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.
Rebel Without a Cause
As Frank Stark
Pete's Dragon
As The Mayor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
As Tyler Fitzgerald
Don't Bother to Knock
As Peter Jones
Angels' Brigade
As Cmdr. Lindsey March
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
As Timothy Forsythe
The Killer That Stalked New York
As Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
As Thurston Howell III
His Kind of Woman
As Myron Winton
Boys' Night Out
As Peter Bowers
Hello Down There
As T.R. Hollister
Macabre
As Sheriff Jim Tyloe
Deadline - U.S.A.
As Jim Cleary
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
As Tru-Blue Lou
The Wheeler Dealers
As Bullard Bear
I'll See You in My Dreams
As Sam Harris
Man of a Thousand Faces
As Clarence Locan
Francis in the Navy
As Commander Hutch
1001 Arabian Nights
As Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
As Mr. Forbes
Hollywood Story
As Mitch Davis
Ice Palace
As Dave Husack
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
As Himself (uncredited)
Plutopia
As Milton the Cat
A Dangerous Profession
As Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
As Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
As Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
As Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Iron Man
As Max Watkins
Slapstick of Another Kind
As President of the U.S.
Johnny Cool
As Louis Murphy
Zotz!
As Prof. Horatio Kellgore
The Man with a Cloak
As Flaherty
Friday Foster
As Enos Griffith
Billie
As Howard G. Carol
The Girl Most Likely to...
As Prof. David Tilson
Critic's Choice
As Dr. William Von Hagedorn
C.H.O.M.P.S.
As Mr. Gibbs
You Can't Run Away from It
As Danker
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
As Thurston Howell III
Crazy Mama
As Mr. Albertson
Ragtime Bear
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Uncle Sam Magoo
As Mr. Magoo
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
As Whitepaper
Father Was a Fullback
As Professor Sullivan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
As King's Emissary
The Horizontal Lieutenant
As Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Rebels
As John Hancock
Operation Bikini
As Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
As Jim Backus
Meet Me in Las Vegas
As Tom Culdane
Half Angel
As Michael Hogan
The Naked Hills
As Willis Haver
Customs Agent
As Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
As Staunch
The Girl He Left Behind
As Sgt. Hanna
Advance to the Rear
As Gen. Willoughby
Hurry Sundown
As Carter Sillens
Top Secret Affair
As Col. Homer W. Gooch
Inside Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
The High Cost of Loving
As Paul Mason
Fluffy
As Sergeant
My Six Loves
As Sheriff
I Want You
As Harvey Landrum
Miracle on 34th Street
As Shellhammer
The Big Operator
As Cliff Heldon
Getting Away from It All
As Mike Lorimar
Here Come the Nelsons
As Joe Randolph
Goodnight Jackie
As Mr. Landry
M
As The Mayor
I Love Melvin
As Mergo
The Square Jungle
As Pat Quaid
Spellbound Hound
As Mr. Magoo
Bungled Bungalow
As Mr. Magoo
Barefaced Flatfoot
As Mr. Magoo
Angel Face
As District Attorney Judson
Bright Victory
As Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
As Mr. Magoo
A Private's Affair
As Jim Gordon
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
As The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
One Last Fling
As Howard Pritchard
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
As Pat Quaid (archive footage)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
As Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
When Magoo Flew
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magic Carpet
As George Benson
Emergency Wedding
As Ed Hamley
Never Con a Killer
As Stanley Bunch
The Great Man
As Nick Cellantano
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
As Self
Good Guys Wear Black
As Albert, the Doorman
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Hotsy Footsy
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Was a Teenage Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Cop on the Beat
As Jake Mandel
Androcles and the Lion
As Centurion
Myra Breckinridge
As Doctor
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
As Mr. Magoo
Scoutmaster Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Prince Jack
As Dealy
Trouble Indemnity
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
There Goes The Bride
As Mr. Perkins
Ask Any Girl
As Mr. Maxwell
Deep in My Heart
As Ben Judson
Don't Make Waves
As Self (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
As Thurston Howell III
The Opposite Sex
As Psychiatrist
The Rose Bowl Story
As Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Tom, Dick and Harriet
As James
A Princess for Magoo
As Narrator
Sunday in New York
As Chief Pilot Drysdale
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
As Magistrate Backus
Above and Beyond
As Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Eighteen and Anxious
As Harvey Graham
Terror Faces Magoo
As Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
As Mr. Magoo
Madcap Magoo
As Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
As Mr. Magoo
Magoo Goes West
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Calling Doctor Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Destination Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
As Mr. Magoo
The Gossip Columnist
As Jim Backus
Magoo Beats the Heat
As Mr. Magoo(voice)
Pat and Mike
As Charles Barry
Easy Living
As Dr. Franklin
A-Lad-in His Lamp
As Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
The Enchanted Journey
As Gamba
Trailblazer Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rock Hound Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Geraldine
As Jason Ambrose
Magoo's Lodge Brother
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Damn Yankees
As Benny Van Buren
Wake Me When the War Is Over
As Colonel
A Child Is Waiting
As Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
As Mr Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
As Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Have I Got a Christmas for You
As Kevin Grady
The Great Lover
As Higgins
Rendezvous in Space
As Moon (voice)
Of Thee I Sing
As Senator Robert F. Lyons
Where Will You Hide?
As Narrator
CHiPs
As Weitzman
The Dick Powell Show
As Monte
77 Sunset Strip
As Maury Samuels
Burke's Law
As Harold Mason
Cain's Hundred
As Karl Bigger
Gilligan's Planet
As Thurston Howell, III (voice)
The Good Guys
The Love Boat
As Marvin Waterman
The Brady Bunch
Gilligan's Island
As Thurston Howell, III
Chico and the Man
The Beverly Hillbillies
As Marty Van Ransohoff
Alias Smith and Jones
Charlie's Angels
As Iggy
The Merv Griffin Show
As Self
Continental Showcase
As Self - Host
The Mod Squad
As Emile Wade
The New Adventures of Gilligan
As Thurston Howell III (voice)
Medical Center
Arrest and Trial
As Sam Thayer
Gunsmoke
As Reverend Sims
Studio One
As Tim McTaggart
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Kevin Grady
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Blondie
The Wild Wild West
As Fabian Swanson
Harry O
Mobile One
Nanny and the Professor
As Dr. Charles Walters
Daniel Boone
As Will Scataway
Police Story
The Millionaire
As Henry Banning
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
As Self
Climax!
As Detective Herman
Matinee Theater
Accidental Family
Ellery Queen
As Howard Biggers
Robert Montgomery Presents
As Lucus Edgerton
I Married Joan
As Judge Bradley Stevens
Eischied
Sweepstakes
Flying High
The Barbara McNair Show
As Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
The Mr. Magoo Show
As Mr Magoo
The Jim Backus Show
Joe Forrester
Maverick
As Joe Wheelwright
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
As Mr. Magoo (voice)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
As Bill
Love, American Style
As Jerry Franks
The Gale Storm Show
As Arthur Hutchins
Lux Video Theatre
As Harry
The Untouchables
As William Norbert
The George Gobel Show
As Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
As Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
As Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
As Self
I Dream of Jeannie
As General Fitzhugh
What's My Line?
As Self - Panelist