Jim Backus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Gilmore "Jim" Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike, III on the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis's character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause and Thurston Howell, III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot off the Wire. An avid golfer, Backus actually made the 36-hole cut at the 1964 Bing Crosby Pro-Am tournament. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Backus,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 25, 1913 In Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 191
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A-Lad-in His Lamp 1948-10-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom 2012-03-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Pat Quaid (archive footage) | 2012-03-20 |
| Movie | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Movie | Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-10-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | Self | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | 1986-09-13 | |
| Movie | Prince Jack | Dealy | 1985-12-01 |
| Series | Gilligan's Planet | Thurston Howell, III (voice) | 1982-09-18 |
| Movie | Slapstick of Another Kind | President of the U.S. | 1982-12-09 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1981-05-15 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Journey | Gamba | 1981-10-10 |
| Movie | The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus | 1980-03-21 |
| Movie | There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins | 1980-07-07 |
| Series | Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
| Movie | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | The Rebels | John Hancock | 1979-05-14 |
| Series | Eischied | Unknown | 1979-09-21 |
| Movie | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | 1978-06-01 |
| Movie | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1978-10-14 |
| Series | Flying High | Unknown | 1978-09-29 |
| Movie | Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch | 1977-05-13 |
| Series | What's New, Mr. Magoo? | 1977-09-10 | |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | 1977-11-03 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady | 1977-12-16 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
| Movie | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
| Series | Joe Forrester | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Series | Mobile One | Unknown | 1975-09-12 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
| Series | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Thurston Howell III (voice) | 1974-09-07 |
| Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Chico and the Man | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Girl Most Likely To... | Prof. David Tilson | 1973-11-06 |
| Movie | Miracle on 34th Street | Shellhammer | 1973-12-14 |
| Movie | Getting Away from It All | Mike Lorimar | 1972-01-18 |
| Movie | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Timothy Forsythe | 1972-07-12 |
| Movie | Magic Carpet | George Benson | 1972-11-06 |
| Movie | Of Thee I Sing | Senator Robert F. Lyons | 1972-10-24 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | 1971-12-31 |
| Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
| Movie | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
| Series | The Barbara McNair Show | Unknown | 1969-09-13 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | 1969-01-01 |
| Series | The Brady Bunch | Unknown | 1969-09-26 |
| Movie | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Movie | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
| Series | The Good Guys | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Series | Blondie | 1968-09-26 | |
| Movie | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | 1967-02-09 |
| Movie | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren | 1967-04-08 |
| Series | Accidental Family | Unknown | 1967-09-15 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
| Movie | Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | 1967-06-20 |
| Series | Continental Showcase | Self - Host | 1966-06-11 |
| Movie | Fluffy | Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
| Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Billie | Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
| Movie | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Mr. Magoo | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | Rendezvous in Space | Moon (voice) | 1964-09-10 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell, III | 1964-09-26 |
| Series | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1964-09-26 |
| Movie | My Six Loves | Sheriff | 1963-04-03 |
| Movie | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 1963-03-26 |
| Movie | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 1963-02-13 |
| Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
| Movie | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 1963-02-24 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
| Movie | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
| Movie | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
| Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
| Movie | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | 1962-06-21 |
| Movie | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 1962-04-18 |
| Movie | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 1962-08-07 |
| Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
| Movie | Zotz! | Prof. Horatio Kellgore | 1962-10-03 |
| Movie | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1962-12-18 |
| Movie | Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Mr. Magoo | 1961-03-20 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
| Movie | Tom, Dick and Harriet | James | 1960-01-01 |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Dave Husack | 1960-01-02 |
| Series | The Mr. Magoo Show | Mr Magoo | 1960-11-07 |
| Series | The Jim Backus Show | 1960-10-06 | |
| Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | 1959-05-27 |
| Movie | Magoo's Lodge Brother | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1959-05-07 |
| Movie | Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1959-07-09 |
| Movie | The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | 1959-08-21 |
| Movie | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
| Movie | Magoo's Young Manhood | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1958-03-13 |
| Movie | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | 1958-05-16 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 1958-10-01 |
| Movie | Magoo Breaks Par | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-06-27 |
| Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | 1957-08-15 |
| Movie | Matador Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-05-30 |
| Movie | Magoo Goes Overboard | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-02-21 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | 1957-01-30 |
| Movie | Magoo's Masquerade | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-08-15 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary | 1957-11-26 |
| Movie | Magoo Saves the Bank | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-09-26 |
| Movie | Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham | 1957-11-15 |
| Movie | Magoo's Moose Hunt | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-11-28 |
| Movie | Rock Hound Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-10-24 |
| Movie | Magoo's Private War | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1957-12-19 |
| Movie | Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
| Movie | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | 1956-06-17 |
| Movie | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | 1956-03-09 |
| Movie | Magoo Beats the Heat | Mr. Magoo(voice) | 1956-06-21 |
| Movie | Magoo's Canine Mutiny | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-03-08 |
| Movie | Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-04-18 |
| Movie | Magoo's Problem Child | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-10-18 |
| Movie | Trailblazer Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-09-13 |
| Movie | Meet Mother Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-12-27 |
| Movie | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
| Movie | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
| Movie | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | 1955-08-24 |
| Movie | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1955-06-23 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | 1955-05-19 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
| Movie | The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid | 1955-12-30 |
| Movie | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-01-06 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Movie | Geraldine | Jason Ambrose | 1954-01-26 |
| Movie | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-12-16 |
| Movie | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | 1954-12-09 |
| Movie | Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | 1953-01-02 |
| Movie | Angel Face | District Attorney Judson | 1953-01-02 |
| Movie | I Love Melvin | Mergo | 1953-03-20 |
| Movie | Pat and Mike | Charles Barry | 1952-06-13 |
| Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | Jim Cleary | 1952-03-14 |
| Movie | Here Come the Nelsons | Joe Randolph | 1952-02-23 |
| Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | 1952-07-18 |
| Movie | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
| Movie | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
| Movie | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
| Series | I Married Joan | Judge Bradley Stevens | 1952-10-15 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Half Angel | Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | Plutopia | Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
| Movie | M | The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
| Movie | Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo | 1951-01-15 |
| Movie | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
| Movie | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
| Movie | I Want You | Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
| Movie | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
| Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
| Movie | Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1951-10-17 |
| Movie | Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo | 1950-03-16 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 1950-04-01 |
| Movie | Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | Emergency Wedding | Ed Hamley | 1950-11-15 |
| Movie | The Killer That Stalked New York | Willie Dennis (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
| Movie | Ragtime Bear | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1949-09-29 |
| Movie | One Last Fling | Howard Pritchard | 1949-06-30 |
| Movie | Father Was a Fullback | Professor Sullivan | 1949-09-30 |
| Movie | Easy Living | Dr. Franklin | 1949-10-08 |
| Movie | The Great Lover | Higgins | 1949-11-23 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Profession | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus) | 1949-12-10 |
| Movie | A-Lad-in His Lamp | Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-10-22 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |