Jim Backus
ActingBorn
February 25, 1913
Died
July 3, 1989
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
Prince Jack
1985
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
There Goes The Bride
1980
The Gossip Columnist
1980
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
Angels' Brigade
1979
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
Pete's Dragon
1977
Never Con a Killer
1977
Friday Foster
1975
Crazy Mama
1975
Cop on the Beat
1975
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
Goodnight Jackie
1974
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Magic Carpet
1972
Of Thee I Sing
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
Getting Away from It All
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Myra Breckinridge
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
Hello Down There
1969
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Don't Make Waves
1967
Damn Yankees
1967
Hurry Sundown
1967
Billie
1965
Fluffy
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Advance to the Rear
1964
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
Sunday in New York
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Johnny Cool
1963
My Six Loves
1963
Operation Bikini
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
A Child Is Waiting
1963
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
Zotz!
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Boys' Night Out
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
Inside Magoo
1960
Ice Palace
1960
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
Ask Any Girl
1959
A Private's Affair
1959
The Big Operator
1959
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
Bwana Magoo
1959
A Princess for Magoo
1959
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
Macabre
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
The High Cost of Loving
1958
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
Magoo's Private War
1957
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
Matador Magoo
1957
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
Top Secret Affair
1957
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
The Great Man
1956
The Opposite Sex
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
The Naked Hills
1956
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
Magoo Goes West
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
The Square Jungle
1955
Magoo Makes News
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Francis in the Navy
1955
Madcap Magoo
1955
Magoo Express
1955
Destination Magoo
1954
Deep in My Heart
1954
When Magoo Flew
1954
Geraldine
1953
I Love Melvin
1953
Angel Face
1953
Above and Beyond
1953
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Hotsy Footsy
1952
Pete Hothead
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Pat and Mike
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
I Want You
1951
Grizzly Golfer
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
The Man with a Cloak
1951
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
Iron Man
1951
His Kind of Woman
1951
Bright Victory
1951
Hollywood Story
1951
Plutopia
1951
Half Angel
1951
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
M
1951
Bungled Bungalow
1951
The Popcorn Story
1950
Emergency Wedding
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Trouble Indemnity
1950
Customs Agent
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
Spellbound Hound
1950
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
A Dangerous Profession
1949
The Great Lover
1949
Easy Living
1949
Father Was a Fullback
1949
Ragtime Bear
1949
One Last Fling
1949
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948
Where Will You Hide?
1948
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
The Unknown Story
2022
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
Gilligan's Planet
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Eischied
1979
The Rebels
1979
$weepstake$
1979
Flying High
1978
Fantasy Island
1978
The Love Boat
1977
The Love Boat
1977
CHiPs
1977
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976
Mobile One
1975
Ellery Queen
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
Chico and the Man
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Harry O
1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974
Police Story
1973
Police Story
1973
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Love, American Style
1969
The Brady Bunch
1969
Medical Center
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
Blondie
1968
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Accidental Family
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Continental Showcase
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
Espionage
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
The Jim Backus Show
1960
The Untouchables
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Maverick
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Conflict
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Climax!
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
I Married Joan
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948