Jim Backus

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Top 10 collaborators

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Stephen Bosustow

33 collaborations (as Executive Producer; Producer)

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32 collaborations (as Director; Producer; Story)

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29 collaborations (as Story)

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24 collaborations (as Story; Writer)

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18 collaborations (as Colorist; Other)

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17 collaborations (as Animation)

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15 collaborations (as Art Designer; Production Design)

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14 collaborations (as Animation; Director)

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13 collaborations (as Animation; Director)

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13 collaborations (as Animation; Director)

Roles

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Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History (2001)

Himself (archive footage)

Prince Jack (1985)

Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)

President of the U.S.

The Enchanted Journey (1981)

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

Thurston Howell III

There Goes The Bride (1980)

The Gossip Columnist (1980)

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

The Rebels (1979)

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)

Thurston Howell III

Angels' Brigade (1979)

Cmdr. Lindsey March

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

Thurston Howell III

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

Albert, the Doorman

Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)

Pete's Dragon (1977)

Never Con a Killer (1977)

Friday Foster (1975)

Crazy Mama (1975)

Cop on the Beat (1975)

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974)

Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

Goodnight Jackie (1974)

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)

The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)

Prof. David Tilson

Magic Carpet (1972)

Of Thee I Sing (1972)

Senator Robert F. Lyons

Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)

Timothy Forsythe

Getting Away from It All (1972)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)

Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)

Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)

Hello Down There (1969)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

Don't Make Waves (1967)

Self (uncredited)

Damn Yankees (1967)

Benny Van Buren

Hurry Sundown (1967)

Howard G. Carol

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

Advance to the Rear (1964)

Gen. Willoughby

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery (1964)

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Sunday in New York (1963)

Chief Pilot Drysdale

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Tyler Fitzgerald

Johnny Cool (1963)

My Six Loves (1963)

Operation Bikini (1963)

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

Critic's Choice (1963)

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)

Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Prof. Horatio Kellgore

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

Boys' Night Out (1962)

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)

Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1961)

Inside Magoo (1960)

Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self

Ice Palace (1960)

Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)

I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

1001 Arabian Nights (1959)

Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

Ask Any Girl (1959)

A Private's Affair (1959)

The Big Operator (1959)

Terror Faces Magoo (1959)

The Wild and the Innocent (1959)

Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Homecoming (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Bwana Magoo (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Gumshoe Magoo (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Love Comes to Magoo (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Magoo’s Cruise (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing (1958)

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

The High Cost of Loving (1958)

The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958)

Mr Magoo (voice)

Scoutmaster Magoo (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Young Manhood (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Private War (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

King's Emissary

Eighteen and Anxious (1957)

Rock Hound Magoo (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Magoo's Masquerade (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Breaks Par (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Matador Magoo (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes Overboard (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Top Secret Affair (1957)

Col. Homer W. Gooch

Meet Mother Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Great Man (1956)

Nick Cellantano

The Opposite Sex (1956)

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

The Girl He Left Behind (1956)

Magoo's Problem Child (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Trailblazer Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)

Mr. Magoo(voice)

The Naked Hills (1956)

Calling Doctor Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes West (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Square Jungle (1955)

Magoo Makes News (1955)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Francis in the Navy (1955)

Commander Hutch

Madcap Magoo (1955)

Magoo Express (1955)

Destination Magoo (1954)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Geraldine (1954)

When Magoo Flew (1954)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

I Love Melvin (1953)

Angel Face (1953)

District Attorney Judson

Above and Beyond (1953)

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Hotsy Footsy (1952)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Rose Bowl Story (1952)

Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Pat and Mike (1952)

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

I Want You (1951)

Grizzly Golfer (1951)

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Iron Man (1951)

His Kind of Woman (1951)

Bright Victory (1951)

Hollywood Story (1951)

Plutopia (1951)

Half Angel (1951)

Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)

Bungled Bungalow (1951)

Emergency Wedding (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Willie Dennis (uncredited)

Trouble Indemnity (1950)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Customs Agent (1950)

Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers

Spellbound Hound (1950)

A Dangerous Profession (1949)

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

The Great Lover (1949)

Easy Living (1949)

Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Professor Sullivan

Ragtime Bear (1949)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

One Last Fling (1949)

Howard Pritchard

A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)

Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

Destination Magoo (1954)