Gumshoe Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959-01-09 · Bwana Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959-03-05 · Magoo’s Homecoming as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959-04-09 · Merry Minstrel Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1977-12-16 · Have I Got a Christmas for You as Kevin Grady
1949-11-23 · The Great Lover as Higgins
1964-09-10 · Rendezvous in Space as Moon (voice)
1972-10-24 · Of Thee I Sing as Senator Robert F. Lyons
1948-07-18 · Where Will You Hide? as Narrator
1950-11-30 · The Popcorn Story as Narrator
· CHiPs as Weitzman
· The Dick Powell Show as Monte
· 77 Sunset Strip as Maury Samuels
· Burke's Law as Harold Mason
· Cain's Hundred as Karl Bigger
· Gilligan's Planet as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
· The Good Guys as
· The Love Boat as Marvin Waterman
· The Brady Bunch as
· Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell, III
· Chico and the Man as
· The Beverly Hillbillies as Marty Van Ransohoff
· Alias Smith and Jones as
· Charlie's Angels as Iggy
· The Merv Griffin Show as Self
· Continental Showcase as Self - Host
· The Mod Squad as Emile Wade
· The New Adventures of Gilligan as Thurston Howell III (voice)
· Medical Center as
· Arrest and Trial as Sam Thayer
· Gunsmoke as Reverend Sims
· Studio One as Tim McTaggart
· Hallmark Hall of Fame as Kevin Grady
· Kolchak: The Night Stalker as
· Blondie as
· The Wild Wild West as Fabian Swanson
· Harry O as
· Mobile One as
· Nanny and the Professor as Dr. Charles Walters
· Daniel Boone as Will Scataway
· Police Story as
· The Millionaire as Henry Banning
· Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
· Climax! as Detective Herman
· Matinee Theater as
· Accidental Family as
· Ellery Queen as Howard Biggers
· Robert Montgomery Presents as Lucus Edgerton
· I Married Joan as Judge Bradley Stevens
· Eischied as
· Sweepstakes as
· Flying High as
· The Barbara McNair Show as Self
· The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
· The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show as
· What's New, Mr. Magoo? as
· The Mr. Magoo Show as Mr Magoo
· The Jim Backus Show as
· Joe Forrester as
· Maverick as Joe Wheelwright
· The Mike Douglas Show as Self
· The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
· The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo as Mr. Magoo (voice)
· Marcus Welby, M.D. as Bill
· Love, American Style as Jerry Franks
· The Gale Storm Show as Arthur Hutchins
· Lux Video Theatre as Harry
· The Untouchables as William Norbert
· Burke's Law as Pork Pie Hannigan
· Burke's Law as Herkimer Witt
· The George Gobel Show as Self
· The Love Boat as Mr. Landers
· The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
· Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
· The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
· I Dream of Jeannie as General Fitzhugh
· What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
· Fantasy Island as Cap Truman

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