Jim Backus
Department: Acting
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
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Pete's Dragon
1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Angels' Brigade
1979
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
His Kind of Woman
1951
Boys' Night Out
1962
Hello Down There
1969
Macabre
1958
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Francis in the Navy
1955
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
Hollywood Story
1951
Ice Palace
1960
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
Plutopia
1951
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
Iron Man
1951
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982
Johnny Cool
1963
Zotz!
1962
The Man with a Cloak
1951
Friday Foster
1975
Billie
1965
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Critic's Choice
1963
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979
Crazy Mama
1975
Ragtime Bear
1949
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Father Was a Fullback
1949
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
Operation Bikini
1963
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Half Angel
1951
The Naked Hills
1956
Customs Agent
1950
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Advance to the Rear
1964
Hurry Sundown
1967
Top Secret Affair
1957
Inside Magoo
1960
The High Cost of Loving
1958
Fluffy
1965
My Six Loves
1963
I Want You
1951
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
The Big Operator
1959
Getting Away from It All
1972
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Goodnight Jackie
1974
M
1951
I Love Melvin
1953
The Square Jungle
1955
Bungled Bungalow
1951
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951
Spellbound Hound
1950
Angel Face
1953
Bright Victory
1951
Grizzly Golfer
1951
A Private's Affair
1959
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
One Last Fling
1949
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
When Magoo Flew
1954
Magic Carpet
1972
Emergency Wedding
1950
Never Con a Killer
1977
The Great Man
1956
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951
Hotsy Footsy
1952
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
Cop on the Beat
1975
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Myra Breckinridge
1970
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
Prince Jack
1985
Trouble Indemnity
1950
There Goes The Bride
1980
Ask Any Girl
1959
Deep in My Heart
1954
Don't Make Waves
1967
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
The Opposite Sex
1956
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
A Princess for Magoo
1959
Sunday in New York
1963
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
Above and Beyond
1953
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
Magoo Makes News
1955
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
Magoo Express
1955
Madcap Magoo
1955
Magoo Goes West
1956
Destination Magoo
1954
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
Pat and Mike
1952
Easy Living
1949
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948
Enchanted Journey
1981
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
Rock Hound Magoo
1957
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957
Matador Magoo
1957
Magoo's Private War
1957
Magoo Breaks Par
1957
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
Geraldine
1953
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
Damn Yankees
1967
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
A Child Is Waiting
1963
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
Bwana Magoo
1959
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
The Great Lover
1949
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Of Thee I Sing
1972
Where Will You Hide?
1948
The Popcorn Story
1950
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
Pink and Blue Blues
1952
Pete Hothead
1952
Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault, Volume 2
2026
CHiPs
1977
The Dick Powell Show
1961
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Burke's Law
1963
Cain's Hundred
1961
Gilligan's Planet
1982
The Good Guys
1968
The Love Boat
1977
The Brady Bunch
1969
Gilligan's Island
1964
Chico and the Man
1974
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Continental Showcase
1966
The Mod Squad
1968
The New Adventures of Gilligan
1974
Medical Center
1969
Arrest and Trial
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Studio One
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Blondie
1968
The Wild Wild West
1965
Mobile One
1975
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Daniel Boone
1964
Police Story
1973
The Millionaire
1955
Climax!
1954
Matinee Theater
1955
Accidental Family
1967
Ellery Queen
1975
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
I Married Joan
1952
Eischied
1979
Flying High
1978
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
1986
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
1977
The Mr. Magoo Show
1960
The Jim Backus Show
1960
Joe Forrester
1975
Maverick
1957
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
1964
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Love, American Style
1969
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Untouchables
1959
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The George Gobel Show
1954
The Love Boat
1977
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
What's My Line?
1950
Fantasy Island
1978
Harry O
1974
$weepstake$
1979
Hill Street Blues
1981
Police Story
1973
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Unknown Story
2022
The Rebels
1979
Conflict
1956