Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
as Tyler Fitzgerald
as Himself
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
as Albert, the Doorman
Have I Got a Christmas for You
as Kevin Grady
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
as Jake Mandel
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
Miracle on 34th Street
as Shellhammer
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Prof. David Tilson
Magic Carpet
as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
as Mike Lorimar
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Jim Backus
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Staunch
Uncle Sam Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Wake Me When the War Is Over
as Colonel
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
Billie
as Howard G. Carol
Fluffy
as Sergeant
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Whitepaper
Rendezvous in Space
as Moon (voice)
Advance to the Rear
as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
as Mr. Magoo
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Critic's Choice
as William Von Hagedorn
A Child Is Waiting
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
as Mr. Magoo
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
I Was a Teenage Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Maxwell
A Private's Affair
as Jim Gordon
The Big Operator
as Cliff Heldon
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
The Wild and the Innocent
as Mr. Forbes
Magoo's Lodge Brother
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
A Princess for Magoo
as Narrator
Gumshoe Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
The High Cost of Loving
as Paul Mason
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Scoutmaster Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
Magoo's Masquerade
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Top Secret Affair
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Meet Mother Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
You Can't Run Away from It
as Danker
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Hanna
Magoo's Problem Child
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
The Naked Hills
as Willis Haver
Calling Doctor Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News
as Mr. Magoo
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
Destination Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Deep in My Heart
as Ben Judson
When Magoo Flew
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Geraldine
as Jason Ambrose
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Androcles and the Lion
as Centurion
Hotsy Footsy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pink and Blue Blues
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
as Joe Randolph
I Want You
as Harvey Landrum
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
Bright Victory
as Bill Grayson
Hollywood Story
as Mitch Davis
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
Half Angel
as Michael Hogan
Barefaced Flatfoot
as Mr. Magoo
M
as The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow
as Mr. Magoo
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Trouble Indemnity
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Customs Agent
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Spellbound Hound
as Mr. Magoo
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Magistrate Backus
A Dangerous Profession
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
The Great Lover
as Higgins
Easy Living
as Dr. Franklin
Father Was a Fullback
as Professor Sullivan
Ragtime Bear
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
One Last Fling
as Howard Pritchard
A-Lad-in His Lamp
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
as Narrator
