Jim Backus

Jim Backus dating history

Relationships

Jim Backus was previously married to Henny Backus (1943 - 1989) and Betty Kean.

About

American Actor Jim Backus was born James Gilmore Backus on 25th February, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA and passed away on 3rd Jul 1989 Los Angeles, California, USA aged 76. He is most remembered for Gilligan`s Island, Mr. Magoo. His zodiac sign is Pisces.

Jim Backus was in 4 on-screen matchups, including Ann Doran in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Dorothy Shay in The Brady Bunch (1969), Natalie Schafer in Gilligan's Island (1964) and Patti MacLeod in The Love Boat (1977).

Relationship Statistics

Type	Total	Longest	Average	Shortest
Married	2	46 years, 6 months	24 years, 9 months	3 years
Total	2	46 years, 6 months	24 years, 9 months	3 years

Details

First Name	Jim
Last Name	Backus
Full Name at Birth	James Gilmore Backus
Alternative Name	Thurston Howell III, James G. Backus, James Gilmore Backus, Jim Backus, James Backus
Birthday	25th February, 1913
Birthplace	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died	3rd July, 1989
Place of Death	Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death	Pneumonia
Buried	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Build	Average
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Sexuality	Straight
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Shaw High School in East Cleveland, Ohio
University	American Academy of Dramatic Art, Kentucky Military Institute (expelled)
Occupation Text	Actor, Writer, Comedian
Occupation	Actor
Claim to Fame	Gilligan`s Island, Mr. Magoo
Year(s) Active	1937-1989, 1948–1989, 1948–1984
Brand Endorsement	(1968) television commercial for General Electric Soft White Bulbs (voice)
Official Websites	www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jim_backus/, www.allmovie.com/artist/jim-backus-p3156, www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/7779%7C82548/Jim-Backus/

James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, James Dean's character's father in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) 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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Dating History

#	Partner	Type		Start	End	Length
2	Henny Backus	Married		1943	3rd Jul 1989	46 years
1	Betty Kean	Married		1939	1942	3 years

Henny Backus

1943 - 1989

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Betty Kean

1939 - 1942

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Partner Comparison

Name	Age	Zodiac	Occupation	Nationality
Jim Backus	76	Pisces	Actor	American
Henny Backus	93	Aries	Actress	American
Betty Kean	70	Sagittarius	Actress	American

Photo Gallery

Jim Backus- as Marvin Waterman

Ghost Town, U.S.A

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World - Jim Backus, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett

