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Jim Backus

Actor · 122 credits · 38 in highly-rated films

Best known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Frequent collaborators: Jerry Hausner, Daws Butler, Alan Reed, Henny Backus, Edward Platt

Movies (122 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Man with a Cloak

    1951 · ★ 6.9 (19 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    31

  2. The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

    1979 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy

    32

  3. Magoo Goes West

    1956 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Family, Animation, Comedy

    33

  4. Hello Down There

    1969 · ★ 5.9 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Science Fiction

    34

  5. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    1974 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)

    Animation, Family, TV Movie

    35

  6. Macabre

    1958 · ★ 6.0 (47 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, Mystery

    36

  7. The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    1970 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Western

    37

  8. I Love Melvin

    1953 · ★ 6.2 (27 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    38

  9. One Last Fling

    1949 · ★ 4.0 (4 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    39

  10. Inside Magoo

    1960

    Animation

    40

  11. Grizzly Golfer

    1951 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    41

  12. The Rose Bowl Story

    1952 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    42

  13. Magoo's Problem Child

    1956 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    43

  14. Geraldine

    1953 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    44

  15. Barefaced Flatfoot

    1951 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Animation

    45

  16. Crazy Mama

    1975 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)

    Crime, Action, Comedy

    46

  17. Of Thee I Sing

    1972 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Comedy

    47

  18. Magoo’s Cruise

    1958

    Animation

    48

  19. Father Was a Fullback

    1949 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    49

  20. Top Secret Affair

    1957 · ★ 4.9 (7 votes)

    Comedy

    50

  21. Plutopia

    1951 · ★ 5.7 (23 votes)

    Animation, Comedy, Family

    51

  22. You Can't Run Away from It

    1956 · ★ 4.7 (7 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Music

    52

  23. 1001 Arabian Nights

    1959 · ★ 6.6 (14 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy, Comedy

    53

  24. Critic's Choice

    1963 · ★ 5.6 (16 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    54

  25. Eighteen and Anxious

    1957 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    55

  26. Francis in the Navy

    1955 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)

    Comedy, Family, Fantasy

    56

  27. When Magoo Flew

    1954 · ★ 6.7 (22 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    57

  28. Rendezvous in Space

    1964

    Documentary, Animation

    58

  29. Fluffy

    1965 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    59

  30. Where Will You Hide?

    1948

    Animation, Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.