Jim Backus

American radio, television, film, and voice actor (1913–1989)

James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 34 films (1949–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 21 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1949	A Dangerous Profession.	Ted Tetzlaff	79 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	Easy Living.	Jacques Tourneur	77 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Bright Victory.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	97 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	HALF ANGEL.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	77 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1952	Don’t Bother To Knock.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	76 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	Francis In The Navy.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	80 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	The Square Jungle.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	86 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1956	Meet me in Las Vegas	Roy Rowland	112 min		Color
1956	Meet Me In Las Vegas.	Loew’s Incorporated	112 min	35mm	Color	sound
1956	The Great Man	McGraw-Hill Films	98 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1956	The great man.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	92 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1957	Man Of A Thousand Faces.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	122 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1957	Top Secret Affair.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	100 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1958	Macabre.	Susina Associates	73 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1959	1001 Arabian nights	UPA Production ; Stephen Bosustow	76	16mm	Color	sound
1959	A Private’s Affair.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	92 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1959	The Wild And The Innocent.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	84 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1960	Ice Palace.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	143 min	35mm	Color	sound
1961	The Horizontal Lieutenant.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Euterpe Inc.	90 min	35mm	Color	sound
1962	Boys' Night Out.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Kimco Pictures Corp.	112 min	35mm	Color	sound
1962	Mister Magoo’S Christmas Carol	UPA Pictures, Inc	52 min		Color	sound
1962	Zotz ▶	Ideal Pictures Inc	85	16mm	B&W	sound
1963	Johnny Cool.	Chrislaw Productions Inc.	103 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1963	Operation Bikini.	Alta Vista Productions	84 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1963	The Wheeler Dealers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.	107 min	35mm	Color	sound
1965	Billie.	Chrislaw-Patty Duke Productions		35mm	Color	sound
1968	Hello Down There.	Ivan Tors Films Inc. & Paramount Pictures Corp.		35mm	Color	sound
1968	Where Were You When The Lights Went Out	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.	89 min	35mm	Color	sound
1968	Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?	Hy Averback	89 min	16mm	Color
1969	HELLO DOWN THERE!	Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning
1970	Uncle Sam Magoo	UPA		16mm		sound
1970	Uncle Sam Magoo	Abe Levitow	1600
1977	Pete's dragon.	Don Bluth, Don Chaffey	134 min	16mm	Color	sound
1979	Angels' Brigade	Greydon Clark