Critic's Choice - Jim Backus

Angel Face - Jim Backus

The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch - Jim Backus

The New Adventures of Gilligan - Jim Backus

Henny Backus and Jim Backus

Jim Backus - Rebel Without a Cause

Filmography

Film	Year	Character	Type
Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends	1990	Smoky the Genie (voice)	TV Show
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show	1986	Smoky the Genie (voice)	TV Show
Prince Jack	1985	Dealy	Movie
The Enchanted Journey	1984	Gamun (voice)	Movie
Slapstick of Another Kind	1982	President of the U.S.	Movie
Gilligan's Planet	1982	Thurston Howell III	TV Show
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island	1981	Thurston Howell III	TV Movie
There Goes the Bride	1980	Mr. Perkins	Movie
The Gossip Columnist	1980	Jim Backus	TV Movie
Angels' Brigade	1979	Cmdr. Lindsey March	Movie
C.H.O.M.P.S	1979	Mr. Gibbs	Movie
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island	1979	Thurston Howell III	TV Movie
The Rebels	1979	John Hancock	TV Show
$weepstake$	1979	Major Adams	TV Show
Eischied	1979	Sy Lazarus	TV Show
Trapper John, M.D.	1979	Gus	TV Show
Good Guys Wear Black	1978	Doorman	Movie
Rescue from Gilligan's Island	1978	Thurston Howell III	TV Movie
Flying High	1978	Man	TV Show
The Gift of the Magi	1978	Henry Peabody	TV Movie
Pete's Dragon	1977	The Mayor	Movie
CHiPs	1977	Weitzman	TV Show
Fantasy Island	1977	H.H. Moran / Cap Truman	TV Show
The Love Boat	1977	Mr. Landers / Mr. Marvin Waterman	TV Show
What's New, Mr. Magoo?	1977	Mr. Magoo	TV Show
Never Con a Killer	1977	Stanley Bunch	TV Movie
Have I Got a Christmas for You	1977	Kevin Grady	TV Movie
Ark II	1976	Arnie Pool	TV Show
Charlie's Angels	1976	Iggy	TV Show
The Humpbacked Horse	1976	The Tsar (voice)	Movie
The Feather and Father Gang	1976	Stanley Bunch	TV Show
Crazy Mama	1975	Mr. Albertson	Movie
Friday Foster	1975	Enos Griffith	Movie
Ellery Queen	1975	Howard Biggers	TV Show
Joe Forrester	1975	Jake Mandel	TV Show
The Ghost Busters	1975	Eric, the Red	TV Show
Mobile One	1975	Macklin	TV Show
Cop on the Beat	1975	Jake Mandel	TV Movie
Chico and the Man	1974	Harold Erickson	TV Show
Kolchak: The Night Stalker	1974	Herb Bresson	TV Show
The New Adventures of Gilligan	1974	Thurston Howell III	TV Show
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus	1974	Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)	TV Movie
Goodnight Jackie	1974	Mr. Landry	Movie
Miracle on 34th Street	1973	Shellhammer	TV Movie
The Girl Most Likely to...	1973	Tilson	TV Movie
Harry O	1973	Ziggy	TV Show
Police Story	1973	Pollack / Jake Mandel	TV Show
Now You See Him, Now You Don't	1972	Timothy Forsythe	Movie
Of Thee I Sing	1972	Senator Robert F. Lyons	TV Movie
ABC Afterschool Specials	1972	Dr. Flamel	TV Show
New Zoo Revue	1972	Traveling Salesman	TV Show
Young Dr. Kildare	1972	Jake Langley	TV Show
Getting Away from It All	1972	Mike Lorimar	TV Movie
Magic Carpet	1972	George Benson	TV Movie
Mooch Goes to Hollywood	1971	Jim Backus	TV Movie
Alias Smith and Jones	1971	Joseph P. Sterling	TV Show
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	1970	Staunch	Movie
Myra Breckinridge	1970	Doctor	Movie
Nanny and the Professor	1970	Dr. Charles Walters	TV Show
Uncle Sam Magoo	1970	Mr. Magoo (voice)	TV Movie
Hello Down There	1969	T.R. Hollister	Movie
Wake Me When the War Is Over	1969	Colonel	TV Movie
Love, American Style	1969	Jerry (segment "Love and the Understanding") / Jerry Franks (segment "Love and the Marriage Counselor")	TV Show
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1969	Bill	TV Show
Medical Center	1969	Dr. Danvers	TV Show
The Brady Bunch	1969	Zaccariah T. Brown / Harry Mathews	TV Show
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?	1968	Tru-Blue Lou	Movie
Blondie	1968	J.C. Dithers / Mr. Dithers	TV Show
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour	1968	Smoky the Genie (voice)	TV Show
The Good Guys	1968	Henry Arsdale	TV Show
Mod Squad	1968	Emile Wade	TV Show
Hurry Sundown	1967	Carter Sillens	Movie
Damn Yankees!	1967	Benny Van Buren	TV Movie
Laugh-In	1967	Guest Performer	TV Show
Accidental Family	1967	Uncle Fred	TV Show
Billie	1965	Howard G. Carol	Movie
Fluffy	1965	Sergeant	Movie
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	1965	Miles Whitepaper	Movie
I Dream of Jeannie	1965	General Charles Fitzhugh	TV Show
I Spy	1965	Tom Mathews	TV Show
The Wild Wild West	1965	Fabian Swanson	TV Show
Advance to the Rear	1964	General Willoughby	Movie
Daniel Boone	1964	Will Scataway	TV Show
Gilligan's Island	1964	Thurston Howell III / Prince Charming / Captain Hook / ...	TV Show
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo	1964	Mr. Magoo / Friar Tuck / Don Quixote de la Mancha / ...	TV Show
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest	1964	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Movie
