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:
- 164
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Where Will You Hide? 1948-07-18
- 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 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Movie | Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-10-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | Self | 1987-01-01 |
| 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 | Thurston Howell, III (voice) | 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 | The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus | 1980-03-21 |
| Movie | There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins | 1980-07-07 |
| Movie | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | 1979-05-03 |
| Movie | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | 1979-02-01 |
| Series | Eischied | Unknown | 1979-09-21 |
| 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 |
| Series | What's New, Mr. Magoo? | 1977-09-10 | |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch | 1977-05-13 |
| 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 | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel | 1975-05-06 |
| Movie | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | 1975-06-01 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | 1975-12-25 |
| Series | Joe Forrester | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Movie | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry | 1974-02-27 |
| Series | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Thurston Howell III (voice) | 1974-09-07 |
| Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Magic Carpet | George Benson | 1972-11-06 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | 1971-12-31 |
| Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | 1970-04-01 |
| Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
| Movie | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | 1970-06-24 |
| Movie | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | 1969-01-01 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | 1969-10-14 |
| Series | The Brady Bunch | Unknown | 1969-09-26 |
| Movie | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | 1968-06-19 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | Blondie | 1968-09-26 | |
| Series | The Good Guys | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Movie | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | 1967-02-09 |
| Movie | Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | 1967-06-20 |
| 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 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | 1965-03-24 |
| Movie | Fluffy | Sergeant | 1965-06-27 |
| Movie | Billie | Howard G. Carol | 1965-12-13 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Movie | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | 1964-06-10 |
| 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 | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | 1963-10-02 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | 1963-11-13 |
| Movie | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | 1963-11-14 |
| Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | 1963-11-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tom, Dick and Harriet | James | 1960-01-01 |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Dave Husack | 1960-01-02 |
| Series | The Jim Backus Show | 1960-10-06 | |
| Series | The Mr. Magoo Show | Mr Magoo | 1960-11-07 |
| Movie | Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo | 1959-07-09 |
| 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 | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon | 1959-08-14 |
| Movie | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | 1959-12-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| 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 | Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
| Movie | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | 1956-06-17 |
| Movie | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | 1956-03-09 |
| Movie | Magoo Beats the Heat | Mr. Magoo(voice) | 1956-06-21 |
| Movie | Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1956-04-18 |
| Movie | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | 1956-10-26 |
| Movie | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | 1956-11-15 |
| Movie | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | 1956-10-30 |
| 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 | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | 1955-10-27 |
| Movie | The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid | 1955-12-30 |
| Movie | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | 1955-11-15 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1954-01-06 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| 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 | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke | 1952-08-24 |
| Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | 1952-07-18 |
| Movie | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | 1952-12-01 |
| Series | I Married Joan | Judge Bradley Stevens | 1952-10-15 |
| Movie | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | 1952-10-22 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Plutopia | Milton the Cat | 1951-05-18 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | Half Angel | Michael Hogan | 1951-05-05 |
| Movie | M | The Mayor | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo | 1951-01-15 |
| Movie | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson | 1951-08-01 |
| Movie | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo | 1951-04-25 |
| Movie | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton | 1951-08-15 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Max Watkins | 1951-09-20 |
| Movie | I Want You | Harvey Landrum | 1951-12-22 |
| Movie | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo | 1951-12-20 |
| Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | 1951-11-27 |
| Movie | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | 1951-12-06 |
| Movie | Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo | 1950-03-16 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers | 1950-04-01 |
| 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 | 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 |