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Actor Credits (101) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (1) Himself
1986 The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show Smoky the Genie
1984 Slapstick (Of Another Kind) President of the U.S.
1984 The Enchanted Journey Gamun
1982 Gilligan's Planet Thurston Howell III
1980 There Goes the Bride Mr. Perkins
1979 The Rebels John Hancock
1979 The Castaways on Gilligan's Island Thurston Howell III
1979 Angel's Brigade Cmdr. Lindsey March
1978 Rescue from Gilligan's Island Thurston Howell III
1978 Flying High (0)
1978 The Love Boat (0)
1978 Good Guys Wear Black Hotel Doorman
1977 Hallmark Hall of Fame (1)
1977 Pete's Dragon The Mayor
1977 What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1) Mr. Magoo
1977 Friday Foster Enos Griffith
1976 Ark II (1)
1976 Police Story (2)
1975 Crazy Mama Mr. Albertson
1975 Gunsmoke (1)
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1)
1975 Chico and the Man (1)
1974 The Brady Bunch (3)
1973 The Girl Most Likely to... Prof. David Tilson
1973 Medical Center (0)
1973 The Mod Squad (0)
1973 The Mouse Factory (3) Himself
1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't Timothy Forsythe
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (1)
1970 Myra Breckinridge Doctor
1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Staunch
1970 Nanny and the Professor (0)
1970 I Dream of Jeannie (0)
1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over Colonel
1969 The Storybook Squares (1) Mr. Magoo
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Tru-Blue Lou
1968 I Spy (0)
1968 Daniel Boone (1)
1967 The Hollywood Squares (7)
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1)
1967 Hurry Sundown Carter Sillens
1967 Gilligan's Island (98) Thurston Howell III
1965 Billie Howard G. Carol
1964 Espionage (1)
1964 Arrest and Trial (1)
1964 The DuPont Show of the Week (1) Big Boss Buddy Foy
1963 The Wheeler Dealers Bullard Bear
1963 Sunday in New York Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Tyler Fitzgerald
1963 Johnny Cool Louis Murphy
1963 The Beverly Hillbillies (1)
1963 Critic's Choice Dr. William Von Hagedorn
1963 Operation Bikini Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (1)
1962 Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol Mr. Magoo
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm The King
1962 Zotz! Prof. Horatio Kellgore
1962 Boys' Night Out Peter Bowers
1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant Jeremiah Hammerslag
1962 The Bob Newhart Show (0)
1961 Cain's Hundred (1)
1961 The Errand Boy Mr. Arbutt
1961 Maverick (1)
1960 The Untouchables (1)
1960 77 Sunset Strip (1)
1960 Ice Palace Dave Husack
1959 1001 Arabian Nights Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo
1959 The High Cost of Loving Paul Mason
1959 The Wild and the Innocent Cecil Forbes
1959 The Millionaire (1)
1959 Ask Any Girl Maxwell
1958 Love Comes to Magoo Mr. Magoo
1958 Macabre Jim Tyloe
1957 Magoo's Moose Hunt Mr. Magoo
1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin King's Emissary
1957 Eighteen and Anxious Harvey Graham
1957 Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1) Himself
1957 The Opposite Sex Psychiatrist
1956 Magoo's Problem Child Mr. Magoo
1956 Conflict (1)
1956 Autumn Leaves Mr. Magoo
1956 The Naked Hills Willis Haver
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas Tom Culdane
1956 The Square Jungle Pat Quaid
1955 Rebel Without a Cause Frank Stark
1954 Deep in My Heart Ben Judson
1953 I Love Melvin Mergo
1953 Above and Beyond Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1952 Angel Face Dist. Atty. Judson
1952 I'll See You in My Dreams
1952 The Man with a Cloak Flaherty
1952 Pat and Mike
1952 Deadline - U.S.A. Jim Cleary
1952 Don't Bother to Knock
1952 Androcles and the Lion Centurion
1951 His Kind of Woman
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York Willie Dennis
1947 Pantomime Quiz (1) Guest Panelist
n/a New Zoo Revue (1) Traveling Salesman
General Information Edit
Credited Name Jim Backus
Gender Male
Birthday Feb. 25, 1913
Death July 3, 1989
Primary Role Actor
Hometown Cleveland, OH
Country United States
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