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 Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
• 1985Prince Jack — Dealy
• Gilligan's Planet — Thurston Howell, III (voice)
• 1982Slapstick of Another Kind — President of the U.S.
• Hill Street Blues — Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island — Thurston Howell III
• 1980The Gossip Columnist — Jim Backus
• 1980There Goes The Bride — Mr. Perkins
• $weepstake$ — Major Adams
• 1979Angels' Brigade — Cmdr. Lindsey March
• 1979C.H.O.M.P.S. — Mr. Gibbs
• Eischied
• 1979The Castaways on Gilligan's Island — Thurston Howell III
• The Rebels — John Hancock
• Fantasy Island — Cap Truman
• Flying High
• 1978Good Guys Wear Black — Albert, the Doorman
• 1978Rescue from Gilligan's Island — Thurston Howell III
• CHiPs — Weitzman
• 1977Have I Got a Christmas for You — Kevin Grady
• 1977Never Con a Killer — Stanley Bunch
• 1977Pete's Dragon — The Mayor
• The Love Boat — Marvin Waterman, Mr. Landers
• What's New, Mr. Magoo? — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Charlie's Angels — Iggy
• 1975Cop on the Beat — Jake Mandel
• 1975Crazy Mama — Mr. Albertson
• Ellery Queen — Howard Biggers
• 1975Friday Foster — Enos Griffith
• Joe Forrester
• Mobile One — Macklin
• Chico and the Man
• 1974Goodnight Jackie — Mr. Landry
• Harry O — Ziggy
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker
• The New Adventures of Gilligan — Thurston Howell III (voice)
• 1974Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus — Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
• 1973Miracle on 34th Street — Shellhammer
• Police Story — Jake Mandel
• 1973The Girl Most Likely To... — Prof. David Tilson
• 1972Getting Away from It All — Mike Lorimar
• 1972Magic Carpet — George Benson
• 1972Now You See Him, Now You Don't — Timothy Forsythe
• 1972Of Thee I Sing — Senator Robert F. Lyons
• Alias Smith and Jones
• 1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood — Jim Backus, Writer
• 1970Myra Breckinridge — Doctor
• Nanny and the Professor — Dr. Charles Walters
• 1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County — Staunch
• 1970Uncle Sam Magoo — Mr. Magoo
• 1969Hello Down There — T.R. Hollister
• Love, American Style — Jerry Franks
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Bill
• Medical Center
• The Brady Bunch — Zaccariah
• 1969Wake Me When the War Is Over — Colonel
• Blondie — J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
• The Good Guys
• The Mod Squad — Emile Wade
• 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? — Tru-Blue Lou
• Accidental Family
• 1967Damn Yankees — Benny Van Buren
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Carter Sillens
• 1965Billie — Howard G. Carol
• 1965Fluffy — Sergeant
• I Dream of Jeannie — General Fitzhugh
• 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! — Whitepaper
• The Wild Wild West — Fabian Swanson
• 1964Advance to the Rear — Gen. Willoughby
• Daniel Boone — Will Scataway
• Gilligan's Island — Thurston Howell
• 1964Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest — Mr. Magoo
• 1964Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery — Mr. Magoo
• 1964Rendezvous in Space — Moon (voice)
• The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1963A Child Is Waiting — Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
• Arrest and Trial — Sam Thayer
• Burke's Law — Harold Mason, Pork Pie Hannigan, Herkimer Witt
• 1963Critic's Choice — William Von Hagedorn
• Espionage — McAvoy
• 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Tyler Fitzgerald
• 1963Johnny Cool — Louis Murphy
• 1963My Six Loves — Sheriff
• 1963Operation Bikini — Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
• 1963Sunday in New York — Chief Pilot Drysdale
• 1963The Wheeler Dealers — Bullard Bear
• 1962Boys' Night Out — Peter Bowers
• 1962Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol — Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Marty Van Ransohoff
• 1962The Horizontal Lieutenant — Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
• 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm — The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
• 1962Zotz! — Horatio Kellgore
• Cain's Hundred — Karl Bigger
• 1961Magoo Meets Frankenstein — Mr. Magoo
• The Dick Powell Show — Monte
• 1960I Was a Teenage Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1960Ice Palace — Dave Husack
• 1960Inside Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
• The Jim Backus Show
• The Mr. Magoo Show — Mr Magoo (voice)
• 1960Tom, Dick and Harriet — James
• 19591001 Arabian Nights — Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
• 1959A Princess for Magoo — Narrator
• 1959A Private's Affair — Jim Gordon
• 1959Ask Any Girl — Mr. Maxwell
• 1959Bwana Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1959Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1959Magoo's Lodge Brother — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1959Magoo’s Homecoming — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1959Merry Minstrel Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1959Terror Faces Magoo — Mr. Magoo
• 1959The Big Operator — Cliff Heldon
• The Untouchables — William Norbert
• 1959The Wild and the Innocent — Mr. Forbes
• 77 Sunset Strip — Maury Samuels
• 1958Gumshoe Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1958Love Comes to Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1958Macabre — Sheriff Jim Tyloe
