
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