Jim Backus
Date of birth: 1913-02-25
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: James Gilmore Backus
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Rebel Without a Cause
1955-10-27
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although
Pete's Dragon
1977-11-03
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes in
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $
Don't Bother to Knock
1952-07-18
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stab
Angels' Brigade
1979-02-01
Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972-07-12
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950-10-06
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels t
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978-10-14
When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a ba
His Kind of Woman
1951-08-15
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself
Boys' Night Out
1962-06-21
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred i
Hello Down There
1969-06-25
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his famil
Macabre
1958-10-01
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-03-14
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959-12-27
Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968-06-19
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including W
The Wheeler Dealers
1963-11-14
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951-12-06
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957-08-15
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Cha
Francis in the Navy
1955-08-24
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message f
1001 Arabian Nights
1959-12-01
In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is t
The Wild and the Innocent
1959-05-27
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into troubl
Hollywood Story
1951-06-01
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the uns
Ice Palace
1960-01-02
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountai
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005-01-01
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents is a documentary chronicling the production of the film.
Plutopia
1951-05-18
Mickey's on vacation at Camp Utopia. At first Pluto thinks it really is utopia: trees everywhere and
A Dangerous Profession
1949-12-10
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962-12-18
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble wi
Iron Man
1951-09-20
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982-12-09
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are
Johnny Cool
1963-10-02
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
Zotz!
1962-10-03
Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He trans
The Man with a Cloak
1951-11-27
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of
Friday Foster
1975-12-25
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the
Billie
1965-12-13
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend w
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973-11-06
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the peop
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979-12-21
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being co
You Can't Run Away from It
1956-10-30
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979-05-03
In the second of three additional Gilligan's Island movies following the series, the gang finds a wa
Crazy Mama
1975-06-01
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California be
Ragtime Bear
1949-09-29
At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be hi
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970-02-15
Join Mr. Magoo as Uncle Sam, on an all-American animated adventure through our nation's history. Pul
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956-07-26
At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by
Father Was a Fullback
1949-09-30
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-a
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957-11-26
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recogn
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962-04-18
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost duri
The Rebels
1979-05-14
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English n
Operation Bikini
1963-03-26
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's comm
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971-12-31
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds h
Half Angel
1951-05-05
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night
The Naked Hills
1956-06-17
Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. The
Customs Agent
1950-05-18
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970-04-01
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off
The Girl He Left Behind
1956-10-26
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the exp
Advance to the Rear
1964-06-10
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his ap
Hurry Sundown
1967-02-09
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tr
Top Secret Affair
1957-01-30
A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.
Inside Magoo
1960-01-12
A public-service announcement from the American Cancer Society featuring Mr. Magoo. Not part of the
The High Cost of Loving
1958-05-16
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut
Fluffy
1965-06-27
A college professor gets into trouble when he tries to prove any animal can be domesticated, includi
My Six Loves
1963-04-03
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
I Want You
1951-12-22
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea h
Miracle on 34th Street
1973-12-14
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he
The Big Operator
1959-08-01
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. Th
Getting Away from It All
1972-01-18
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rur
Here Come the Nelsons
1952-02-23
The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with ga
Goodnight Jackie
1974-02-27
Wendell Burton is a guy who can't get over his ex-girlfriend, Lana Wood. He is caught up in a nutty
M
1951-03-01
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police searc
I Love Melvin
1953-03-20
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress nam
The Square Jungle
1955-12-30
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through l
Spellbound Hound
1950-03-16
Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped c
Bungled Bungalow
1951-01-15
Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951-04-25
Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.
Angel Face
1953-01-02
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn
Bright Victory
1951-08-01
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Grizzly Golfer
1951-12-20
Magoo goes golfing in an unbearable way. When Magoo and Waldo go to play golf, they wind up in the m
A Private's Affair
1959-08-14
Luigi, Jerry, and Mike are in boot camp when they are presented with a chance to represent their uni
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962-08-07
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have
One Last Fling
1949-06-30
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a posit
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974-12-06
Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the exist
When Magoo Flew
1954-01-06
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinkin
Magic Carpet
1972-11-06
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway wh
Emergency Wedding
1950-11-15
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife
Never Con a Killer
1977-05-13
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and he
The Great Man
1956-12-01
Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a go
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987-01-01
Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.
