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Jim Backus

Acting · Born February 25, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.

Movies with Jim Backus

• Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — Frank Stark
• Pete's Dragon (1977) — The Mayor
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — Tyler Fitzgerald
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) — The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
• Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) — Jim Cleary
• The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983) — Himself
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) — Timothy Forsythe
• His Kind of Woman (1951) — Myron Winton
• Don't Bother to Knock (1952) — Peter Jones
• A Child Is Waiting (1963) — Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
• Johnny Cool (1963) — Louis Murphy
• Good Guys Wear Black (1978) — Albert, the Doorman

TV shows with Jim Backus

• Gilligan's Island (1964) — Thurston Howell
• The Mr. Magoo Show (1960) — Mr Magoo (voice)
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986)
• The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974) — Thurston Howell III (voice)
• The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964) — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977) — Mr. Magoo (voice)
• I Married Joan (1952) — Judge Bradley Stevens
• Gilligan's Planet (1982) — Thurston Howell, III (voice)