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Jim Backus

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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	Add
1982	Gilligan's Planet		Thurston Howell III
1980	There Goes the Bride		Mr. Perkins	Add
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	Add
1978	Flying High (0)
1978	The Love Boat (0)
1978	Good Guys Wear Black		Hotel Doorman	Add
1977	Hallmark Hall of Fame (1)
1977	Pete's Dragon		The Mayor	Add
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	Add
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	Add
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	Add
1972	Alias Smith and Jones (1)
1970	Myra Breckinridge		Doctor	Add
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County		Staunch	Add
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	Play Add to Instant Queue Add
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	Add
1963	Sunday in New York		Chief Pilot Drysdale
1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World		Tyler Fitzgerald	Add
1963	Johnny Cool		Louis Murphy	Add
1963	The Beverly Hillbillies (1)
1963	Critic's Choice		Dr. William Von Hagedorn	Add
1963	Operation Bikini		Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly	Add
1963	The Dick Powell Theatre (1)
1962	Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol		Mr. Magoo
1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm		The King	Add
1962	Zotz!		Prof. Horatio Kellgore
1962	Boys' Night Out		Peter Bowers	Add
1962	The Horizontal Lieutenant		Jeremiah Hammerslag
1962	The Bob Newhart Show (0)
1961	Cain's Hundred (1)
1961	The Errand Boy		Mr. Arbutt	Add
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	Add
1958	Love Comes to Magoo		Mr. Magoo
1958	Macabre		Jim Tyloe	Add
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			Add
1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1)		Himself
1957	The Opposite Sex		Psychiatrist	Add
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	Add
1954	Deep in My Heart		Ben Judson	Add
1953	I Love Melvin		Mergo
1953	Above and Beyond		Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
1952	Angel Face		Dist. Atty. Judson	Add
1952	I'll See You in My Dreams			Add
1952	The Man with a Cloak		Flaherty
1952	Pat and Mike			Add
1952	Deadline - U.S.A.		Jim Cleary
1952	Don't Bother to Knock			Play Add to Instant Queue Add
1952	Androcles and the Lion		Centurion	Add
1951	His Kind of Woman			Add
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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8 times	Robert Foulk
6 times	Bess Flowers
6 times	Wilson Wood
5 times	Alan Hale Jr.
5 times	Natalie Schafer
5 times	Russell Johnson
5 times	Dawn Wells
5 times	Bob Denver
4 times	Jack Carter

3 times	Don Weis
2 times	Gene Nelson
2 times	William Castle
2 times	Richard Whorf
2 times	Otto Preminger
2 times	Ted Post
2 times	Anton Leader
2 times	Tay Garnett
2 times	Abe Levitow

3 times	George Wells
3 times	Elroy Schwartz
3 times	David P. Harmon
2 times	Stan Burns
2 times	Merrill Heatter
2 times	Anne Snyder
2 times	Herman Miller
2 times	Oscar Fraley
2 times	Pete Burness

4 times	Joe Pasternak
4 times	Stephen Bosustow
3 times	William T. Orr
3 times	Sherwood Schwartz
2 times	William Castle
2 times	Bill Armstrong
2 times	Art Alisi
2 times	Les Roberts
2 times	Mark Tuttle

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