Jim Backus

The Unknown Story

Self - archive footage · 2022

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Himself (uncredited) · 2005

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

1986

Prince Jack

Dealy · 1985

Slapstick of Another Kind

President of the U.S. · 1982

El Planeta de Gilligan

Thurston Howell, III (voice) · 1982

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III · 1981

Hill Street Blues

Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1981

There Goes The Bride

Mr. Perkins · 1980

The Gossip Columnist

Jim Backus · 1980

C.H.O.M.P.S.

Mr. Gibbs · 1979

Eischied

1979

The Rebels

John Hancock · 1979

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

Thurston Howell III · 1979

Angels' Brigade

Cmdr. Lindsey March · 1979

El rescate de la Isla de Gilligan

Thurston Howell III · 1978

Flying High

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

Albert, the Doorman · 1978

La Isla de la Fantasía

Cap Truman · 1978

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Kevin Grady · 1977

Mi amigo el dragón

The Mayor · 1977

The Love Boat

Marvin Waterman · 1977

The Love Boat

Mr. Landers · 1977

Chips

Weitzman · 1977

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1977

Never Con a Killer

Stanley Bunch · 1977

Los ángeles de Charlie

Iggy · 1976

Friday Foster

Enos Griffith · 1975

Mobile One

Macklin · 1975

Ellery Queen

Howard Biggers · 1975

Joe Forrester

1975

Tres mujeres peligrosas

Mr. Albertson · 1975

Cop on the Beat

Jake Mandel · 1975

Sí, Virginia, existe Santa Claus

Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) · 1974

Chico and the Man

1974

Kolchak: el acechador nocturno

1974

Harry O

Ziggy · 1974

Las nuevas aventuras de Gilligan

Thurston Howell III (voice) · 1974

Miracle on 34th Street

Shellhammer · 1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

Prof. David Tilson · 1973

Police Story

1973

Police Story

Jake Mandel · 1973

Magic Carpet

George Benson · 1972

Of Thee I Sing

Senator Robert F. Lyons · 1972

Te veo y no te veo

Timothy Forsythe · 1972

Getting Away from It All

Mike Lorimar · 1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Jim Backus · 1971

Los Dos Mosqueteros

1971

Myra Breckinridge

Doctor · 1970

Los chiflados vaqueros de Calico

Staunch · 1970

Uncle Sam Magoo

Mr. Magoo · 1970

Nanny and the Professor

Dr. Charles Walters · 1970

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Colonel · 1969

Love, American Style

Jerry Franks · 1969

The Brady Bunch

Zaccariah · 1969

Medical Center

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Bill · 1969

Hello Down There

T.R. Hollister · 1969

Blondie

J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers · 1968

The Good Guys

1968

The Mod Squad

Emile Wade · 1968

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Tru-Blue Lou · 1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited) · 1968

Accidental Family

1967

Don't Make Waves

Self (uncredited) · 1967

Damn Yankees

Benny Van Buren · 1967

Hurry Sundown

Carter Sillens · 1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Self · 1967

Billie

Howard G. Carol · 1965

Mi Bella Genio

General Fitzhugh · 1965

The Wild Wild West

Fabian Swanson · 1965

Fluffy

Sergeant · 1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Whitepaper · 1965

La isla de Gilligan

Thurston Howell, III · 1964

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1964

Daniel Boone

Will Scataway · 1964

Rendezvous in Space

Moon (voice) · 1964

Advance to the Rear

Gen. Willoughby · 1964

Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

Mr. Magoo · 1964

Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

Mr. Magoo · 1964

Camas separadas

Bullard Bear · 1963

Sunday in New York

Chief Pilot Drysdale · 1963

El mundo está loco, loco, loco, loco

Tyler Fitzgerald · 1963

Johnny Cool

Louis Murphy · 1963

Espionage

McAvoy · 1963

Burke's Law

Harold Mason · 1963

Burke's Law

Pork Pie Hannigan · 1963

Burke's Law

Herkimer Witt · 1963

Arrest and Trial

Sam Thayer · 1963

My Six Loves

Sheriff · 1963

Operation Bikini

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly · 1963

Critic's Choice

Dr. William Von Hagedorn · 1963

Ángeles sin paraíso

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) · 1963

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) · 1962

Zotz!

