Jim Backus
Acting
Born February 25, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died July 3, 1989
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.
Known for
Filmography
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · President of the U.S.
Angels' Brigade
1979 · Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979 · Thurston Howell III
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978 · Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
1978 · Albert, the Doorman
Pete's Dragon
1977 · The Mayor
Friday Foster
1975 · Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
1975 · Mr. Albertson
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 · Shellhammer
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Timothy Forsythe
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Jim Backus
Myra Breckinridge
1970 · Doctor
Hello Down There
1969 · T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Tru-Blue Lou
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Self (uncredited)
Billie
1965 · Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Whitepaper
Advance to the Rear
1964 · Gen. Willoughby
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
1963 · Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
1963 · Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
1963 · Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
1963 · Sheriff
Sunday in New York
1963 · Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Boys' Night Out
1962 · Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962 · Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
1962 · Horatio Kellgore
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator
1959 · Cliff Heldon
Ask Any Girl
1959 · Mr. Maxwell
Macabre
1958 · Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · King's Emissary
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956 · Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills
1956 · Willis Haver
The Opposite Sex
1956 · Psychiatrist
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
1955 · Commander Hutch
When Magoo Flew
1954 · Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Ben Judson
I Love Melvin
1953 · Mergo
Angel Face
1953 · District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
1953 · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Jim Cleary
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Centurion
Pat and Mike
1952 · Charles Barry
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951 · Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
1951 · Mitch Davis
Plutopia
1951 · Milton the Cat
Iron Man
1951 · Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
1951 · Flaherty
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1951 · The Mayor
Bright Victory
1951 · Bill Grayson
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
A Dangerous Profession
1949 · Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Easy Living
1949 · Dr. Franklin
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948 · Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)