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Jim Backus Acting Filmography (162)

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005·Himself (uncredited)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004·Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987·Self
Prince Jack
1985·Dealy
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982·President of the U.S.
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981·Thurston Howell III
There Goes The Bride
1980·Mr. Perkins
The Gossip Columnist
1980·Jim Backus
Angels' Brigade
1979·Cmdr. Lindsey March
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979·Mr. Gibbs
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
1979·Thurston Howell III
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978·Thurston Howell III
Good Guys Wear Black
1978·Albert, the Doorman
Pete's Dragon
1977·The Mayor
Never Con a Killer
1977·Stanley Bunch
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977·Kevin Grady
Friday Foster
1975·Enos Griffith
Crazy Mama
1975·Mr. Albertson
Cop on the Beat
1975·Jake Mandel
Goodnight Jackie
1974·Mr. Landry
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974·Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973·Prof. David Tilson
Miracle on 34th Street
1973·Shellhammer
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972·Timothy Forsythe
Getting Away from It All
1972·Mike Lorimar
Magic Carpet
1972·George Benson
Of Thee I Sing
1972·Senator Robert F. Lyons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971·Jim Backus
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970·Mr. Magoo
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970·Staunch
Myra Breckinridge
1970·Doctor
Hello Down There
1969·T.R. Hollister
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969·Colonel
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968·Tru-Blue Lou
Hurry Sundown
1967·Carter Sillens
Don't Make Waves
1967·Self (uncredited)
Damn Yankees
1967·Benny Van Buren
Billie
1965·Howard G. Carol
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965·Whitepaper
Fluffy
1965·Sergeant
Advance to the Rear
1964·Gen. Willoughby
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964·Mr. Magoo
Rendezvous in Space
1964·Moon (voice)
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964·Mr. Magoo
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963·Tyler Fitzgerald
The Wheeler Dealers
1963·Bullard Bear
Johnny Cool
1963·Louis Murphy
Critic's Choice
1963·Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Operation Bikini
1963·Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
My Six Loves
1963·Sheriff
Sunday in New York
1963·Chief Pilot Drysdale
A Child Is Waiting
1963·Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Boys' Night Out
1962·Peter Bowers
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962·Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Zotz!
1962·Horatio Kellgore
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962·Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962·The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961·Mr. Magoo
Ice Palace
1960·Dave Husack
Inside Magoo
1960·Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960·James
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959·Mr. Magoo (voice)
1001 Arabian Nights
1959·Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
The Wild and the Innocent
1959·Mr. Forbes
The Big Operator
1959·Cliff Heldon
A Private's Affair
1959·Jim Gordon
Ask Any Girl
1959·Mr. Maxwell
A Princess for Magoo
1959·Narrator
Terror Faces Magoo
1959·Mr. Magoo
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Bwana Magoo
1959·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Macabre
1958·Sheriff Jim Tyloe
The High Cost of Loving
1958·Paul Mason
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958·Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
Magoo’s Cruise
1958·Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958·Mr Magoo (voice)
Love Comes to Magoo
1958·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Gumshoe Magoo
1958·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957·Clarence Locan
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957·King's Emissary
Top Secret Affair
1957·Col. Homer W. Gooch
Eighteen and Anxious
1957·Harvey Graham
Rock Hound Magoo
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Masquerade
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Private War
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes Overboard
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Matador Magoo
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Breaks Par
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Moose Hunt
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Saves the Bank
1957·Mr. Magoo (voice)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956·Danker
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956·Tom Culdane
The Naked Hills
1956·Willis Haver
The Girl He Left Behind
1956·Sgt. Hanna
The Great Man
1956·Nick Cellantano
The Opposite Sex
1956·Psychiatrist
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Goes West
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956·Mr. Magoo(voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Problem Child
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Meet Mother Magoo
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955·Frank Stark
Francis in the Navy
1955·Commander Hutch
The Square Jungle
1955·Pat Quaid
Madcap Magoo
1955·Mr. Magoo
Magoo Express
1955·Mr. Magoo
Magoo Makes News
1955·Mr. Magoo
When Magoo Flew
1954·Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
Deep in My Heart
1954·Ben Judson
Destination Magoo
1954·Mr. Magoo (voice)
I Love Melvin
1953·Mergo
Angel Face
1953·District Attorney Judson
Above and Beyond
1953·Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Geraldine
1953·Jason Ambrose
Don't Bother to Knock
1952·Peter Jones
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952·Jim Cleary
Here Come the Nelsons
1952·Joe Randolph
Hotsy Footsy
1952·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Androcles and the Lion
1952·Centurion
The Rose Bowl Story
1952·Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Pat and Mike
1952·Charles Barry
Pink and Blue Blues
1952·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Pete Hothead
1952·Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951·Myron Winton
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951·Sam Harris
Hollywood Story
1951·Mitch Davis
Plutopia
1951·Milton the Cat
Iron Man
1951·Max Watkins
The Man with a Cloak
1951·Flaherty
Half Angel
1951·Michael Hogan
I Want You
1951·Harvey Landrum
M
1951·The Mayor
Barefaced Flatfoot
1951·Mr. Magoo
Bungled Bungalow
1951·Mr. Magoo
Bright Victory
1951·Bill Grayson
Grizzly Golfer
1951·Mr. Magoo
Fuddy Duddy Buddy
1951·Mr. Magoo (voice)
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950·Willie Dennis (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950·Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Customs Agent
1950·Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
Spellbound Hound
1950·Mr. Magoo
Emergency Wedding
1950·Ed Hamley
Trouble Indemnity
1950·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950·Magistrate Backus
The Popcorn Story
1950·Narrator
A Dangerous Profession
1949·Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Ragtime Bear
1949·Mr. Magoo (voice)
Father Was a Fullback
1949·Professor Sullivan
One Last Fling
1949·Howard Pritchard
Easy Living
1949·Dr. Franklin
The Great Lover
1949·Higgins
A-Lad-in His Lamp
1948·Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Where Will You Hide?
1948·Narrator