Horatio Kellgore · 1962

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

Los Beverly Ricos (The Beverly Hillbillies)

Marty Van Ransohoff · 1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") · 1962

Boys' Night Out

Peter Bowers · 1962

El teniente horizontal

Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host · 1961

The Dick Powell Show

Monte · 1961

Cain's Hundred

Karl Bigger · 1961

Magoo Meets Frankenstein

Mr. Magoo · 1961

The Mr. Magoo Show

Mr Magoo (voice) · 1960

The Jim Backus Show

1960

Inside Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self · 1960

Ice Palace

Dave Husack · 1960

I Was a Teenage Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1960

Tom, Dick and Harriet

James · 1960

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1959

1001 Arabian Nights

Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) · 1959

The Untouchables

William Norbert · 1959

Ask Any Girl

Mr. Maxwell · 1959

A Private's Affair

Jim Gordon · 1959

The Big Operator

Cliff Heldon · 1959

Terror Faces Magoo

Mr. Magoo · 1959

La paloma y el gavilán

Mr. Forbes · 1959

Magoo's Lodge Brother

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1959

Merry Minstrel Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1959

Magoo’s Homecoming

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1959

Bwana Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1959

77 Sunset Strip

Maury Samuels · 1958

Gumshoe Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1958

Love Comes to Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1958

Macabre

Sheriff Jim Tyloe · 1958

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) · 1958

The High Cost of Loving

Paul Mason · 1958

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

Mr Magoo (voice) · 1958

Scoutmaster Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1958

Magoo's Young Manhood

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1958

Magoo's Private War

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Magoo's Moose Hunt

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

El flautista de Hamelin

King's Emissary · 1957

Eighteen and Anxious

Harvey Graham · 1957

Rock Hound Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Magoo Saves the Bank

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Maverick

Joe Wheelwright · 1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

Clarence Locan · 1957

Magoo's Masquerade

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Magoo Breaks Par

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Matador Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Magoo Goes Overboard

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1957

Top Secret Affair

Col. Homer W. Gooch · 1957

Meet Mother Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

The Great Man

Nick Cellantano · 1956

El sexo opuesto

Psychiatrist · 1956

You Can't Run Away from It

Danker · 1956

The Girl He Left Behind

Sgt. Hanna · 1956

Magoo's Problem Child

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

Trailblazer Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

Magoo's Puddle Jumper

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

Magoo Beats the Heat

Mr. Magoo(voice) · 1956

The Naked Hills

Willis Haver · 1956

Calling Doctor Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

Magoo Goes West

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Tom Culdane · 1956

Magoo's Canine Mutiny

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1956

The Square Jungle

Pat Quaid · 1955

Magoo Makes News

Mr. Magoo · 1955

Matinee Theater

1955

Rebelde sin causa

Frank Stark · 1955

Gunsmoke

Reverend Sims · 1955

Francis in the Navy

Commander Hutch · 1955

Madcap Magoo

Mr. Magoo · 1955

Magoo Express

Mr. Magoo · 1955

The Millionaire

Henry Banning · 1955

Destination Magoo

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1954

Deep in My Heart

Ben Judson · 1954

Climax!

Detective Herman · 1954

When Magoo Flew

Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice) · 1954

Geraldine

Jason Ambrose · 1953

I Love Melvin

Mergo · 1953

Angel Face

District Attorney Judson · 1953

Ataque Secreto

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay · 1953

Androcles and the Lion

Centurion · 1952

Hotsy Footsy

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1952

I Married Joan

Judge Bradley Stevens · 1952

Pete Hothead

Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited) · 1952

The Rose Bowl Story

Michael "Iron Mike" Burke · 1952

Don't Bother to Knock

Peter Jones · 1952

La impetuosa

Charles Barry · 1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

Jim Cleary · 1952

Here Come the Nelsons

Joe Randolph · 1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Kevin Grady · 1951

I Want You

Harvey Landrum · 1951

Grizzly Golfer

Mr. Magoo · 1951

I'll See You in My Dreams

Sam Harris · 1951

The Man with a Cloak

Flaherty · 1951

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1951

Iron Man

Max Watkins · 1951

Su tipo de mujer

Myron Winton · 1951

Bright Victory

Bill Grayson · 1951

Hollywood Story

Mitch Davis · 1951

Plutopia

Milton the Cat · 1951

Half Angel

Michael Hogan · 1951

Barefaced Flatfoot

Mr. Magoo · 1951

M

The Mayor · 1951

Bungled Bungalow

Mr. Magoo · 1951

The Popcorn Story

Narrator · 1950

Emergency Wedding

Ed Hamley · 1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

Willie Dennis (uncredited) · 1950

Trouble Indemnity

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self · 1950

Customs Agent

Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby · 1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers · 1950

Spellbound Hound

Mr. Magoo · 1950

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist · 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lucus Edgerton · 1950

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

Magistrate Backus · 1950

A Dangerous Profession

Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice) · 1949

The Great Lover

Higgins · 1949

Easy Living

Dr. Franklin · 1949

Father Was a Fullback

Professor Sullivan · 1949

Ragtime Bear

Mr. Magoo (voice) · 1949

One Last Fling

Howard Pritchard · 1949

Studio One

Tim McTaggart · 1948

A-Lad-in His Lamp

Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) · 1948

Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio) ·