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:
- 120
- First Appeared:
- In the movie One Last Fling 1949-06-30
- 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 | Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-10-14 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
| Movie | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | The Rebels | John Hancock | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | 1978-06-01 |
| Movie | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady | 1977-12-16 |
| Movie | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | 1977-11-03 |
| Movie | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
| Movie | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
| Series | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Thurston Howell III (voice) | 1974-09-07 |
| 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 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | 1971-12-31 |
| Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
| Movie | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
| Movie | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
| Series | Blondie | 1968-09-26 | |
| Movie | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | 1967-02-09 |
| Movie | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren | 1967-04-08 |
| Movie | Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | 1967-06-20 |
| Series | Continental Showcase | Self - Host | 1966-06-11 |
| Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
| Movie | Billie | Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | Fluffy | Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
| Series | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1964-09-26 |
| Movie | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
| Series | Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell, III | 1964-09-26 |
| Movie | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 1963-03-26 |
| Movie | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 1963-02-13 |
| Movie | My Six Loves | Sheriff | 1963-04-03 |
| Movie | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 1963-02-24 |
| Movie | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
| Movie | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
| Movie | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
| Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
| Movie | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 1962-04-18 |
| Movie | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | 1962-06-21 |
| Movie | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1962-12-18 |
| Movie | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 1962-08-07 |
| Movie | Zotz! | Prof. Horatio Kellgore | 1962-10-03 |
| Series | The Jim Backus Show | 1960-10-06 | |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Dave Husack | 1960-01-02 |
| Series | The Mr. Magoo Show | Mr Magoo | 1960-11-07 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | 1959-05-27 |
| Movie | The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | 1959-08-21 |
| Movie | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
| Movie | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | 1958-05-16 |
| Movie | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 1958-10-01 |
| Movie | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | 1957-01-30 |
| Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | 1957-08-15 |
| Movie | Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham | 1957-11-15 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary | 1957-11-26 |
| Movie | Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-04-18 |
| Movie | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | 1956-03-09 |
| Movie | Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
| Movie | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | 1956-06-17 |
| Movie | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
| Movie | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
| Movie | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1955-06-23 |
| Movie | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | 1955-08-24 |
| Movie | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | 1955-05-19 |
| Movie | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
| Movie | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
| Movie | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | 1954-12-09 |
| Movie | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-12-16 |
| 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 | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
| Movie | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
| Movie | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
| Series | I Married Joan | Judge Bradley Stevens | 1952-10-15 |
| Movie | Plutopia | Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | M | The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
| Movie | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
| Movie | Half Angel | Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
| Movie | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
| Movie | I Want You | Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
| Movie | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
| Movie | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
| Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 1950-04-01 |
| Movie | Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo | 1950-03-16 |
| Movie | Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | The Killer That Stalked New York | Willie Dennis (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
| Movie | Emergency Wedding | Ed Hamley | 1950-11-15 |
| 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 | The Great Lover | Higgins | 1949-11-23 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Profession | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus) | 1949-12-10 |
| Movie | Easy Living | Dr. Franklin | 1949-10-08 |