Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Actor 123 / Writer 2 · 1949 – 2004 · 🎬 119 📺 6 · 🇺🇸 United States

James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis's character's husband on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire.

All · 125 🎬 Movies · 119 📺 TV · 6

Comedy Animation Drama Family Romance

Frequent Collaborators

Jerry Hausner

Jerry Hausner

30 shared

Pete Burness

30 shared

Dick Shaw

19 shared

Daws Butler

Daws Butler

10 shared

Bill Scott

Bill Scott

9 shared

John Hubley

7 shared

All decades 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

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🎬 Movies

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

actor

2004

The Unpredictable Pudgy!

The Unpredictable Pudgy!

actor

1983

Slapstick of Another Kind

Slapstick of Another Kind

actor

1982

Enchanted Journey

Enchanted Journey

actor

1981

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

actor

1981

The Gossip Columnist

The Gossip Columnist

actor

1980

C.H.O.M.P.S.

C.H.O.M.P.S.

actor

1979

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

actor

1979

Angels' Brigade

Angels' Brigade

actor

1979

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

actor

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

Good Guys Wear Black

actor

1978

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

actor

1977

Never Con a Killer

Never Con a Killer

actor

1977

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

actor

1975

Crazy Mama

Crazy Mama

actor

1975

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

actor

1974

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

actor

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

The Girl Most Likely To...

actor

1973

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

actor

1972

Getting Away from It All

Getting Away from It All

actor

1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

actor

1971

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

writer

1971

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

actor

1970

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

actor

1970

Uncle Sam Magoo

Uncle Sam Magoo

actor

1970

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Wake Me When the War Is Over

actor

1969

Hello Down There

Hello Down There

actor

1969

Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

actor

1967

Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

actor

1967

Billie

Billie

actor

1965

Fluffy

Fluffy

actor

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

actor

1965

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

actor

1963

Sunday in New York

Sunday in New York

actor

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

actor

1963

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

actor

1963

My Six Loves

My Six Loves

actor

1963

Operation Bikini

Operation Bikini

actor

1963

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

actor

1963

A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

actor

1963

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

actor

1962

Zotz!

Zotz!

actor

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

actor

1962

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out

actor

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant

actor

1962

Ice Palace

Ice Palace

actor

1960

I Was a Teenage Magoo

I Was a Teenage Magoo

actor

1960

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

actor

1959

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