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Jim Backus
> Filmography
Filmography (Films and Roles) of
Jim Backus
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The Truth About Youth
Released:
1930
Director:
William A. Seiter
Role:
Maitre d'
The Truth About Yout...
(as Maitre d')
A-Lad-In His Lamp
Released:
1948
Director:
Robert McKimson
Role:
Genie
A-Lad-In His Lamp
(as Genie)
Father was a Fullback
Released:
1949
Director:
John M. Stahl
Role:
Professor 'Sully' Sullivan
Father was a Fullbac...
(as Professor 'Sully' Sulliv...)
Easy Living
Released:
1949
Director:
Jacques Tourneur
Role:
Dr. Franklin
Easy Living
(as Dr. Franklin)
One Last Fling
Released:
1949
Director:
Peter Godfrey
Role:
Howard Pritchard
One Last Fling
(as Howard Pritchard)
The Great Lover
Released:
1949
Director:
Alexander Hall
Role:
Higgins
The Great Lover
(as Higgins)
A Dangerous Profession
Released:
1949
Director:
Ted Tetzlaff
Role:
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator
A Dangerous Professi...
(as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone ...)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Released:
1950
Director:
Charles Lamont
Role:
Joseph 'Little Joe' Rogers
Ma and Pa Kettle Go ...
(as Joseph 'Little Joe' Roge...)
Emergency Wedding
Released:
1950
Director:
Edward Buzzell
Role:
Ed Hamley
Emergency Wedding
(as Ed Hamley)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Released:
1950
Director:
Earl McEvoy
Role:
Willie Dennis
The Killer That Stal...
(as Willie Dennis)
The Man with a Cloak
Released:
1951
Director:
Fletcher Markle
Role:
Flaherty
The Man with a Cloak
(as Flaherty)
His Kind of Woman
Released:
1951
Director:
John Farrow
Role:
Myron Winton
His Kind of Woman
(as Myron Winton)
I Want You
Released:
1951
Director:
Mark Robson
Role:
Harvey Landrum
I Want You
(as Harvey Landrum)
I'll See You in My Dreams
Released:
1951
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Role:
Sam Harris
I'll See You in My D...
(as Sam Harris)
Iron Man
Released:
1951
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Role:
Max Watkins
Iron Man
(as Max Watkins)
Bright Victory
Released:
1951
Director:
Mark Robson
Role:
Bill Grayson
Bright Victory
(as Bill Grayson)
Above and Beyond
Released:
1952
Director:
Melvin Frank
Role:
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Above and Beyond
(as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay)
Night Without Sleep
Released:
1952
Director:
Roy Ward Baker
Role:
Peter Jones
Night Without Sleep
(as Peter Jones)
Here Come the Nelsons
Released:
1952
Director:
Frederick de Cordova
Role:
Joe Randolph
Here Come the Nelson...
(as Joe Randolph)
Androcles and the Lion
Released:
1952
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Role:
Centurion
Androcles and the Li...
(as Centurion)
Pat and Mike
Released:
1952
Director:
George Cukor
Role:
Charles Barry
Pat and Mike
(as Charles Barry)
Deadline - U.S.A.
Released:
1952
Director:
Richard Brooks
Role:
Jim Cleary
Deadline - U.S.A.
(as Jim Cleary)
Don't Bother to Knock
Released:
1952
Director:
Roy Ward Baker
Role:
Peter Jones
Don't Bother to Knoc...
(as Peter Jones)
Angel Face
Released:
1953
Director:
Otto Preminger
Role:
Dist. Atty. Judson
Angel Face
(as Dist. Atty. Judson)
I Love Melvin
Released:
1953
Director:
Don Weis
Role:
Mergo
I Love Melvin
(as Mergo)
Deep in My Heart
Released:
1954
Director:
Stanley Donen
Role:
Ben Judson
Deep in My Heart
(as Ben Judson)
Francis in the Navy
Released:
1955
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Role:
Cmdr. E.T. Hutch
Francis in the Navy
(as Cmdr. E.T. Hutch)
Rebel Without a Cause
Released:
1955
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Role:
Frank Stark
Rebel Without a Caus...
(as Frank Stark)
Autumn Leaves
Released:
1956
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Role:
Mr. Magoo
Autumn Leaves
(as Mr. Magoo)
The Girl He Left Behind
Released:
1956
Director:
David Butler
Role:
Sgt. Hanna
The Girl He Left Beh...
(as Sgt. Hanna)
The Great Man
Released:
1956
Director:
Jos� Ferrer
Role:
Nick Cellantano
The Great Man
(as Nick Cellantano)
The Square Jungle
Released:
1956
Director:
Jerry Hopper
Role:
Pat Quaid
The Square Jungle
(as Pat Quaid)
You Can't Run Away from It
Released:
1956
Director:
Dick Powell
Role:
Danker
You Can't Run Away f...
(as Danker)
The Opposite Sex
Released:
1956
Director:
David Miller
Role:
Psychiatrist
The Opposite Sex
(as Psychiatrist)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Released:
1956
Director:
Roy Rowland
Role:
Tom Culdane
Meet Me in Las Vegas
(as Tom Culdane)
Man of a Thousand Faces
Released:
1957
Director:
Joseph Pevney
Role:
Clarence Locan
Man of a Thousand Fa...
