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Jim Backus

Acting

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.

Filmography

The Unknown Story

as Self - archive footage

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

as Himself (uncredited)

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as Self

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

Cast

Prince Jack

as Dealy

Slapstick of Another Kind

as President of the U.S.

Gilligan's Planet

as Thurston Howell, III (voice)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Cast

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

Hill Street Blues

as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

There Goes The Bride

as Mr. Perkins

The Gossip Columnist

as Jim Backus

C.H.O.M.P.S.

as Mr. Gibbs

Eischied

Cast

The Rebels

as John Hancock

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

Angels' Brigade

as Cmdr. Lindsey March

$weepstake$

as Major Adams

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell III

Flying High

Cast

Good Guys Wear Black

as Albert, the Doorman

Fantasy Island

as Cap Truman

Have I Got a Christmas for You

as Kevin Grady

Pete's Dragon

as The Mayor

The Love Boat

as Marvin Waterman

CHiPs

as Weitzman

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Never Con a Killer

as Stanley Bunch

Charlie's Angels

as Iggy

Friday Foster

as Enos Griffith

Mobile One

as Macklin

Ellery Queen

as Howard Biggers

Joe Forrester

Cast

Crazy Mama

as Mr. Albertson

Cop on the Beat

as Jake Mandel

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

Chico and the Man

Cast

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Cast

Harry O

as Ziggy

The New Adventures of Gilligan

as Thurston Howell III (voice)

Goodnight Jackie

as Mr. Landry

Miracle on 34th Street

as Shellhammer

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Prof. David Tilson

Police Story

Cast

Magic Carpet

as George Benson

Of Thee I Sing

as Senator Robert F. Lyons

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

as Timothy Forsythe

Getting Away from It All

as Mike Lorimar

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Jim Backus

Alias Smith and Jones

Cast

Myra Breckinridge

as Doctor

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Staunch

Uncle Sam Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

Nanny and the Professor

as Dr. Charles Walters

Wake Me When the War Is Over

as Colonel

Love, American Style

as Jerry Franks

The Brady Bunch

as Zaccariah

Medical Center

Cast

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Bill

The Barbara McNair Show

as Self

Hello Down There

as T.R. Hollister

Blondie

as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers

The Good Guys

Cast

The Mod Squad

as Emile Wade

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

as Tru-Blue Lou

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Accidental Family

Cast

Don't Make Waves

as Self (uncredited)

Damn Yankees

as Benny Van Buren

Hurry Sundown

as Carter Sillens

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

Continental Showcase

as Self - Host

Billie

as Howard G. Carol

I Dream of Jeannie

as General Fitzhugh

The Wild Wild West

as Fabian Swanson

Fluffy

as Sergeant

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Whitepaper

Gilligan's Island

as Thurston Howell, III

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Daniel Boone

as Will Scataway

Rendezvous in Space

as Moon (voice)

Advance to the Rear

as Gen. Willoughby

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

as Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

as Mr. Magoo

The Wheeler Dealers

as Bullard Bear

Sunday in New York

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Tyler Fitzgerald

Johnny Cool

as Louis Murphy

Espionage

as McAvoy

Burke's Law

as Harold Mason

Arrest and Trial

as Sam Thayer

My Six Loves

as Sheriff

Operation Bikini

as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

Critic's Choice

as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

A Child Is Waiting

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Zotz!

as Horatio Kellgore

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Marty Van Ransohoff

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

Boys' Night Out

as Peter Bowers

The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Monte

Cain's Hundred

as Karl Bigger

Magoo Meets Frankenstein

as Mr. Magoo

The Mr. Magoo Show

as Mr Magoo (voice)

The Jim Backus Show

Cast

Inside Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

Ice Palace

as Dave Husack

I Was a Teenage Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Tom, Dick and Harriet

as James

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

1001 Arabian Nights

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

The Untouchables

as William Norbert

Ask Any Girl

as Mr. Maxwell

A Private's Affair

as Jim Gordon

The Big Operator

as Cliff Heldon

Terror Faces Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

The Wild and the Innocent

as Mr. Forbes

Magoo's Lodge Brother

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Merry Minstrel Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Homecoming

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Bwana Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

A Princess for Magoo

as Narrator

77 Sunset Strip

as Maury Samuels

Gumshoe Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Love Comes to Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Macabre

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Magoo’s Cruise

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

The High Cost of Loving

as Paul Mason

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

as Mr Magoo (voice)

Scoutmaster Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Young Manhood

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Private War

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Moose Hunt

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as King's Emissary

Eighteen and Anxious

as Harvey Graham

Rock Hound Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Saves the Bank

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Maverick

as Joe Wheelwright

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Locan

Magoo's Masquerade

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Magoo Breaks Par

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Matador Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes Overboard

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Top Secret Affair

as Col. Homer W. Gooch

Meet Mother Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Great Man

as Nick Cellantano

The Opposite Sex

as Psychiatrist

You Can't Run Away from It

as Danker

The Girl He Left Behind

as Sgt. Hanna

Magoo's Problem Child

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Gale Storm Show

as Arthur Hutchins

Conflict

as Dandy Summers

Trailblazer Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Beats the Heat

as Mr. Magoo(voice)

The Naked Hills

as Willis Haver

Calling Doctor Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes West

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Tom Culdane

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Square Jungle

as Pat Quaid

Magoo Makes News

as Mr. Magoo

Matinee Theater

Cast

Rebel Without a Cause

as Frank Stark

Gunsmoke

as Reverend Sims

Francis in the Navy

as Commander Hutch

Madcap Magoo

as Mr. Magoo

Magoo Express

as Mr. Magoo

The Millionaire

as Henry Banning

Destination Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Deep in My Heart

as Ben Judson

Climax!

as Detective Herman

The George Gobel Show

as Self

When Magoo Flew

as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)

Geraldine

as Jason Ambrose

I Love Melvin

as Mergo

Angel Face

as District Attorney Judson

Above and Beyond

as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Androcles and the Lion

as Centurion

Hotsy Footsy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

I Married Joan

as Judge Bradley Stevens

Pete Hothead

as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)

The Rose Bowl Story

as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

Pink and Blue Blues

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Don't Bother to Knock

as Peter Jones

Pat and Mike

as Charles Barry

Deadline - U.S.A.

as Jim Cleary

Here Come the Nelsons

as Joe Randolph

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Kevin Grady

I Want You

as Harvey Landrum

Grizzly Golfer

as Mr. Magoo

I'll See You in My Dreams

as Sam Harris

The Man with a Cloak

as Flaherty

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Iron Man

as Max Watkins

His Kind of Woman

as Myron Winton

Bright Victory

as Bill Grayson

Hollywood Story

as Mitch Davis

Plutopia

as Milton the Cat

Half Angel

as Michael Hogan

Barefaced Flatfoot

as Mr. Magoo

M

as The Mayor

Bungled Bungalow

as Mr. Magoo

The Popcorn Story

as Narrator

Emergency Wedding

as Ed Hamley

The Killer That Stalked New York

as Willie Dennis (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre

as Harry

Trouble Indemnity

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Customs Agent

as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

Spellbound Hound

as Mr. Magoo

What's My Line?

as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Lucus Edgerton

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

as Magistrate Backus

A Dangerous Profession

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

The Great Lover

as Higgins

Easy Living

as Dr. Franklin

Father Was a Fullback

as Professor Sullivan

Ragtime Bear

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

One Last Fling

as Howard Pritchard

Studio One

as Tim McTaggart

A-Lad-in His Lamp

as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

Where Will You Hide?

as Narrator

Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)