• 1958Magoo's Young Manhood — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1958Magoo’s Cruise — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1958Magoo’s Three-Point Landing — Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
• 1958Scoutmaster Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1958The Explosive Mr. Magoo — Mr Magoo (voice)
• 1958The High Cost of Loving — Paul Mason
• 1957Eighteen and Anxious — Harvey Graham
• 1957Magoo Breaks Par — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Magoo Goes Overboard — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Magoo Saves the Bank — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Magoo's Masquerade — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Magoo's Moose Hunt — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Magoo's Private War — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957Man of a Thousand Faces — Clarence Locan
• 1957Matador Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Maverick — Joe Wheelwright
• 1957Rock Hound Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1957The Pied Piper of Hamelin — King's Emissary
• 1957Top Secret Affair — Col. Homer W. Gooch
• 1956Calling Doctor Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Conflict — Dandy Summers
• 1956Magoo Beats the Heat — Mr. Magoo(voice)
• 1956Magoo Goes West — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1956Magoo's Canine Mutiny — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1956Magoo's Problem Child — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1956Magoo's Puddle Jumper — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1956Meet Me in Las Vegas — Tom Culdane
• 1956Meet Mother Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Gale Storm Show — Arthur Hutchins
• 1956The Girl He Left Behind — Sgt. Hanna
• 1956The Great Man — Nick Cellantano
• 1956The Naked Hills — Willis Haver
• 1956The Opposite Sex — Psychiatrist
• 1956Trailblazer Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Danker
• 1955Francis in the Navy — Commander Hutch
• Gunsmoke — Reverend Sims
• 1955Madcap Magoo — Mr. Magoo
• 1955Magoo Express — Mr. Magoo
• 1955Magoo Makes News — Mr. Magoo
• Matinee Theater
• 1955Rebel Without a Cause — Frank Stark
• The Millionaire — Henry Banning
• 1955The Square Jungle — Pat Quaid
• Climax! — Detective Herman
• 1954Deep in My Heart — Ben Judson
• 1954Destination Magoo — Mr. Magoo (voice), Story
• 1954When Magoo Flew — Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
• 1953Above and Beyond — Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
• 1953Angel Face — District Attorney Judson
• 1953Geraldine — Jason Ambrose
• 1953I Love Melvin — Mergo
• 1952Androcles and the Lion — Centurion
• 1952Deadline - U.S.A. — Jim Cleary
• 1952Don't Bother to Knock — Peter Jones
• 1952Here Come the Nelsons — Joe Randolph
• 1952Hotsy Footsy — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• I Married Joan — Judge Bradley Stevens
• 1952Pat and Mike — Charles Barry
• 1952Pete Hothead — Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
• 1952Pink and Blue Blues — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1952The Rose Bowl Story — Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
• 1951Barefaced Flatfoot — Mr. Magoo
• 1951Bright Victory — Bill Grayson
• 1951Bungled Bungalow — Mr. Magoo
• 1951Fuddy Duddy Buddy — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1951Grizzly Golfer — Mr. Magoo
• 1951Half Angel — Michael Hogan
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Kevin Grady
• 1951His Kind of Woman — Myron Winton
• 1951Hollywood Story — Mitch Davis
• 1951I Want You — Harvey Landrum
• 1951I'll See You in My Dreams — Sam Harris
• 1951Iron Man — Max Watkins
• 1951M — The Mayor
• 1951Plutopia — Milton the Cat
• 1951The Man with a Cloak — Flaherty
• 1950Customs Agent — Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
• 1950Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy — Magistrate Backus
• 1950Emergency Wedding — Ed Hamley
• Lux Video Theatre — Harry
• 1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town — Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Lucus Edgerton
• 1950Spellbound Hound — Mr. Magoo
• 1950The Killer That Stalked New York — Willie Dennis (uncredited)
• 1950The Popcorn Story — Narrator
• 1950Trouble Indemnity — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1949A Dangerous Profession — Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
• 1949Easy Living — Dr. Franklin
• 1949Father Was a Fullback — Professor Sullivan
• 1949One Last Fling — Howard Pritchard
• 1949Ragtime Bear — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1949The Great Lover — Higgins
• 1948A-Lad-in His Lamp — Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
• Studio One — Tim McTaggart
• 1948Where Will You Hide? — Narrator
• Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA — Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

Appearances as themselves (17)

• The Unknown Story — Self - archive footage
• 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents — Self (uncredited)
• 1987Hollywood's Hidden Secrets — Self
• 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! — Himself
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self
• The Barbara McNair Show — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• 1967Don't Make Waves — Self (uncredited)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Self
• Continental Showcase — Self - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The George Gobel Show — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self