Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Filmography

As Cast

The Unknown Story (2022)
as Self - archive footage
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
as Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets (1987)
as Self
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986)
Prince Jack (1985)
as Dealy
The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983)
as Himself
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
as President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Gilligan's Planet (1982)
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
as Thurston Howell III
Hill Street Blues (1981)
as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
There Goes The Bride (1980)
as Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Jim Backus
Angels' Brigade (1979)
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
as Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)
as Thurston Howell III
Eischied (1979)
$weepstake$ (1979)
as Major Adams
The Rebels (1979)
as John Hancock
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
as Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
as Albert, the Doorman
Flying High (1978)
Fantasy Island (1978)
as Cap Truman
Pete's Dragon (1977)
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer (1977)
as Stanley Bunch
Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
as Kevin Grady
CHiPs (1977)
as Weitzman
The Love Boat (1977)
as Marvin Waterman
What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Love Boat (1977)
as Mr. Landers
Charlie's Angels (1976)
as Iggy
Friday Foster (1975)
as Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama (1975)
as Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Jake Mandel
Mobile One (1975)
as Macklin
Ellery Queen (1975)
as Howard Biggers
Joe Forrester (1975)
Goodnight Jackie (1974)
as Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974)
as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
Chico and the Man (1974)
The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974)
as Thurston Howell III (voice)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Harry O (1974)
as Ziggy
The Girl Most Likely To... (1973)
as Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
as Shellhammer
Police Story (1973)
Police Story (1973)
as Jake Mandel
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
as Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All (1972)
as Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet (1972)
as George Benson
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
as Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
as Jim Backus
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)
as Mr. Magoo
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Staunch
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Doctor
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
as Dr. Charles Walters
Hello Down There (1969)
as T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)
as Colonel
The Brady Bunch (1969)
as Zaccariah
Medical Center (1969)
The Barbara McNair Show (1969)
as Self
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
as Bill
Love, American Style (1969)
as Jerry Franks
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Tru-Blue Lou
The Good Guys (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
as Emile Wade
Blondie (1968)
as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
as Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees (1967)
as Benny Van Buren
Accidental Family (1967)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
as Self
Continental Showcase (1966)
as Self - Host
Billie (1965)
as Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Whitepaper
Fluffy (1965)
as Sergeant
The Wild Wild West (1965)
as Fabian Swanson
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
as General Fitzhugh
Advance to the Rear (1964)
as Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery (1964)
as Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space (1964)
as Moon (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964)
as Mr. Magoo
Gilligan's Island (1964)
as Thurston Howell
Daniel Boone (1964)
as Will Scataway
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool (1963)
as Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice (1963)
as William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini (1963)
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves (1963)
as Sheriff
Sunday in New York (1963)
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Burke's Law (1963)
as Harold Mason
Arrest and Trial (1963)
as Sam Thayer
Burke's Law (1963)
as Pork Pie Hannigan
Burke's Law (1963)
as Herkimer Witt
Espionage (1963)
as McAvoy
Boys' Night Out (1962)
as Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz! (1962)
as Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
as Marty Van Ransohoff
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
as Self
Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1961)
as Mr. Magoo
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
as Monte
Cain's Hundred (1961)
as Karl Bigger
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
as Self - Co-Host
Ice Palace (1960)
as Dave Husack
Inside Magoo (1960)
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
as James
The Mr. Magoo Show (1960)
as Mr Magoo (voice)
The Jim Backus Show (1960)
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
as Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator (1959)
as Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Mr. Maxwell
A Princess for Magoo (1959)
as Narrator
Terror Faces Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming (1959)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Untouchables (1959)
as William Norbert
Macabre (1958)
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Paul Mason
Scoutmaster Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958)
as Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing (1958)
as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo (1958)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
as Maury Samuels
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
as Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair (1957)
as Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious (1957)
as Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Maverick (1957)
as Joe Wheelwright
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
as Self
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
as Danker
Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills (1956)
as Willis Haver
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man (1956)
as Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex (1956)
as Psychiatrist
Calling Doctor Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child (1956)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Gale Storm Show (1956)
as Arthur Hutchins
Conflict (1956)
as Dandy Summers
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy (1955)
as Commander Hutch
The Square Jungle (1955)
as Pat Quaid
Magoo Makes News (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo (1955)
as Mr. Magoo
Gunsmoke (1955)
as Reverend Sims
The Millionaire (1955)
as Henry Banning
Matinee Theater (1955)
When Magoo Flew (1954)
as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Ben Judson
Destination Magoo (1954)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Climax! (1954)
as Detective Herman
The George Gobel Show (1954)
as Self
I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mergo
Angel Face (1953)
as District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond (1953)
as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine (1953)
as Jason Ambrose
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
as Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
as Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy (1952)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
as Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike (1952)
as Charles Barry
Pink and Blue Blues (1952)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead (1952)
as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
I Married Joan (1952)
as Judge Bradley Stevens
His Kind of Woman (1951)
as Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
as Sam Harris
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Mitch Davis
Plutopia (1951)
as Milton the Cat
Iron Man (1951)
as Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Flaherty
Half Angel (1951)
as Michael Hogan
I Want You (1951)
as Harvey Landrum
M (1951)
as The Mayor
Bungled Bungalow (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory (1951)
as Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer (1951)
as Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
as Kevin Grady
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent (1950)
as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound (1950)
as Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity (1950)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
as Magistrate Backus
The Popcorn Story (1950)
as Narrator
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
as Lucus Edgerton
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
as Harry
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
as Self
What's My Line? (1950)
as Self
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Ragtime Bear (1949)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
as Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling (1949)
as Howard Pritchard
Easy Living (1949)
as Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover (1949)
as Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)
as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide? (1948)
as Narrator
Studio One (1948)
as Tim McTaggart
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)

As Crew

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
Writer
Destination Magoo (1954)
Story