Jim Backus
Acting1913Cleveland, 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
Acting History
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
1985
Prince Jack
as Dealy
1982
Slapstick of Another Kind
as President of the U.S.
Hill Street Blues
TVas Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)• 1 eps
1981
Enchanted Journey
as Gamba
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
The Love Boat
TVas Mr. Landers / Marvin Waterman• 2 eps
1979
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
The Rebels
as John Hancock
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
$weepstake$
TVas Major Adams
1978
Black Tigers
as Albert, the Doorman
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
Fantasy Island
TVas Cap Truman• 1 eps
1977
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
as Stanley Bunch
CHiPs
TVas Weitzman• 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
TVas Iggy• 2 eps
1975
Friday Foster
as Enos Griffith
Gunsmoke
TVas Reverend Sims• 1 eps
Ellery Queen
TVas Howard Biggers• 1 eps
Harry O
TVas Ziggy• 1 eps
Police Story
TVas Jake Mandel• 1 eps
1974
Goodnight Jackie
as Mr. Landry
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TVas Bill• 1 eps
1973
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
1971
1970
Myra Breckinridge
as Doctor
Love, American Style
TVas Jerry Franks• 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
TVas Dr. Charles Walters• 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
TVas General Fitzhugh• 1 eps
1969
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
The Wild Wild West
TVas Fabian Swanson• 1 eps
The Barbara McNair Show
TVas Self
1968
Daniel Boone
TVas Will Scataway• 1 eps
1967
Don't Make Waves
as Self (uncredited)
Hurry Sundown
as Carter Sillens
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
1964
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
as Mr. Magoo
Arrest and Trial
TVas Sam Thayer• 1 eps
Burke's Law
TVas Herkimer Witt• 1 eps
Gilligan's Island
TVas Thurston Howell, III• 98 eps
1963
My Six Loves
as Sheriff
Sunday in New York
as Chief Pilot Drysdale
Critic's Choice
as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Johnny Cool
as Louis Murphy
Operation Bikini
as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
The Dick Powell Show
TVas Monte• 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Marty Van Ransohoff• 1 eps
1962
Zotz!
as Horatio Kellgore
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
Maverick
TVas Joe Wheelwright• 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
TVas Karl Bigger• 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self / Self - Co-Host
1960
Inside Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
Ice Palace
as Dave Husack
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Maury Samuels• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas William Norbert• 1 eps
The Mr. Magoo Show
TVas Mr Magoo
1959
Terror Faces Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Millionaire
TVas Henry Banning• 1 eps
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
as Mr Magoo (voice)
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harvey Graham
Magoo's Moose Hunt
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as King's Emissary
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
Studio One
TVas Tim McTaggart• 2 eps
Climax!
TVas Detective Herman• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Lucus Edgerton• 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 8 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Panelist• 4 eps
The Gale Storm Show
TVas Arthur Hutchins• 1 eps
1956
The Great Man
as Nick Cellantano
Magoo Beats the Heat
as Mr. Magoo(voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tom Culdane
The Opposite Sex
as Psychiatrist
1955
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
Magoo Express
as Mr. Magoo
The Square Jungle
as Pat Quaid
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
Madcap Magoo
as Mr. Magoo
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
1954
The George Gobel Show
TVas Self
1953
Angel Face
as District Attorney Judson
I Love Melvin
as Mergo
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
as Charles Barry
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
1951
The Man with a Cloak
as Flaherty
Plutopia
as Milton the Cat
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
Iron Man
as Max Watkins
Grizzly Golfer
as Mr. Magoo
M
as The Mayor
1950
The Popcorn Story
as Narrator
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Emergency Wedding
as Ed Hamley
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Harry
1949