A Child Is Waiting	1963	Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)	Movie
Critic's Choice	1963	Dr. William Von Hagedorn	Movie
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World	1963	Tyler Fitzgerald	Movie
Johnny Cool	1963	Louis Murphy	Movie
My Six Loves	1963	Sheriff	Movie
Operation Bikini	1963	Boatswain's Mate Ed Fennelly	Movie
Sunday in New York	1963	Chief Pilot Drysdale	Movie
The Wheeler Dealers	1963	Bullard Bear	Movie
Burke's Law	1963	Herkimer Witt / Pork Pie Hannigan / Harold Mason	TV Show
Arrest and Trial	1963	Sam Thayer	TV Show
Espionage	1963	McAvoy	TV Show
Boys' Night Out	1962	Peter Bowers	Movie
The Horizontal Lieutenant	1962	Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag	Movie
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	1962	The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")	Movie
Zotz!	1962	Horatio Kellgore	Movie
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol	1962	Ebenezer Scrooge / Mr. Magoo (voice)	TV Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies	1962	Marty Van Ransohoff / Wolf 3	TV Show
McKeever & the Colonel	1962	J.C. Medbury	TV Show
The Lady and the Stock Exchange	1962	Jess	Movie
The Errand Boy	1961	Mr. Arbutt (voice, uncredited)	Movie
Cain's Hundred	1961	Karl Bigger	TV Show
Follow the Sun	1961	N.N. Nelson	TV Show
The Dick Powell Theatre	1961	Marty	TV Show
The DuPont Show of the Week	1961	Big Boss Buddy Foy	TV Show
Ice Palace	1960	Dave Husack	Movie
The Jim Backus Show	1960	Mike O'Toole	TV Show
Mister Magoo	1960	Mr. Magoo	TV Show
Inside Magoo	1960	Mr. Magoo / Self	Short Film
I Was a Teenage Magoo	1960	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
1001 Arabian Nights	1959	Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)	Movie
Ask Any Girl	1959	Maxwell	Movie
The Wild and the Innocent	1959	Cecil Forbes	Movie
The Untouchables	1959	William Norbert	TV Show
A Private's Affair	1959	Jim Gordon	Movie
The Big Operator	1959	Cliff Heldon	Movie
Terror Faces Magoo	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Bwana Magoo	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Homecoming	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Lodge Brother	1959	Mr. Magoo / Police Officers / Bartender (voice)	Short Film
Merry Minstrel Magoo	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Meets Frankenstein	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)	1959	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Macabre	1958	Police Chief Jim Tyloe	Movie
The High Cost of Loving	1958	Paul Mason	Movie
77 Sunset Strip	1958	Maury Samuels	TV Show
The Explosive Mr. Magoo	1958	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Gumshoe Magoo	1958	Mr. Magoo / Harold / Manager (voice)	Short Film
Love Comes to Magoo	1958	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Three-Point Landing	1958	Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)	Short Film
Scoutmaster Magoo	1958	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Young Manhood	1958	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Man of a Thousand Faces	1957	Clarence Locan	Movie
Top Secret Affair	1957	Col. Homer W. Gooch	Movie
The Pied Piper of Hamelin	1957	King's Emissary	TV Movie
Goodyear Theatre	1957	Jim Cannaday	TV Show
Maverick	1957	Joe Wheelwright	TV Show
Eighteen and Anxious	1957	Harvey Graham	Movie
Magoo Breaks Par	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Goes Overboard	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Saves the Bank	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Cruise	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Glorious Fourth	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Masquerade	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Mouse Hunt	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Private War	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Matador Magoo	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Rock Hound Magoo	1957	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Meet Me in Las Vegas	1956	Tom Culdane	Movie
The Girl He Left Behind	1956	Sgt. Hanna	Movie
The Opposite Sex	1956	Psychiatrist	Movie
You Can't Run Away from It	1956	Danker	Movie
Playhouse 90	1956	Jerry	TV Show
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna	1956	Arthur Hutchins	TV Show
The Great Man	1956	Nick Cellantano	Movie
The Naked Hills	1956	Willis Haver	Movie
Conflict	1956	Dandy Summers	TV Show
Magoo's Puddle Jumper	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Calling Doctor Magoo	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Beats the Heat	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Goes West	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Canine Mutiny	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Problem Child	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Meet Mother Magoo	1956	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Trailblazer Magoo	1956	Mr. Magoo / Newspaper Boy (voice)	Short Film
