Jim Backus
Biography
Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Rebel Without a Cause
as Frank Stark
1955
Pete's Dragon
as The Mayor
1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tyler Fitzgerald
1963
Don't Bother to Knock
as Peter Jones
1952
Angels' Brigade
as Cmdr. Lindsey March
1979
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Timothy Forsythe
1972
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
1950
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell III
1978
His Kind of Woman
as Myron Winton
1951
Boys' Night Out
as Peter Bowers
1962
Hello Down There
as T.R. Hollister
1969
Macabre
as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
1958
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Jim Cleary
1952
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
as Mr. Magoo (voice)
1959
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Tru-Blue Lou
1968
The Wheeler Dealers
as Bullard Bear
1963
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sam Harris
1951
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Locan
1957
Francis in the Navy
as Commander Hutch
1955
1001 Arabian Nights
as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
1959
TV Appearances
CHiPs
as Weitzman
1977
The Dick Powell Show
as Monte
1961
77 Sunset Strip
as Maury Samuels
1958
Burke's Law
as Harold Mason
1963
Cain's Hundred
as Karl Bigger
1961
Gilligan's Planet
as Thurston Howell, III (voice)
1982
The Good Guys
1968
The Love Boat
as Marvin Waterman
1977
The Brady Bunch
1969
Gilligan's Island
as Thurston Howell, III
1964
Chico and the Man
1974
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Marty Van Ransohoff
1962