Jim Backus

Jim Backus

February 25, 1913 · 113 years old

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.

Known For

38 titles
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Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · 1h 51m · Movie

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

7.6
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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

1963 · 3h 30m · Movie

Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.

7.5
3
Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island

1964 · 31m · TV Show

Four men and three women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm.

7.4
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Angel Face

Angel Face

1953 · 1h 31m · Movie

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

7.2
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Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · 1h 16m · Movie

After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous.

6.9
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His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman

1951 · 2h 0m · Movie

A deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.

7.0
7
Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952 · 1h 27m · Movie

With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.

7.2
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Sunday in New York

Sunday in New York

1963 · 1h 45m · Movie

On a Sunday, Eileen Tyler, still a virgin, leaves Albany to visit her airline pilot brother in New York but a chance encounter with a man on a city bus threatens to derail her upcoming marriage to boyfriend Russ.

6.7
9
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962 · 53m · Movie

This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.

7.6
10
Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004 · 2h 49m · Movie

A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies.

7.8
11
Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972 · 1h 28m · Movie

A chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. A crook finds out about it, and plans to steal it for himself.

6.2
12
The Girl Most Likely to...

The Girl Most Likely to...

1973 · 1h 13m · Movie

After an accident causes an ugly duckling girl to undergo reconstructive surgery, she emerges from behind the bandages a ravishing beauty. It's payback time when she uses her new attractiveness to exact revenge on those who wronge...

7.3
13
The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

1963 · 1h 47m · Movie

A big-time Texas wheeler-dealer (who's actually Ivy league-educated, but plays dumb) runs out of money, and goes to New York City to raise $1.2 million.

6.5
14
Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

1967 · 2h 26m · Movie

Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

5.8
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Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

1963 · 1h 43m · Movie

Exiled American gangster Colini sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies.

6.4
16
Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

1963 · 1h 40m · Movie

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

5.7
17
Crazy Mama

Crazy Mama

1975 · 1h 20m · Movie

A family of three women, and their male companions, enter a life of crime in a desperate attempt to buy back their family farm, which was taken off of them by corrupt bankers a couple of decades before.

5.4
18
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.

6.0
19
Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

1951 · 1h 17m · Movie

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.

6.7
20
Slapstick of Another Kind

Slapstick of Another Kind

1982 · 1h 22m · Movie

A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

2.5
21
C.H.O.M.P.S.

C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979 · 1h 29m · Movie

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.

4.9
22
Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956 · 1h 52m · Movie

In 1950s Las Vegas, a gambling rancher and a ballerina discover that some people have luck at cards while others have luck at love.

6.1
23
Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1954 · 2h 12m · Movie

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

6.3
24
Hello Down There

Hello Down There

1969 · 1h 28m · Movie

A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.

5.6
25
Zotz!

Zotz!

1962 · 1h 27m · Movie

A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.

5.9
26
The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent

1959 · 1h 24m · Movie

In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.

6.4
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 · 1h 19m · Movie

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

6.7
28
Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

1955 · 1h 20m · Movie

A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.

5.7
29
You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It

1956 · 1h 35m · Movie

Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her fat...

5.9
30
The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

1956 · 1h 43m · Movie

Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.

5.2
31
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970 · 1h 39m · Movie

When the town's sole blacksmith vows to leave because he was stood up by his mail-order bride from the East, the panicked townsfolk scramble to find him a surrogate wife.

6.2
32
1001 Arabian Nights

1001 Arabian Nights

1959 · 1h 15m · Movie

Mr. Magoo's ancestor, Abdul Aziz Magoo, is the uncle of Aladdin, who falls in love with a princess.

6.1
33
The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

1955 · 1h 26m · Movie

Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con Bernie Browne trains him. Three years later...

6.5
34
The Big Operator

The Big Operator

1959 · 1h 31m · Movie

During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.

6.4
35
Iron Man

Iron Man

1951 · 1h 22m · Movie

An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.

6.2
36
Ragtime Bear

Ragtime Bear

1949 · 8m · Movie

At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.

6.7