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.
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 |
Movie | Slapstick (Of Another Kind) | President of the U.S. | 1982-12-09 |
Series | Gilligan's Planet | 1982-09-18 | |
Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1981-05-15 |
Movie | The Enchanted Journey | Gamba | 1981-10-10 |
Movie | There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins | 1980-07-07 |
Movie | The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus | 1980-03-21 |
Movie | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
Movie | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
Series | Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1979-01-26 |
Movie | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | The Rebels | John Hancock | 1979-05-14 |
Series | Eischied | Unknown | 1979-09-21 |
Movie | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | 1978-06-01 |
Series | Flying High | Unknown | 1978-09-29 |
Movie | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1978-10-14 |
Series | What's New, Mr. Magoo? | 1977-09-10 | |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Movie | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady | 1977-12-16 |
Movie | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | 1977-11-03 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
Series | Joe Forrester | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
Series | Mobile One | Unknown | 1975-09-12 |
Series | The New Adventures of Gilligan | 1974-09-07 | |
Movie | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
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 | Miracle on 34th Street | Shellhammer | 1973-12-14 |
Movie | The Girl Most Likely to... | Prof. David Tilson | 1973-11-06 |
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 |
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 | Uncle Sam Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1970-02-15 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
Series | The Barbara McNair Show | Unknown | 1969-09-13 |
Movie | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | 1969-01-01 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | The Brady Bunch | Unknown | 1969-09-26 |
Movie | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
Movie | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
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 |
Series | Continental Showcase | Self - Host | 1966-06-11 |
Movie | Billie | Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
Movie | Fluffy | Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Mr. Magoo | 1964-01-01 |
Movie | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1964-09-26 |
Series | Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell, III | 1964-09-26 |
Movie | My Six Loves | Sheriff | 1963-04-03 |
Movie | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | 1963-03-26 |
Movie | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | 1963-02-24 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Movie | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | 1963-02-13 |
Movie | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
Movie | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
Movie | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
Movie | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | 1962-08-07 |
Movie | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | 1962-04-18 |
Movie | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | 1962-06-21 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1962-12-18 |
Movie | Zotz! | Prof. Horatio Kellgore | 1962-10-03 |
Movie | Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Mr. Magoo | 1961-03-20 |
Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
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 | Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1959-07-09 |
Movie | The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon | 1959-08-01 |
Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | 1959-05-27 |
Movie | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
Movie | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
Movie | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | 1959-08-21 |
Movie | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | 1958-05-16 |
Movie | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | 1958-10-01 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Movie | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | 1957-01-30 |
Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | 1957-08-15 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
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 | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | 1956-10-30 |
Movie | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
Movie | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1955-06-23 |
Movie | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | 1955-05-19 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | 1955-08-24 |
Movie | The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid | 1955-12-30 |
Movie | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-01-06 |
Movie | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | 1954-12-09 |
Movie | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-12-16 |
Movie | Angel Face | District Attorney Judson | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | 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 | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | 1952-07-18 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
Movie | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
Series | I Married Joan | Judge Bradley Stevens | 1952-10-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
Movie | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
Movie | Plutopia | Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
Movie | M | The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo | 1951-01-15 |
Movie | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
Movie | Half Angel | Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
Movie | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
Movie | I Want You | Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Iron Man | Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
Movie | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
Movie | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
Movie | Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1951-10-17 |
Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
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 | Where Will You Hide? | Narrator | 1948-07-18 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |