Jim Backus
Feb 25, 1913
- Jul 3, 1989

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx 03/20/12 Pat Quaid (archive footage) 76
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents 01/01/05 Himself (uncredited) 76
Los Angeles Plays Itself 07/28/04 Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) 76
Surviving Gilligan's Island 10/14/01 Himself (archive footage) 76
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets 01/01/87 Himself 73
Prince Jack 12/01/85 Dealy 72
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) 12/09/82 President of the U.S. 69
The Enchanted Journey 10/10/81 Gamba 68
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 05/15/81 Thurston Howell III 68
There Goes The Bride 07/07/80 Mr. Perkins 67
The Gossip Columnist 03/21/80 Jim Backus 67
C.H.O.M.P.S. 12/21/79 Mr. Gibbs 66
The Rebels 05/14/79 John Hancock 66
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 05/03/79 Thurston Howell III 66
Angels' Brigade 02/01/79 Cmdr. Lindsey March 65
Rescue from Gilligan's Island 10/14/78 Thurston Howell III 65
Good Guys Wear Black 06/01/78 Albert, the Doorman 65
Have I Got a Christmas for You 12/16/77 Kevin Grady 64
Pete's Dragon 11/03/77 The Mayor 64
Never Con a Killer 05/13/77 Stanley Bunch 64
Friday Foster 12/25/75 Enos Griffith 62
Crazy Mama 06/01/75 Mr. Albertson 62
Cop on the Beat 05/06/75 Jake Mandel 62
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus 12/06/74 Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) 61
Goodnight Jackie 02/27/74 Mr. Landry 61
Miracle on 34th Street 12/14/73 Shellhammer 60
The Girl Most Likely to... 11/06/73 Prof. David Tilson 60
Magic Carpet 11/06/72 George Benson 59
Of Thee I Sing 10/24/72 Senator Robert F. Lyons 59
Now You See Him, Now You Don't 07/12/72 Timothy Forsythe 59
Getting Away from It All 01/18/72 Mike Lorimar 58
Mooch Goes to Hollywood 12/31/71 Jim Backus 58
Myra Breckinridge 06/24/70 Doctor 57
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 04/01/70 Staunch 57
Uncle Sam Magoo 02/15/70 Mr. Magoo 56
Wake Me When the War Is Over 10/14/69 Colonel 56
Hello Down There 01/01/69 T.R. Hollister 55
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? 06/19/68 Tru-Blue Lou 55
Damn Yankees 04/08/67 Benny Van Buren 54
Hurry Sundown 02/09/67 Carter Sillens 53
Billie 12/13/65 Howard G. Carol 52
Fluffy 06/27/65 Sergeant 52
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 03/24/65 Whitepaper 52
Rendezvous in Space 09/10/64 Moon (voice) 51
Advance to the Rear 06/10/64 Gen. Willoughby 51
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery 01/01/64 Mr. Magoo 50
The Wheeler Dealers 11/14/63 Bullard Bear 50
Sunday in New York 11/13/63 Chief Pilot Drysdale 50
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 11/07/63 Tyler Fitzgerald 50
Johnny Cool 10/02/63 Louis Murphy 50
My Six Loves 04/03/63 Sheriff 50
Operation Bikini 03/26/63 Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly 50
Critic's Choice 02/24/63 Dr. William Von Hagedorn 49
A Child Is Waiting 02/13/63 Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) 49
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 12/18/62 Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) 49
Zotz! 10/03/62 Prof. Horatio Kellgore 49
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 08/07/62 The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") 49
Boys' Night Out 06/21/62 Peter Bowers 49
The Horizontal Lieutenant 04/18/62 Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag 49
Magoo Meets Frankenstein 03/20/61 Mr. Magoo 48
Inside Magoo 01/12/60 Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self 46
Ice Palace 01/02/60 Dave Husack 46
Tom, Dick and Harriet 01/01/60 James 46
I Was a Teenage Magoo 01/01/60 Mr. Magoo (voice) 46
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) 12/27/59 Mr. Magoo (voice) 46
1001 Arabian Nights 12/01/59 Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) 46
Ask Any Girl 08/21/59 Mr. Maxwell 46
A Private's Affair 08/14/59 Jim Gordon 46
The Big Operator 08/01/59 Cliff Heldon 46
Terror Faces Magoo 07/09/59 Mr. Magoo 46
The Wild and the Innocent 05/27/59 Mr. Forbes 46
Magoo's Lodge Brother 05/07/59 Mr. Magoo (voice) 46
Merry Minstrel Magoo 04/09/59 Mr. Magoo (voice) 46
Magoo’s Homecoming 03/05/59 Mr. Magoo (voice) 46
