Jim Backus

Full filmography

• The Unknown Story (2022) as Self - archive footage
• Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005) as Himself (uncredited)
• Hollywood's Hidden Secrets (1987) as Self
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986)
• Prince Jack (1985) as Dealy
• Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) as President of the U.S.
• Gilligan's Planet (1982) as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
• Hill Street Blues (1981) as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) as Thurston Howell III
• The Gossip Columnist (1980) as Jim Backus
• There Goes The Bride (1980) as Mr. Perkins
• $weepstake$ (1979) as Major Adams
• Eischied (1979)
• The Rebels (1979) as John Hancock
• Angels' Brigade (1979) as Cmdr. Lindsey March
• C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979) as Mr. Gibbs
• The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979) as Thurston Howell III
• Fantasy Island (1978) as Cap Truman
• Flying High (1978)
• Good Guys Wear Black (1978) as Albert, the Doorman
• Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978) as Thurston Howell III
• The Love Boat (1977) as Marvin Waterman
• The Love Boat (1977) as Mr. Landers
• CHiPs (1977) as Weitzman
• Pete's Dragon (1977) as The Mayor
• What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Never Con a Killer (1977) as Stanley Bunch
• Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977) as Kevin Grady
• Charlie's Angels (1976) as Iggy
• Ellery Queen (1975) as Howard Biggers
• Joe Forrester (1975)
• Mobile One (1975) as Macklin
• Friday Foster (1975) as Enos Griffith
• Crazy Mama (1975) as Mr. Albertson
• Cop on the Beat (1975) as Jake Mandel
• Harry O (1974) as Ziggy
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
• Chico and the Man (1974)
• The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974) as Thurston Howell III (voice)
• Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974) as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
• Goodnight Jackie (1974) as Mr. Landry
• Police Story (1973)
• Police Story (1973) as Jake Mandel
• The Girl Most Likely To... (1973) as Prof. David Tilson
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973) as Shellhammer
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) as Timothy Forsythe
• Getting Away from It All (1972) as Mike Lorimar
• Magic Carpet (1972) as George Benson
• Of Thee I Sing (1972) as Senator Robert F. Lyons
• Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
• Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) as Jim Backus
• Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) Writer
• Nanny and the Professor (1970) as Dr. Charles Walters
• Myra Breckinridge (1970) as Doctor
• The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970) as Staunch
• Uncle Sam Magoo (1970) as Mr. Magoo
• Love, American Style (1969) as Jerry Franks
• Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Bill
• Medical Center (1969)
• The Brady Bunch (1969) as Zaccariah
• The Barbara McNair Show (1969) as Self
• Hello Down There (1969) as T.R. Hollister
• Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969) as Colonel
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
• The Mod Squad (1968) as Emile Wade
• The Good Guys (1968)
• Blondie (1968) as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) as Tru-Blue Lou
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967) as Self
• Accidental Family (1967)
• Hurry Sundown (1967) as Carter Sillens
• Don't Make Waves (1967) as Self (uncredited)
• Damn Yankees (1967) as Benny Van Buren
• Continental Showcase (1966) as Self - Host
• The Wild Wild West (1965) as Fabian Swanson
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965) as General Fitzhugh
• Billie (1965) as Howard G. Carol
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) as Whitepaper
• Fluffy (1965) as Sergeant
• Daniel Boone (1964) as Will Scataway
• Gilligan's Island (1964) as Thurston Howell, III
• The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Advance to the Rear (1964) as Gen. Willoughby
• Rendezvous in Space (1964) as Moon (voice)
• Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964) as Mr. Magoo
• Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery (1964) as Mr. Magoo
• Burke's Law (1963) as Harold Mason
• Burke's Law (1963) as Pork Pie Hannigan
• Burke's Law (1963) as Herkimer Witt
• Arrest and Trial (1963) as Sam Thayer
• Espionage (1963) as McAvoy
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Tyler Fitzgerald
• Johnny Cool (1963) as Louis Murphy
• Sunday in New York (1963) as Chief Pilot Drysdale
• A Child Is Waiting (1963) as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
• The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as Bullard Bear
• Critic's Choice (1963) as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
• Operation Bikini (1963) as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
• My Six Loves (1963) as Sheriff
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) as Marty Van Ransohoff
• Boys' Night Out (1962) as Peter Bowers
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
• The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
• Zotz! (1962) as Horatio Kellgore
• Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
• Cain's Hundred (1961) as Karl Bigger
• The Dick Powell Show (1961) as Monte
• Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1961) as Mr. Magoo
• The Mr. Magoo Show (1960) as Mr Magoo (voice)
• The Jim Backus Show (1960)
• Ice Palace (1960) as Dave Husack
• I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960) as James
• Inside Magoo (1960) as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
• The Untouchables (1959) as William Norbert
• Ask Any Girl (1959) as Mr. Maxwell
• Bwana Magoo (1959) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Lodge Brother (1959) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Wild and the Innocent (1959) as Mr. Forbes