(as Clarence Locan)
Top Secret Affair
Released:
1957
Director:
H.C. Potter
Role:
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Top Secret Affair
(as Col. Homer W. Gooch)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Released:
1957
Director:
Bretaigne Windust
Role:
King's Emissary
The Pied Piper of Ha...
(as King's Emissary)
Eighteen and Anxious
Released:
1957
Director:
Joe Parker
Role:
Harvey Graham
Eighteen and Anxious
(as Harvey Graham)
Macabre
Released:
1958
Director:
William Castle
Role:
Jim Tyloe
Macabre
(as Jim Tyloe)
The High Cost of Loving
Released:
1958
Director:
Jos� Ferrer
Role:
Paul Mason
The High Cost of Lov...
(as Paul Mason)
A Private's Affair
Released:
1959
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Role:
Jim Gordon
A Private's Affair
(as Jim Gordon)
Ask Any Girl
Released:
1959
Director:
Charles Walters
Role:
Maxwell
Ask Any Girl
(as Maxwell)
The Big Operator
Released:
1959
Director:
Charles F. Haas
Role:
Cliff Heldon
The Big Operator
(as Cliff Heldon)
The Wild and the Innocent
Released:
1959
Director:
Jack Sher
Role:
Cecil Forbes
The Wild and the Inn...
(as Cecil Forbes)
Ice Palace
Released:
1960
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Role:
Dave Husack
Ice Palace
(as Dave Husack)
The Errand Boy
Released:
1961
Director:
Jerry Lewis
Role:
Mr. Arbutt
The Errand Boy
(as Mr. Arbutt)
Boys' Night Out
Released:
1962
Director:
Michael Gordon
Role:
Peter Bowers
Boys' Night Out
(as Peter Bowers)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Released:
1962
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Role:
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
The Horizontal Lieut...
(as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammersla...)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Released:
1962
Director:
Henry Levin
Role:
The King
The Wonderful World ...
(as The King)
Johnny Cool
Released:
1963
Director:
William Asher
Role:
Louis Murphy
Johnny Cool
(as Louis Murphy)
Sunday in New York
Released:
1963
Director:
Peter Tewksbury
Role:
Chief Pilot Drysdale
Sunday in New York
(as Chief Pilot Drysdale)
Operation Bikini
Released:
1963
Director:
Anthony Carras
Role:
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Operation Bikini
(as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly)
Critic's Choice
Released:
1963
Director:
Don Weis
Role:
Dr. William Von Hagedorn
Critic's Choice
(as Dr. William Von Hagedorn)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Released:
1963
Director:
Stanley Kramer
Role:
Tyler Fitzgerald
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad...
(as Tyler Fitzgerald)
The Wheeler Dealers
Released:
1963
Director:
Arthur Hiller
Role:
Bullard Bear
The Wheeler Dealers
(as Bullard Bear)
My Six Loves
Released:
1963
Director:
Gower Champion
Role:
Sheriff
My Six Loves
(as Sheriff)
Advance to the Rear
Released:
1964
Director:
George Marshall
Role:
Gen. Willoughby
Advance to the Rear
(as Gen. Willoughby)
Fluffy
Released:
1965
Director:
Earl Bellamy
Role:
Sergeant
Fluffy
(as Sergeant)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home
Released:
1965
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Role:
Miles Whitepaper
John Goldfarb, Pleas...
(as Miles Whitepaper)
Billie
Released:
1965
Director:
Don Weis
Role:
Howard G. Carol
Billie
(as Howard G. Carol)
Hurry Sundown
Released:
1967
Director:
Otto Preminger
Role:
Carter Sillens
Hurry Sundown
(as Carter Sillens)
Don't Make Waves
Released:
1967
Director:
Alexander Mackendrick
Role:
Himself
Don't Make Waves
(as Himself)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Released:
1968
Director:
Hy Averback
Role:
Tru
Where Were You When ...
(as Tru)
Hello Down There
Released:
1969
Director:
Jack Arnold
Role:
T.R. Hollister
Hello Down There
(as T.R. Hollister)
Wake Me When The War Is Over
Released:
1969
Director:
Gene Nelson
Role:
Colonel
Wake Me When The War...
(as Colonel)
New Hollywood Films (1970 and beyond)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Released:
1971
Director:
Richard Erdman
Role:
Himself
Mooch Goes to Hollyw...
(as Himself)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Released:
1972
Director:
Robert Butler
Role:
Timothy Forsythe
Now You See Him, Now...
(as Timothy Forsythe)
Getting Away from It All
Released:
1972
Director:
Lee Philips
Role:
Mike Lorimar
Getting Away from It...
(as Mike Lorimar)
Crazy Mama
Released:
1975
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Role:
Mr. Albertson
Crazy Mama
(as Mr. Albertson)
Pete's Dragon
Released:
1977
Director:
Don Chaffey
Role:
The Mayor
Pete's Dragon
(as The Mayor)
Good Guys Wear Black
Released:
1978
Director:
Ted Post
Role:
Doorman
Good Guys Wear Black
(as Doorman)
There Goes the Bride
Released:
1980
Director:
Terry marcel
Role:
Mr. Perkins
There Goes the Bride
(as Mr. Perkins)