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