• Magoo’s Homecoming (1959) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
• A Princess for Magoo (1959) as Narrator
• The Big Operator (1959) as Cliff Heldon
• A Private's Affair (1959) as Jim Gordon
• Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Terror Faces Magoo (1959) as Mr. Magoo
• Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Maury Samuels
• Gumshoe Magoo (1958) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo’s Three-Point Landing (1958) as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
• The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958) as Mr Magoo (voice)
• Macabre (1958) as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
• The High Cost of Loving (1958) as Paul Mason
• Magoo's Young Manhood (1958) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Scoutmaster Magoo (1958) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo’s Cruise (1958) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Love Comes to Magoo (1958) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Maverick (1957) as Joe Wheelwright
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
• Matador Magoo (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Top Secret Affair (1957) as Col. Homer W. Gooch
• Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) as Clarence Locan
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) as King's Emissary
• Magoo Goes Overboard (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Breaks Par (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Eighteen and Anxious (1957) as Harvey Graham
• Magoo Saves the Bank (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Rock Hound Magoo (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Private War (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Masquerade (1957) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Gale Storm Show (1956) as Arthur Hutchins
• Conflict (1956) as Dandy Summers
• The Opposite Sex (1956) as Psychiatrist
• You Can't Run Away from It (1956) as Danker
• Meet Mother Magoo (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Girl He Left Behind (1956) as Sgt. Hanna
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) as Tom Culdane
• The Naked Hills (1956) as Willis Haver
• Magoo's Problem Child (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Great Man (1956) as Nick Cellantano
• Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Trailblazer Magoo (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Goes West (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Calling Doctor Magoo (1956) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Magoo Beats the Heat (1956) as Mr. Magoo(voice)
• Matinee Theater (1955)
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Reverend Sims
• The Millionaire (1955) as Henry Banning
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955) as Frank Stark
• Francis in the Navy (1955) as Commander Hutch
• The Square Jungle (1955) as Pat Quaid
• Magoo Express (1955) as Mr. Magoo
• Magoo Makes News (1955) as Mr. Magoo
• Madcap Magoo (1955) as Mr. Magoo
• Climax! (1954) as Detective Herman
• The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
• Destination Magoo (1954) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Destination Magoo (1954) Story
• Deep in My Heart (1954) as Ben Judson
• When Magoo Flew (1954) as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
• Geraldine (1953) as Jason Ambrose
• Above and Beyond (1953) as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
• Angel Face (1953) as District Attorney Judson
• I Love Melvin (1953) as Mergo
• I Married Joan (1952) as Judge Bradley Stevens
• Don't Bother to Knock (1952) as Peter Jones
• Hotsy Footsy (1952) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) as Jim Cleary
• Androcles and the Lion (1952) as Centurion
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952) as Joe Randolph
• Pat and Mike (1952) as Charles Barry
• Pink and Blue Blues (1952) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• The Rose Bowl Story (1952) as Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
• Pete Hothead (1952) as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Kevin Grady
• Bungled Bungalow (1951) as Mr. Magoo
• Half Angel (1951) as Michael Hogan
• Grizzly Golfer (1951) as Mr. Magoo
• The Man with a Cloak (1951) as Flaherty
• His Kind of Woman (1951) as Myron Winton
• Hollywood Story (1951) as Mitch Davis
• Bright Victory (1951) as Bill Grayson
• M (1951) as The Mayor
• I Want You (1951) as Harvey Landrum
• I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) as Sam Harris
• Barefaced Flatfoot (1951) as Mr. Magoo
• Plutopia (1951) as Milton the Cat
• Iron Man (1951) as Max Watkins
• Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Lucus Edgerton
• What's My Line? (1950) as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
• Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Harry
• Spellbound Hound (1950) as Mr. Magoo
• Trouble Indemnity (1950) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
• Emergency Wedding (1950) as Ed Hamley
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
• Customs Agent (1950) as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
• The Popcorn Story (1950) as Narrator
• Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950) as Magistrate Backus
• Ragtime Bear (1949) as Mr. Magoo (voice)
• A Dangerous Profession (1949) as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
• The Great Lover (1949) as Higgins
• Father Was a Fullback (1949) as Professor Sullivan
• Easy Living (1949) as Dr. Franklin
• One Last Fling (1949) as Howard Pritchard
• Studio One (1948) as Tim McTaggart
• A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948) as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)
• Where Will You Hide? (1948) as Narrator
• Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA as Self / Mr. Magoo (archive footage, audio)