Feb 25, 1913 - 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.
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| Movie | 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | |
| Movie | 1977 | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | |
| Movie | 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | |
| Movie | 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | |
| Movie | 1979 | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | |
| Movie | 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Timothy Forsythe | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Willie Dennis (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | |
| Movie | 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | |
| Movie | 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | |
| Movie | 1958 | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | |
| Movie | 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Jim Cleary | |
| Movie | 1959 | Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | |
| Movie | 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | |
| Movie | 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | |
| Movie | 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | |
| Movie | 1959 | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | |
| Movie | 1951 | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | |
| Movie | 1960 | Ice Palace | Dave Husack | |
| Movie | 2005 | Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1951 | Plutopia | Milton the Cat | |
| Movie | 1949 | A Dangerous Profession | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1962 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | |
| Movie | 1951 | Iron Man | Max Watkins | |
| Movie | 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | President of the U.S. | |
| Movie | 1963 | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | |
| Movie | 1962 | Zotz! | Prof. Horatio Kellgore | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | |
| Movie | 1975 | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | |
| Movie | 1965 | Billie | Howard G. Carol | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Prof. David Tilson | |
| Movie | 1963 | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | |
| Movie | 1979 | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | |
| Movie | 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | |
| Movie | 1975 | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | |
| Movie | 1949 | Ragtime Bear | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1970 | Uncle Sam Magoo | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1956 | Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | |
| Movie | 1949 | Father Was a Fullback | Professor Sullivan | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Rebels | John Hancock | |
| Movie | 1963 | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | |
| Movie | 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | |
| Movie | 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | |
| Movie | 1951 | Half Angel | Michael Hogan | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | |
| Movie | 1950 | Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | |
| Movie | 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | |
| Movie | 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | |
| Movie | 1957 | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | |
| Movie | 1960 | Inside Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self | |
| Movie | 1958 | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | |
| Movie | 1965 | Fluffy | Sergeant | |
| Movie | 1963 | My Six Loves | Sheriff | |
| Movie | 1951 | I Want You | Harvey Landrum | |
| Movie | 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street | Shellhammer | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon | |
| Movie | 1972 | Getting Away from It All | Mike Lorimar | |
| Movie | 1952 | Here Come the Nelsons | Joe Randolph | |
| Movie | 1974 | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | |
| Movie | 1951 | M | The Mayor | |
| Movie | 1953 | I Love Melvin | Mergo | |
| Movie | 1955 | The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid | |
| Movie | 1950 | Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1951 | Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1951 | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1953 | Angel Face | District Attorney Judson | |
| Movie | 1951 | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | |
| Movie | 1951 | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1959 | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | |
| Movie | 1949 | One Last Fling | Howard Pritchard | |
| Movie | 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Pat Quaid (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1974 | Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) | |
| Movie | 1954 | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1972 | Magic Carpet | George Benson | |
| Movie | 1950 | Emergency Wedding | Ed Hamley | |
| Movie | 1977 | Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | |
| Movie | 1987 | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | |
| Movie | 1951 | Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1952 | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1960 | I Was a Teenage Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | |
| Movie | 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | |
| Movie | 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | |
| Movie | 1961 | Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1958 | Scoutmaster Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Prince Jack | Dealy | |
| Movie | 1950 | Trouble Indemnity | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins | |
| Movie | 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | |
| Movie | 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | |
| Movie | 1967 | Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | |
| Movie | 1960 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | James | |
| Movie | 1959 | A Princess for Magoo | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1963 | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | |
| Movie | 1950 | Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy | Magistrate Backus | |
| Movie | 1953 | Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | |
| Movie | 1957 | Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham | |
| Movie | 1959 | Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1955 | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1955 | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1955 | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1956 | Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1954 | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1964 | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus | |
| Movie | 1956 | Magoo Beats the Heat | Mr. Magoo(voice) | |
| Movie | 1952 | Pat and Mike | Charles Barry | |
| Movie | 1949 | Easy Living | Dr. Franklin | |
| Movie | 1948 | A-Lad-in His Lamp | Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1981 | Enchanted Journey | Gamba | |
| Movie | 1956 | Trailblazer Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Magoo's Problem Child | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Meet Mother Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Magoo's Canine Mutiny | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Rock Hound Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo's Moose Hunt | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo's Private War | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo Goes Overboard | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Matador Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo Breaks Par | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo's Masquerade | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Magoo Saves the Bank | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Magoo's Young Manhood | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1953 | Geraldine | Jason Ambrose | |
| Movie | 1959 | Magoo's Lodge Brother | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1967 | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren | |
| Movie | 1969 | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | |
| Movie | 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Explosive Mr. Magoo | Mr Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Magoo’s Three-Point Landing | Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Magoo’s Cruise | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Love Comes to Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Gumshoe Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1959 | Bwana Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1959 | Magoo’s Homecoming | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1959 | Merry Minstrel Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Great Lover | Higgins | |
| Movie | 1964 | Rendezvous in Space | Moon (voice) | |
| Movie | 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | Senator Robert F. Lyons | |
| Movie | 1948 | Where Will You Hide? | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Popcorn Story | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1964 | Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest | Mr. Magoo | |
| Movie | 1952 | Pink and Blue Blues | Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
| TV Show | 1977 | CHiPs | Weitzman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Monte | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Maury Samuels | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Harold Mason | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Karl Bigger | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Gilligan's Planet | Thurston Howell, III (voice) | 13 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Good Guys | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Marvin Waterman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | The Brady Bunch | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell, III | 98 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Chico and the Man | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Marty Van Ransohoff | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Iggy | 2 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Continental Showcase | Self - Host | 14 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Mod Squad | Emile Wade | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Thurston Howell III (voice) | 32 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Medical Center | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Sam Thayer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Reverend Sims | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | Studio One | Tim McTaggart | 2 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kevin Grady | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1968 | Blondie | 14 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Fabian Swanson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Mobile One | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Dr. Charles Walters | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Police Story | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | Daniel Boone | Will Scataway | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Millionaire | Henry Banning | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Climax! | Detective Herman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Matinee Theater | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1967 | Accidental Family | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Ellery Queen | Howard Biggers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Lucus Edgerton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | I Married Joan | Judge Bradley Stevens | 98 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Eischied | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1978 | Flying High | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1969 | The Barbara McNair Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 1986 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | 261 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | What's New, Mr. Magoo? | 32 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | The Mr. Magoo Show | Mr Magoo | 130 |
| TV Show | 1960 | The Jim Backus Show | 39 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Joe Forrester | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | Maverick | Joe Wheelwright | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 10 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | 5 |
| TV Show | 1964 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 29 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Bill | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Jerry Franks | 2 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Untouchables | William Norbert | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Arthur Hutchins | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Harry | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Pork Pie Hannigan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Burke's Law | Herkimer Witt | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Mr. Landers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 8 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | General Fitzhugh | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | 4 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Fantasy Island | Cap Truman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Harry O | Ziggy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | $weepstake$ | Major Adams | 1 |
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| Movie | 1954 | Destination Magoo | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Writer | Writing |
