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Jim Backus

English
Filmography
  • Born In Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Born February 25, 1913
  • Died July 3, 1989
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites IMDB
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Rebel Without a Cause

1955
as Frank Stark

Goodnight Jackie

1974
as Mr. Landry

Half Angel

1951
as Michael Hogan

M

1951
as The Mayor

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969
as Colonel

Ask Any Girl

1959
as Maxwell

The Big Operator

1959
as Cliff Heldon

Cop on the Beat

1975
as Jake Mandel

Androcles and the Lion

1952
as Centurion

Angels' Brigade

1979
as Cmdr. Lindsey March

I Married Joan

1952

His Kind of Woman

1951
as Myron Winton

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

1964
as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Pete's Dragon

1977
as The Mayor

The Wheeler Dealers

1963
as Bullard Bear

Eighteen and Anxious

1957
as Harvey Graham

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012

1001 Arabian Nights

1959
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

Rendezvous in Space

1964
as Moon

The Wild and the Innocent

1959
as Mr. Forbes

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957

When Magoo Flew

1954
as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Square Jungle

1955
as Pat Quaid

Zotz!

1962
as Prof. Horatio Kellgore

The Rebels

1979
as John Hancock

Inside Magoo

1960
as Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962
as Ebenezer Scrooge / Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Great Man

1956
as Nick Cellantano

Hello Down There

1969
as T.R. Hollister

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

1979
as Mr. Gibbs

Boys' Night Out

1962
as Peter Bowers

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952
as Jim Cleary

I Love Melvin

1953
as Mergo

A Dangerous Profession

1949
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)

Customs Agent

1950
as Thomas S. Jacoby

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956
as Tom Culdane

Easy Living

1949
as Dr. Franklin (as James Backus)

Sunday in New York

1963
as Chief Pilot Drysdale

Above and Beyond

1952
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

You Can't Run Away from It

1956
as Danker

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957
as Clarence Locan

Plutopia

1951
as Milton the Cat

Here Come the Nelsons

1952
as Joe Randolph

Francis in the Navy

1955
as Cmdr. E.T. Hutch

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

1977
as Mr. Magoo

Myra Breckinridge

1970
as Doctor

Macabre

1958
as Jim Tyloe

Father Was a Fullback

1949
as Professor Sullivan

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950
as Joseph 'Little Joe' Rogers

Pat and Mike

1952
as Charles Barry

The Naked Hills

1956
as Willis Haver

Bright Victory

1951
as Bill Grayson

I Want You

1951
as Harvey Landrum

Calling Doctor Magoo

1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Gilligan's Island

1964
as Thurston Howell III

Don't Bother to Knock

1952
as Peter Jones

Good Guys Wear Black

1978
as Albert, the Doorman

The New Adventures of Gilligan

1974
as Thurston Howell III

The Nearsighted Mister Magoo

1949
as Mr. Magoo

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1978
as Thurston Howell III

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965
as Miles Whitepaper (chief of Middle East division)

Critic's Choice

1963
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn

The Opposite Sex

1956
as Psychiatrist

Advance To The Rear

1964
as Gen. Willoughby

A-Lad-in His Lamp

1948
as Smokey the Genie

The Jim Backus Show

1960

Deep in My Heart

1954
as Ben Judson

The Rose Bowl Story

1952
as Michael 'Iron Mike' Burke

Gilligan's Planet

1982
as Thurston Howell III

Magoo's Problem Child

1956
as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Friday Foster

1975
as Enos Griffith

The Horizontal Lieutenant

1962
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

The Gossip Columnist

1980
as Jim Backus

Emergency Wedding

1950
as Ed Hamley

Crazy Mama

1975
as Mr. Albertson

The Enchanted Journey

1981
as Gamun

Operation Bikini

1963
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

The High Cost of Loving

1958
as Paul Mason

The Mr. Magoo Show

1960
as Mr. Magoo

Hollywood Story

1951
as Mitch Davis

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970
as Staunch

Ice Palace

1960
as Dave Husack

Blondie (1968)

1968

The Girl Most Likely to...

