Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Writing

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

Destination Magoo (1954)

Acting

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)

Pat Quaid (archive footage)

Surviving Gilligan's Island (2001)

Himself (archive footage)

Prince Jack (1985)

Dealy

Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)

President of the U.S.

The Enchanted Journey (1981)

Gamba

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

Thurston Howell III

There Goes The Bride (1980)

Mr. Perkins

The Gossip Columnist (1980)

Jim Backus

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

Mr. Gibbs

The Rebels (1979)

John Hancock

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979)

Thurston Howell III

Angels' Brigade (1979)

Cmdr. Lindsey March

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

Thurston Howell III

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

Albert, the Doorman

Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)

Kevin Grady

Pete's Dragon (1977)

The Mayor

The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976)

Dr. Flamel

Friday Foster (1975)

Enos Griffith

Crazy Mama (1975)

Mr. Albertson

Cop on the Beat (1975)

Jake Mandel

Goodnight Jackie (1974)

Mr. Landry

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)

Shellhammer

The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)

Prof. David Tilson

Magic Carpet (1972)

George Benson

Of Thee I Sing (1972)

Senator Robert F. Lyons

Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)

Timothy Forsythe

Getting Away from It All (1972)

Mike Lorimar

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

Jim Backus

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Doctor

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)

Staunch

Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)

Colonel

Hello Down There (1969)

T.R. Hollister

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

Tru-Blue Lou

Damn Yankees (1967)

Benny Van Buren

Hurry Sundown (1967)

Carter Sillens

Howard G. Carol

Sergeant

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

Whitepaper

Rendezvous in Space (1964)

Moon (voice)

Advance to the Rear (1964)

Gen. Willoughby

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Bullard Bear

Sunday in New York (1963)

Chief Pilot Drysdale

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Tyler Fitzgerald

Johnny Cool (1963)

Louis Murphy

Critic's Choice (1963)

Dr. William Von Hagedorn

My Six Loves (1963)

Sheriff

Operation Bikini (1963)

Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)

Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Prof. Horatio Kellgore

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

Boys' Night Out (1962)

Peter Bowers

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)

Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag

Ice Palace (1960)

Dave Husack

Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

1001 Arabian Nights (1959)

Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

Ask Any Girl (1959)

Mr. Maxwell

A Private's Affair (1959)

Jim Gordon

The Big Operator (1959)

Cliff Heldon

Terror Faces Magoo (1959)

Mr. Magoo

The Wild and the Innocent (1959)

Mr. Forbes

Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Homecoming (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Bwana Magoo (1959)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Gumshoe Magoo (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Love Comes to Magoo (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Magoo’s Cruise (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo’s Three-Point Landing (1958)

Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)

The High Cost of Loving (1958)

Paul Mason

The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958)

Mr Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Young Manhood (1958)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Private War (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

King's Emissary

Eighteen and Anxious (1957)

Harvey Graham

Rock Hound Magoo (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo's Masquerade (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Clarence Locan

Magoo Breaks Par (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Matador Magoo (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes Overboard (1957)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Top Secret Affair (1957)

Col. Homer W. Gooch

Meet Mother Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Great Man (1956)

Nick Cellantano

The Opposite Sex (1956)

Psychiatrist

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

Danker

The Girl He Left Behind (1956)

Sgt. Hanna

Magoo's Problem Child (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Trailblazer Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)

Mr. Magoo(voice)

The Naked Hills (1956)

Willis Haver

Calling Doctor Magoo (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Magoo Goes West (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

Tom Culdane

Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Square Jungle (1955)

Pat Quaid

Magoo Makes News (1955)

Mr. Magoo

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Frank Stark

Francis in the Navy (1955)

E.T. Hutch

Madcap Magoo (1955)

Mr. Magoo

Magoo Express (1955)

Mr. Magoo

Destination Magoo (1954)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Ben Judson

Geraldine (1954)

Jason Ambrose

When Magoo Flew (1954)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

I Love Melvin (1953)

Mergo

Angel Face (1953)

District Attorney Judson

Above and Beyond (1953)

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Centurion

Hotsy Footsy (1952)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Rose Bowl Story (1952)

Michael "Iron Mike" Burke

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Peter Jones

Pat and Mike (1952)

Charles Barry

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Jim Cleary

Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

Joe Randolph

I Want You (1951)

Harvey Landrum

Grizzly Golfer (1951)

Mr. Magoo

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)

Sam Harris

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

Flaherty

Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Iron Man (1951)

Max Watkins

His Kind of Woman (1951)

Myron Winton

Bright Victory (1951)

Bill Grayson

Hollywood Story (1951)

Mitch Davis

Plutopia (1951)

Milton the Cat

Half Angel (1951)

Michael Hogan

Barefaced Flatfoot (1951)

Mr. Magoo

The Mayor

Bungled Bungalow (1951)

Mr. Magoo

Emergency Wedding (1950)

Ed Hamley

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Willie Dennis (uncredited)

Trouble Indemnity (1950)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

Customs Agent (1950)

Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby

Spellbound Hound (1950)

Mr. Magoo

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Joseph 'Little Joe' Rogers

A Dangerous Profession (1949)

Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (as James Backus)

The Great Lover (1949)

Higgins

Easy Living (1949)

Dr. Franklin

Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Professor Sullivan

Ragtime Bear (1949)

Mr. Magoo (voice)

One Last Fling (1949)

Howard Pritchard

A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)

Smokey the Genie

Where Will You Hide? (1948)

Narrator