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Acting

Jim Backus

Career: Active from 1948 to 1986, busiest in 1956 with 13 main titles.

Leading roles: 81
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Bright Victory
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jim Backus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.5, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Tension
4.4, average 6.0
Melancholy
3.2, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 12
Nostalgic 10
Classic Hollywood 7
Slapstick Comedy 6
Classic Animation 6
Slapstick Humor 5
Situational Humor 5
Lighthearted 5
Character-Driven 4
Feel-Good 4
Physical Comedy 4
Gentle Humor 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

214

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

8 titles · average score 54

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

52

TV show

Prince Jack

as Dealy

Gilligan's Planet

58

TV show · as Thurston Howell, III (voice)

Slapstick of Another Kind

23

as President of the U.S.

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

46

as Thurston Howell III

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Mr. Magoo (archive footage) (uncredited)

There Goes The Bride

as Mr. Perkins

The Gossip Columnist

as Jim Backus

1970s

42 titles · average score 57

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

59

as Thurston Howell III

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

48

as Thurston Howell III

Good Guys Wear Black

32

as Albert, the Doorman

What's New, Mr. Magoo?

TV show · as Mr. Magoo (voice)

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Marvin Waterman / Mr. Landers

Have I Got a Christmas for You

as Kevin Grady

The New Adventures of Gilligan

60

TV show · as Thurston Howell III (voice)

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

71

as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)

The Girl Most Likely To...

66

as Prof. David Tilson

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

70

as Timothy Forsythe

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

65

as Jim Backus

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

62

as Staunch

1960s

51 titles · average score 57

Hello Down There

58

as T.R. Hollister

Blondie

TV show · as J.C. Dithers /Mr. Dithers

Billie

48

as Howard G. Carol

Gilligan's Island

83

TV show · as Thurston Howell

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

70

TV show · as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Rendezvous in Space

as Moon (voice)

Johnny Cool

53

as Louis Murphy

Sunday in New York

65

as Chief Pilot Drysdale

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

69

as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Zotz!

45

as Horatio Kellgore

The Mr. Magoo Show

65

TV show · as Mr Magoo (voice)

The Jim Backus Show

TV show

1950s

104 titles · average score 62

1001 Arabian Nights

64

as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)

Macabre

49

as Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Rebel Without a Cause

84

as Frank Stark

Destination Magoo

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Geraldine

as Jason Ambrose

I Married Joan

76

TV show · as Judge Bradley Stevens

Hotsy Footsy

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Pink and Blue Blues

59

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Bungled Bungalow

as Mr. Magoo

Plutopia

63

as Milton the Cat

Trouble Indemnity

64

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

Spellbound Hound

as Mr. Magoo

1940s

9 titles · average score 58

Ragtime Bear

68

as Mr. Magoo (voice)

A Dangerous Profession

47

as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)

Father Was a Fullback

51

as Professor Sullivan

One Last Fling

50

as Howard Pritchard

Easy Living

44

as Dr. Franklin

The Great Lover

66

as Higgins

A-Lad-in His Lamp

71

as Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited)

Where Will You Hide?

as Narrator

Studio One

65

TV show · as Tim McTaggart