1973
as Prof. David Tilson

The Man with a Cloak

1951
as Flaherty

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962
as The King ('The Dancing Princess')

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

1964
as Mr. Magoo

Top Secret Affair

1957
as Col. Homer W. Gooch

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971
as himself

Hurry Sundown

1967
as Carter Sillens

Iron Man

1951
as Max Watkins

I'll See You in My Dreams

1951
as Sam Harris

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

1979
as Mr. Howell

Angel Face

1952
as Dist. Atty. Judson

The Girl He Left Behind

1956
as Sgt. Hanna

Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

1982
as President of the U.S.

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

1963
as Tyler Fitzgerald

Madcap Magoo

1955
as Mr. Magoo (voice)

One Last Fling

1949
as Howard Pritchard

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950
as Willie Dennis

Johnny Cool

1963
as Louis Murphy

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972
as Timothy Forsythe

Getting Away from It All

1972
as Mike Lorimar

Miracle on 34th Street

1973
as Shellhammer

Billie

1965
as Howard G. Carol

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

1968
as Tru-Blue Lou

Prince Jack

1984
as Dealy

Guest Star

Episode Conflict
Conflict: The Magic Brew 		1956
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
It Only Hurts When I Love 		1983
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode Marcus Welby, M.D.
Last Flight to Babylon 		1974
Episode To Tell the Truth
Geri Mackey, Robert L. Scott Jr., Fritz Brickell 		1958
Episode The Match Game
BESS MYERSON & JIM BACKUS. 		1963
Episode Chico and the Man
The Beard 		1975
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Carrie Cornell? 		1964
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Collector's Item 		1960
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
Angels' Revenge 		1995
Episode The Brady Bunch
The Hustler 		1974
Episode Fantasy Island
Reunion / Anniversary 		1978
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Mr. X? 		1963
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Gilligan's Island 		1999
Episode Charlie's Angels
Angels on Ice (1) 		1977
Episode Cain's Hundred
Five for One 		1961
Episode To Tell the Truth
Clarence K. Wilson, Tackle Pardo, Jane Dollinger 		1958
Episode Nanny and the Professor
The Tyrannosaurus Tibia 		1970
Episode Mobile One
The Pawn 		1975
Episode The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Here Come the Nelsons 		1952
Episode Charlie's Angels
Angels on Ice (2) 		1977
Episode To Tell the Truth
Abdul Hafif Kadar, Faye Schneider, Joe Foster 		1958
Episode Tattletales
Week 2 Day 5 		1974
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of the Sabatini Death 		1969
Episode Daniel Boone
The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart 		1968
Episode The Match Game
BESS MYERSON & JIM BACKUS. 		1963
Episode Ellery Queen
The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party 		1975
Episode The Match Game
BESS MYERSON & JIM BACKUS. 		1963
Episode The Match Game
BESS MYERSON & JIM BACKUS. 		1963
Episode Tattletales
Week 2 Day 4 		1974
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
The Biggest Game in the West 		1972
Episode The Match Game
BESS MYERSON & JIM BACKUS. 		1963
Episode The Match Game
MRS. CAROL LAWRENCE & MR. JIM BACKUS 		1963
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed Vaudeville? 		1964
Episode Tattletales
Week 2 Day 3 		1974
Episode Tattletales
Week 2 Day 2 		1974
Episode Flying High
Fun Flight 		1978
Episode Tattletales
Week 2 Day 1 		1974
Episode Maverick
Three Queens Full 		1961
Episode The Love Boat
The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye 		1978
Episode Gunsmoke
Brides and Grooms 		1975
Episode I Spy
Happy Birthday Everybody 		1968
Episode Conflict
Warner Brothers Presents: (Anthology No.2) Survival 		1956
Episode The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Off-Air Pilot (Wednesday April 21, 1965) 		1965
Episode I've Got a Secret
Jim Backus 		1967
Episode The Brady Bunch
Ghost Town, U.S.A. 		1971
Episode To Tell the Truth
Herb Pinell, Joan Petterson, George Landy 		1958
Episode Eischied
Angels of Terror 		1979
Episode Harry O
Sound of Trumpets 		1975
Episode The Brady Bunch
Grand Canyon or Bust 		1971
Episode The Good Guys
Father Knows Nothing 		1969
Episode To Tell the Truth
Wanda Harper Bush, John F. Moran, Shirley Dinsdale 		1958
Episode CHiPs
Undertow 		1977