Jim Backus
Known for: Acting
Born: February 25, 1913
Died: July 3, 1989
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Filmography
163 movies · 69 TV shows, newest first
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The Unknown Story
2022
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005NR
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
7.9
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
9.0
Prince Jack
1985
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The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
3.1
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
5.7
Gilligan's Planet
1982
6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
5.2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.0
There Goes The Bride
1980
7.3
The Gossip Columnist
1980
5.0
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
7.0
Eischied
1979
10.0
The Rebels
1979
6.6
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
3.1
Angels' Brigade
1979NR
$weepstake$
1979
4.5
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
6.3
Flying High
1978
5.1
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
6.3
Pete's Dragon
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.8
CHiPs
1977
7.5
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
10.0
Never Con a Killer
1977
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
6.1
Friday Foster
1975
5.0
Mobile One
1975
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
5.6
Crazy Mama
1975
4.7
Cop on the Beat
1975
7.0
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
6.1
Chico and the Man
1974
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
5.2
Harry O
1974
5.6
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974NR
Goodnight Jackie
1974
7.0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
9.0
Magic Carpet
1972
7.0
Of Thee I Sing
1972
6.3
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
10.0
Getting Away from It All
1972
4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
4.6
Myra Breckinridge
1970
6.8
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
10.0
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
5.2
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.7
The Brady Bunch
1969
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
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The Barbara McNair Show
1969
5.9
Hello Down There
1969
7.0
Blondie
1968
7.0
The Good Guys
1968
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
5.3
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.5
Accidental Family
1967
5.2
Don't Make Waves
1967
5.3
Damn Yankees
1967
6.4
Hurry Sundown
1967
7.5
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
196710.0
Continental Showcase
1966
5.0
Billie
1965
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.0
Fluffy
1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
7.4
Gilligan's Island
1964
6.9
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
6.0
Rendezvous in Space
1964
5.2
Advance to the Rear
1964
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Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
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Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
6.3
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
6.8
Sunday in New York
1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
5.7
My Six Loves
1963
3.8
Operation Bikini
1963
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
6.8
A Child Is Waiting
1963
6.3
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
5.6
Zotz!
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
5.9
Boys' Night Out
1962
5.2
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
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Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
6.6
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
9.0
The Jim Backus Show
1960
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Inside Magoo
1960
6.3
Ice Palace
1960
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I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
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Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
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Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
6.6
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959
4.7
A Private's Affair
1959
6.0
The Big Operator
1959
5.7
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
9.0
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
9.0
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
9.0
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
9.0
Bwana Magoo
1959NR
A Princess for Magoo
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
8.0
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
8.0
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
6.0
Macabre
19587.0
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
8.0
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
8.0
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
8.0
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
8.0
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
8.0
Magoo's Private War
1957
6.3
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
5.6
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
7.0
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
7.0
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
7.0
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
6.8
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
3.3
Magoo's Masquerade
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
7.0
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
8.0
Matador Magoo
1957
8.3
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
4.9
Top Secret Affair
1957
10.0
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
5.0
The Great Man
1956
5.4
The Opposite Sex
1956
5.1
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
4.5
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
10.0
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
6.7
The Gale Storm Show
19568.0
Conflict
1956
8.0
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
5.7
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
10.0
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
4.6
The Naked Hills
1956
7.0
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
7.5
Magoo Goes West
1956
4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
7.7
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
6.1
The Square Jungle
1955
6.5
Magoo Makes News
1955
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
5.6
Francis in the Navy
1955
8.0
Madcap Magoo
1955
6.7
Magoo Express
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
8.5
Destination Magoo
1954
6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
3.8
Climax!
19547.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
6.7
When Magoo Flew
1954
6.0
Geraldine
1953
6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
7.1
Angel Face
1953
6.2
Above and Beyond
1953
5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952
7.5
Hotsy Footsy
1952
7.5
I Married Joan
1952
8.0
Pete Hothead
1952
4.3
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
5.9
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
6.4
Pat and Mike
1952
6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
7.0
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.2
I Want You
1951
6.5
Grizzly Golfer
1951
4.9
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
6.8
The Man with a Cloak
1951
6.5
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
6.2
Iron Man
1951
6.8
His Kind of Woman
1951
7.1
Bright Victory
1951
6.7
Hollywood Story
1951
6.0
Plutopia
1951
6.2
Half Angel
1951
7.0
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
6.5
M
1951
9.0
Bungled Bungalow
1951
6.5
The Popcorn Story
1950
6.0
Emergency Wedding
1950
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.2
Trouble Indemnity
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
10.0
Customs Agent
1950
6.6
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
9.0
Spellbound Hound
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
NR
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
5.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949
7.1
The Great Lover
1949
5.7
Easy Living
1949
6.3
Father Was a Fullback
1949
7.2
Ragtime Bear
1949
4.8
One Last Fling
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.0
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948NR
Where Will You Hide?
1948
NR
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