Jim Backus

Known for acting

62 credits in the catalog. Only top-billed cast and key crew are tracked.

Writing 1

1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood · Writer4.811 votes

Acting 61

1986The Bugs Bunny and Tweety ShowTV · 261 ep7.910 votes

1982Slapstick of Another Kind as President of the U.S.3.124 votes

1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III5.210 votes

1979Angels' Brigade as Cmdr. Lindsey March3.131 votes

1979C.H.O.M.P.S. as Mr. Gibbs5.022 votes

1979The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III6.511 votes

1978Good Guys Wear Black as Albert, the Doorman5.1101 votes

1978Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Thurston Howell III4.634 votes

1977Pete's Dragon as The Mayor6.3746 votes

1977What's New, Mr. Magoo?TV as Mr. Magoo (voice) · 32 ep7.510 votes

1975Crazy Mama as Mr. Albertson5.625 votes

1975Friday Foster as Enos Griffith6.158 votes

1973Miracle on 34th Street as Shellhammer6.814 votes

1973The Girl Most Likely To... as Prof. David Tilson6.645 votes

1972Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Timothy Forsythe6.372 votes

1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Jim Backus4.811 votes

1970Myra Breckinridge as Doctor4.657 votes

1969Hello Down There as T.R. Hollister5.818 votes

1969The Brady BunchTV as Zaccariah · 3 ep6.7171 votes

1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Tru-Blue Lou5.313 votes

1965Billie as Howard G. Carol5.012 votes

1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Whitepaper3.810 votes

1964Advance to the Rear as Gen. Willoughby5.213 votes

1964Gilligan's IslandTV as Thurston Howell · 98 ep7.4268 votes

1964The Famous Adventures of Mr. MagooTV as Mr. Magoo (voice) · 29 ep6.917 votes

1963Critic's Choice as William Von Hagedorn5.617 votes

1963Johnny Cool as Louis Murphy5.424 votes

1963Operation Bikini as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly3.817 votes

1963Sunday in New York as Chief Pilot Drysdale6.850 votes

1963The Wheeler Dealers as Bullard Bear6.323 votes

1962Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)6.368 votes

1962Zotz! as Horatio Kellgore5.620 votes

1960The Mr. Magoo ShowTV as Mr Magoo (voice) · 130 ep6.610 votes

19591001 Arabian Nights as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)6.615 votes

1959Ask Any Girl as Mr. Maxwell6.514 votes

1959The Big Operator as Cliff Heldon6.012 votes

1959The Wild and the Innocent as Mr. Forbes6.422 votes

1958Macabre as Sheriff Jim Tyloe6.049 votes

1957Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Locan6.846 votes

1957The Pied Piper of Hamelin as King's Emissary5.719 votes

1956Magoo's Puddle Jumper as Mr. Magoo (voice)5.721 votes

1956Meet Me in Las Vegas as Tom Culdane4.513 votes

1956The Naked Hills as Willis Haver4.611 votes

1956You Can't Run Away from It as Danker5.410 votes

1955Francis in the Navy as Commander Hutch5.625 votes

1955Rebel Without a Cause as Frank Stark7.51.8K votes

1954Deep in My Heart as Ben Judson6.720 votes

1954When Magoo Flew as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)6.722 votes

1953I Love Melvin as Mergo6.227 votes

1952Don't Bother to Knock as Peter Jones6.6175 votes

1952Pink and Blue Blues as Mr. Magoo (voice)5.910 votes

1951Bright Victory as Bill Grayson7.119 votes

1951His Kind of Woman as Myron Winton6.879 votes

1951Hollywood Story as Mitch Davis6.724 votes

1951I'll See You in My Dreams as Sam Harris4.914 votes

1951Iron Man as Max Watkins6.222 votes

1951Plutopia as Milton the Cat6.025 votes

1951The Man with a Cloak as Flaherty6.820 votes

1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers6.515 votes

1949A Dangerous Profession as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)5.716 votes

1948A-Lad-in His Lamp as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)7.018 votes