Good Guys Wear Black
1978-06-01
The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951-10-17
Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo
Hotsy Footsy
1952-10-22
Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960-01-01
Told in flashback, the plot has teenage (but still nearsighted) red-headed Magoo picks up his date "
Cop on the Beat
1975-05-06
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in thi
Androcles and the Lion
1952-12-01
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave
Myra Breckinridge
1970-06-24
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautif
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961-03-20
Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958-04-10
Magoo mistakes three bear cubs for three scouts.
Prince Jack
1985-12-01
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
Trouble Indemnity
1950-09-14
An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is
There Goes The Bride
1980-07-07
A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream
Ask Any Girl
1959-08-21
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-d
Deep in My Heart
1954-12-09
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Don't Make Waves
1967-06-20
Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981-05-15
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned
The Opposite Sex
1956-11-15
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair w
The Rose Bowl Story
1952-08-24
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960-01-01
Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet
A Princess for Magoo
1959-01-01
Jim Backus (the voice of Mister Magoo) narrates a look behind the scenes at UPA Pictures during the
Sunday in New York
1963-11-13
An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950-01-01
In his first appearance on network television, Edgar Bergen hosts a Thanksgiving Day special featuri
Above and Beyond
1953-01-02
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although una
Eighteen and Anxious
1957-11-15
A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
Terror Faces Magoo
1959-07-09
Mr. Magoo is watching a TV program named "Home Roam" which examines the homes of various families an
Magoo Express
1955-05-19
Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European trai
Madcap Magoo
1955-06-23
Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped me
Magoo Makes News
1955-11-15
Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are
Magoo Goes West
1956-04-18
Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956-05-24
When Rodney, a friend of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo, goes to the hospital, Mr. Magoo decides to visit
Destination Magoo
1954-12-16
The title of this short is a play on the title of the feature film Destination Moon (which itself ha
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964-01-01
Literary classics take a ribbing as the nearsighted bumbler portrays Dr. Watson, Dr. Frankenstein an
The Gossip Columnist
1980-03-21
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on am
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956-06-21
Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at t
Pat and Mike
1952-06-13
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf
Easy Living
1949-10-08
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948-10-22
Bugs Bunny finds and rubs Aladdin's lamp and decides to follow the genie to Baghdad, where they batt
Enchanted Journey
1981-10-10
Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, yo
Trailblazer Magoo
1956-09-13
The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires a Native American guide.
Magoo's Problem Child
1956-10-18
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo returns from a trip and mistakes a ramshackle shack, near his home, for h
Meet Mother Magoo
1956-12-27
Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956-03-08
The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is b
Rock Hound Magoo
1957-10-24
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957-11-28
Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose
Magoo's Private War
1957-12-19
The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/ir
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957-02-21
Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally f
Matador Magoo
1957-05-30
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in
Magoo Breaks Par
1957-06-27
The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sets out for a round of golf but catches the prison paddy wagon instead of
Magoo's Masquerade
1957-08-15
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wron
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957-09-26
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958-03-13
In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as my
Geraldine
1953-12-16
Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959-05-07
Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thi
Damn Yankees
1967-04-08
Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New Yor
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969-10-14
During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into Ger
A Child Is Waiting
1963-02-13
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hans
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958-05-08
Mr. Magoo has a windup toy mistaken for a bomb.
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958-06-05
Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.
Magoo’s Cruise
1958-09-11
Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy.
Love Comes to Magoo
1958-10-02
A female con artist is after Magoo’s wealth.
Gumshoe Magoo
1958-10-06
Magoo obliviously foils a criminal’s robbery plans.
Bwana Magoo
1959-01-09
Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959-03-05
Magoo ends up at the zoo instead of his college homecoming.
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959-04-09
Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977-12-16
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors
The Great Lover
1949-11-23
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a
Rendezvous in Space
1964-09-10
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of
Of Thee I Sing
1972-10-24
CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing
Where Will You Hide?
1948-07-18
Bold animated drawings and a dramatic soundtrack provide background for narrators who argue that Wor
The Popcorn Story
1950-11-30
The mayor of a town gives a glowing introduction to the man who invented popcorn, while we're shown
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964-01-01
Join medieval Mr. Magoo, as Friar Tuck, along with Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men on an exciti
Pink and Blue Blues
1952-08-18
Mr. Magoo is hired by his neighbors to babysit their little son, Homer. Magoo is delighted to accept
Pete Hothead
1952-09-24
This UPA cartoon introduces a new character, Pete Hothead, a feisty little man with a violent temper