Francis in the Navy	1955	Commander Hutch	Movie
Rebel Without a Cause	1955	Frank Stark	Movie
The Square Jungle	1955	Pat Quaid	Movie
Gunsmoke	1955	Reverend Sims	TV Show
Matinee Theatre	1955		TV Show
The Millionaire	1955	Henry Banning	TV Show
Warner Brothers Presents	1955		TV Show
Front Row Center	1955	Harry Cooper	TV Show
TV Reader's Digest	1955	George Johnson	TV Show
Star Stage	1955		TV Show
Madcap Magoo	1955	Mr. Magoo / Driver (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Makes News	1955	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Check Up	1955	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Stage Door Magoo	1955	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Express	1955	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International	1955		TV Movie
Deep in My Heart	1954	Ben Judson	Movie
Climax!	1954	Detective Herman	TV Show
When Magoo Flew	1954	Mr. Magoo / Pilot (voice)	Short Film
Destination Magoo	1954	Mr. Magoo / 'Stinky' Cramshell (voice)	Short Film
Four Wheels, No Brakes	1954	Television Quizmaster / New Car Salesman (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Kangaroo Courting	1954	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Magoo Goes Skiing	1954	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Look Who's Driving	1954	Charlie Younghead (uncredited)	Short Film
I Love Melvin	1953	Mergo	Movie
Make Room for Daddy	1953	Jim Fletcher	TV Show
The United States Steel Hour	1953	Michael John McKane	TV Show
Geraldine	1953	Jason Ambrose	Movie
Magoo Slept Here	1953	Mr. Magoo / Updyke (voice)	Short Film
Magoo's Masterpiece	1953	Mr. Magoo / Miss Roxy (voice)	Short Film
Safety Spin	1953	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Mr. Magoo Cartoon Merry-Go-Round	1953	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Movie
Above and Beyond	1952	Gen. Curtis E. LeMay	Movie
Androcles and the Lion	1952	Centurion	Movie
Angel Face	1952	District Attorney Judson	Movie
Deadline - U.S.A.	1952	Jim Cleary	Movie
Don't Bother to Knock	1952	Peter Jones	Movie
Here Come the Nelsons	1952	Joe Randolph	Movie
Pat and Mike	1952	Charles Barry	Movie
The Rose Bowl Story	1952	Michael 'Iron Mike' Burke	Movie
I Married Joan	1952	Judge Bradley Stevens	TV Show
Pink and Blue Blues	1952	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Captains Outrageous	1952	Mr. Magoo / Narrator (voice)	Short Film
The Dog Snatcher	1952	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
Hotsy Footsy	1952	Mr. Magoo / Charlie (voice)	Short Film
Pete Hothead	1952	Lavery the Floorwalker / Mailman (uncredited)	Short Film
Sloppy Jalopy	1952	Mr. Magoo / Police Officer (voice)	Short Film
Bright Victory	1951	Bill Grayson	Movie
Half Angel	1951	Michael Hogan	Movie
His Kind of Woman	1951	Myron Winton	Movie
Hollywood Story	1951	Mitch Davis	Movie
I Want You	1951	Harvey Landrum	Movie
I'll See You in My Dreams	1951	Sam Harris	Movie
Iron Man	1951	Max Watkins	Movie
M	1951	The Mayor	Movie
The Man with a Cloak	1951	Flaherty	Movie
Plutopia	1951	Milton (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Fuddy Duddy Buddy	1951	Mr. Magoo (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Barefaced Flatfoot	1951	Mr. Magoo / Narrator (uncredited)	Short Film
Grizzly Golfer	1951	Mr. Magoo / Second Mountain Man (voice)	Short Film
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town	1950	Joseph 'Little Joe' Rogers	Movie
Lux Video Theatre	1950	Harry	TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents	1950	Lucus Edgerton	TV Show
Customs Agent	1950	Thomas S. Jacoby	Movie
Emergency Wedding	1950	Ed Hamley	Movie
The Killer That Stalked New York	1950	Willie Dennis (uncredited)	Movie
The Web	1950		TV Show
Trouble Indemnity	1950	Mr. Magoo / Insurance Company Boss (voice)	Short Film
Spellbound Hound	1950	Mr. Magoo (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Bungled Bungalow	1950	Mr. Magoo (voice)	Short Film
The Miner's Daughter	1950	John Harvard (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
The Popcorn Story	1950	Tycoon - Narrator (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy	1950	Magistrate Backus	TV Movie
Easy Living	1949	Dr. Franklin (as James Backus)	Movie
Father Was a Fullback	1949	Professor Sullivan (as James G. Backus)	Movie
The Great Lover	1949	Higgins	Movie
A Dangerous Profession	1949	Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator	Movie
One Last Fling	1949	Howard Pritchard	Movie
The Windblown Hare	1949	Big Bad Wolf - beginning scene (uncredited)	Short Film
Ragtime Bear	1949	Mr. Magoo (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Hollywood House	1949	Hotel Manager	TV Show
A-Lad-in His Lamp	1948	Genie (voice, uncredited)	Short Film
Studio One in Hollywood	1948	Tim McTaggart / Father	TV Show
Where Will You Hide?	1948	Narrator	Short Film