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Jim Backus

Highest Rated:: 100% Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Lowest Rated:: 20% The Opposite Sex (1956)

Birthday:: Feb 25, 1913
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: Ohio-born actor Jim Backus's stage career began in summer stock, where, according to his then-roommate Keenan Wynn, he was as well known for his prowess with the ladies as he was for his on-stage versatility. Backus continued acting in New York, vaudeville, and especially radio in the 1930s and…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 20% - 100%

Number of Movies: 94

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2011		Customs Agent	Actor	--
2004		There Goes the Bride	Actor	--
2004		Mr. Magoo - Mountain Man Magoo	Actor	--
2002		Surviving Gilligan's Island	Actor	--
1984		The Enchanted Journey	Actor	--
1984		Slapstick of Another Kind	Actor	--
1983		Prince Jack	Dealy	--
1981		The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island	Thurston Howell III	--
1980		There Goes the Bride	Perkins	--
1979		The Rebels	Actor	--
1979		Angels' Brigade (Angels Revenge) (Seven from Heaven)	Actor	--
1979		C.H.O.M.P.S.	Mr. Gibbs	--
1978		Rescue from Gilligan's Island	Thurston Howell III	--
1978		Magic Pony	Actor	--
1978		Successful From Gilligan's Island	Actor	--
1978		Good Guys Wear Black	Doorman	--
1977	50%	Pete's Dragon	The Mayor	--
1976		The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon	Dr. Flamel	--
1975		Friday Foster	Enos Griffith	--
1975	83%	Crazy Mama	Mr. Albertson	--
1974		Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus	Actor	--
1973		Miracle on 34th Street	Horace Shellhammer	--
1973		The Girl Most Likely To ...	Actor	--
1973		The Girl Most Likely to...	Actor	--
1972		Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Timothy Forsythe	--
1971		Mooch Goes to Hollywood	Actor	--
1970		Uncle Sam Magoo	Actor	--
1970		Mr. Magoo - Uncle Sam Magoo	Actor	--
1970		Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Staunch	--
1970		Uncle Sam Magoo	Actor	--
1970	29%	Myra Breckinridge	Doctor	--
1969		Hello Down There	T.R. Hollister	--
1968		Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?	Tru-Blue Lou	--
1967		Don't Make Waves	Himself (uncredited)	--
1967		Hurry Sundown	Carter Sillens	--
1965		Billie	Howard Carol	--
1964		Mr. Magoo - Man of Mystery	Actor	--
1964		Advance to the Rear (Company of Cowards?)	Gen. Willoughby	--
1964		Mr. Magoo - V. 5	Actor	--
1964		Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest	Actor	--
1964		John Goldfarb, Please Come Home	Miles Whitepaper	--
1963	79%	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Tyler Fitzgerald	--
1963		Operation Bikini	Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly	--
1963		Johnny Cool	Louis Murphy	--
1963	100%	Sunday in New York	Flight Dispatcher	--
1963		The Wheeler Dealers (Separate Beds)	Bullard Bear	--
1962		Boys' Night Out	Peter Bowers	--
1962		Zotz!	Horatio Kellgore	--
1962		Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge	--
1962		The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	The King	--
1962		Critic's Choice	Dr. von Hagedom	--
1961		Horizontal Lieutenant	Cmdr. Jerry Hammerslag	--
1960		Mr. Magoo Show, The - V. 1	Actor	--
1960		Ice Palace	Dave Husack	--
1959		Ask Any Girl	Mr. Maxwell	--
1959		A Private's Affair	Jim Gordon	--
1957		The Pied Piper of Hamelin	King's Emissary	--
1957	38%	The Amazing Colossal Man	Gen. Willoughby	--
1957		Macabre	Jim Tyloe	--
1957		Man of a Thousand Faces	Clarence Logan	--
1957		Top Secret Affair	Col. Homer W. Gooch	--
1956	20%	The Opposite Sex	Psychiatrist	--
1956		Meet Me in Las Vegas (Viva Las Vegas!)	Tom Culdane	--
1956		You Can't Run Away From It	Danker	--
1956		Naked Hills	Willis Haver	--
1955	95%	Rebel Without a Cause	Jim's father	--
1955		Francis in the Navy	Commander Hutch	--
1954		Deep in My Heart	Ben Judson	--
1953	80%	Angel Face	District Attorney Judson	--
1952		Deadline - U.S.A.	Cleary	--
1952		Above and Beyond	Gen. Curtis E. LeMay	--
1952		I Married Joan, II	Actor	--
1952	90%	Pat and Mike	Charles Barry	--
1952		Here Come the Nelsons	Joe Randolph	--
1952	100%	Don't Bother to Knock	Peter Jones	--
1952		Androcles And The Lion	Centurion	--
1952		Rose Bowl Story	Mike Burke	--
1951		I'll See You in My Dreams	Sam Harris	--
1951		Hollywood Story	Mitch Davis	--
1951		I Want You	Harvey Landrum	--
1951		M	The Mayor	--
1951		Half Angel	Michael Hogan	--
1951		The Man with a Cloak	Flaherty	--
1951		His Kind of Woman	Myron Winton	--
1951		Bright Victory	Bill Grayson	--
1950		The Killer That Stalked New York	Willie Dennis	--
1950		Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town	Little Joe	--
1950		Mr. Magoo - The Collector's Edition	Actor	--
1949		The Great Lover	Higgins	--
1949		Father Was a Fullback	Prof. Sullivan	--
1949		Easy Living	Dr. Franklin	--
1949		Dangerous Profession	Ferrone	--
		Mr. Magoo in the King's Service	Actor	--
		Best of Mister Magoo	Actor	--

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Quotes from Jim Backus's Characters

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1. Jim's father: Watch out about choosing your pals. You know what I mean? Don't let 'em choose you.
From Rebel Without a Cause. Submitted by Alejandro O (2 months ago)