Bwana Magoo 01/09/59 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Gumshoe Magoo 10/06/58 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Love Comes to Magoo 10/02/58 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Macabre 10/01/58 Sheriff Jim Tyloe 45
Magoo’s Cruise 09/11/58 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing 06/05/58 Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) 45
The High Cost of Loving 05/16/58 Paul Mason 45
The Explosive Mr. Magoo 05/08/58 Mr Magoo (voice) 45
Scoutmaster Magoo 04/10/58 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Magoo's Young Manhood 03/13/58 Mr. Magoo (voice) 45
Magoo's Private War 12/19/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Magoo's Moose Hunt 11/28/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 11/26/57 King's Emissary 44
Eighteen and Anxious 11/15/57 Harvey Graham 44
Rock Hound Magoo 10/24/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Magoo Saves the Bank 09/26/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Man of a Thousand Faces 08/15/57 Clarence Locan 44
Magoo's Masquerade 08/15/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Magoo Breaks Par 06/27/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Matador Magoo 05/30/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 44
Magoo Goes Overboard 02/21/57 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Top Secret Affair 01/30/57 Col. Homer W. Gooch 43
Meet Mother Magoo 12/27/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
The Great Man 12/01/56 Nick Cellantano 43
The Opposite Sex 11/15/56 Psychiatrist 43
You Can't Run Away from It 10/30/56 Danker 43
The Girl He Left Behind 10/26/56 Sgt. Hanna 43
Magoo's Problem Child 10/18/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Trailblazer Magoo 09/13/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper 07/26/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Magoo Beats the Heat 06/21/56 Mr. Magoo(voice) 43
The Naked Hills 06/17/56 Willis Haver 43
Calling Doctor Magoo 05/24/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Magoo Goes West 04/18/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
Meet Me in Las Vegas 03/09/56 Tom Culdane 43
Magoo's Canine Mutiny 03/08/56 Mr. Magoo (voice) 43
The Square Jungle 12/30/55 Pat Quaid 42
Magoo Makes News 11/15/55 Mr. Magoo 42
Rebel Without a Cause 10/27/55 Frank Stark 42
Francis in the Navy 08/24/55 Commander Hutch 42
Madcap Magoo 06/23/55 Mr. Magoo 42
Magoo Express 05/19/55 Mr. Magoo 42
Destination Magoo 12/16/54 Mr. Magoo (voice) 41
Deep in My Heart 12/09/54 Ben Judson 41
Geraldine 01/26/54 Jason Ambrose 40
When Magoo Flew 01/06/54 Mr. Magoo (voice) 40
I Love Melvin 03/20/53 Mergo 40
Angel Face 01/02/53 District Attorney Judson 39
Above and Beyond 01/02/53 Gen. Curtis E. LeMay 39
Androcles and the Lion 12/01/52 Centurion 39
Hotsy Footsy 10/22/52 Mr. Magoo (voice) 39
The Rose Bowl Story 08/24/52 Michael "Iron Mike" Burke 39
Don't Bother to Knock 07/18/52 Peter Jones 39
Pat and Mike 06/13/52 Charles Barry 39
Deadline - U.S.A. 03/14/52 Jim Cleary 39
Here Come the Nelsons 02/23/52 Joe Randolph 38
I Want You 12/22/51 Harvey Landrum 38
Grizzly Golfer 12/20/51 Mr. Magoo 38
I'll See You in My Dreams 12/06/51 Sam Harris 38
The Man with a Cloak 11/27/51 Flaherty 38
Fuddy Duddy Buddy 10/17/51 Mr. Magoo (voice) 38
Iron Man 09/20/51 Max Watkins 38
His Kind of Woman 08/15/51 Myron Winton 38
Bright Victory 08/01/51 Bill Grayson 38
Hollywood Story 06/01/51 Mitch Davis 38
Plutopia 05/18/51 Milton the Cat 38
Half Angel 05/05/51 Michael Hogan 38
Barefaced Flatfoot 04/25/51 Mr. Magoo 38
M 03/01/51 The Mayor 38
Bungled Bungalow 01/15/51 Mr. Magoo 37
Emergency Wedding 11/15/50 Ed Hamley 37
The Killer That Stalked New York 10/06/50 Willie Dennis (uncredited) 37
Trouble Indemnity 09/14/50 Mr. Magoo (voice) 37
Customs Agent 05/18/50 Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby 37
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 04/01/50 Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers 37
Spellbound Hound 03/16/50 Mr. Magoo 37
A Dangerous Profession 12/10/49 Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus) 36
The Great Lover 11/23/49 Higgins 36
Easy Living 10/08/49 Dr. Franklin 36
Father Was a Fullback 09/30/49 Professor Sullivan 36
Ragtime Bear 09/29/49 Mr. Magoo (voice) 36
One Last Fling 06/30/49 Howard Pritchard 36
A-Lad-in His Lamp 10/22/48 Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) 35
Where Will You Hide? 07/18/48 Narrator 35