Jim Backus
Birthday: 1913-02-25
Deathday: 1989-07-03
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1985-12-01 | Prince Jack | Dealy |
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1982-12-09 | Slapstick of Another Kind | President of the U.S. |
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1981-10-10 | Enchanted Journey | Gamba |
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1981-05-15 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III |
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1980-07-07 | There Goes The Bride | Mr. Perkins |
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1980-03-21 | The Gossip Columnist | Jim Backus |
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1979-12-21 | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs |
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1979-05-14 | The Rebels | John Hancock |
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1979-05-03 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III |
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1979-02-01 | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March |
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1978-10-14 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III |
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1978-06-01 | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman |
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1977-12-16 | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Kevin Grady |
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1977-11-03 | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor |
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1977-05-13 | Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch |
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1975-12-25 | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith |
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1975-06-01 | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson |
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1975-05-06 | Cop on the Beat | Jake Mandel |
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1974-02-27 | Goodnight Jackie | Mr. Landry |
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1973-12-14 | Miracle on 34th Street | Shellhammer |
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1973-11-06 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Prof. David Tilson |
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1972-11-06 | Magic Carpet | George Benson |
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1972-10-24 | Of Thee I Sing | Senator Robert F. Lyons |
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1972-07-12 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Timothy Forsythe |
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1972-01-18 | Getting Away from It All | Mike Lorimar |
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1971-12-31 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus |
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1970-06-24 | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor |
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1970-04-01 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch |
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1970-02-15 | Uncle Sam Magoo | Mr. Magoo |
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1969-10-14 | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel |
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1969-01-01 | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister |
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1968-06-19 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou |
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1967-04-08 | Damn Yankees | Benny Van Buren |
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1967-02-09 | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens |
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1965-12-13 | Billie | Howard G. Carol |
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1965-06-27 | Fluffy | Sergeant |
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1965-03-24 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper |
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1964-09-10 | Rendezvous in Space | Moon (voice) |
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1964-06-10 | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby |
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1964-01-01 | Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery | Mr. Magoo |
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1964-01-01 | Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest | Mr. Magoo |
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1963-11-14 | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear |
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1963-11-13 | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale |
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1963-11-07 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald |
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1963-10-02 | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy |
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1963-04-03 | My Six Loves | Sheriff |
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1963-03-26 | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly |
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1963-02-24 | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn |
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1963-02-13 | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) |
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1962-12-18 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) |
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1962-10-03 | Zotz! | Prof. Horatio Kellgore |
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1962-08-07 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") |
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1962-06-21 | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers |
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1962-04-18 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag |
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1961-03-20 | Magoo Meets Frankenstein | Mr. Magoo |
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1960-01-02 | Ice Palace | Dave Husack |
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1960-01-01 | I Was a Teenage Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1960-01-01 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | James |
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1959-12-27 | Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1959-12-01 | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) |
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1959-08-21 | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell |
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1959-08-14 | A Private's Affair | Jim Gordon |
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1959-08-01 | The Big Operator | Cliff Heldon |
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1959-07-09 | Terror Faces Magoo | Mr. Magoo |
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1959-05-27 | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes |
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1959-05-07 | Magoo's Lodge Brother | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1959-04-09 | Merry Minstrel Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1959-03-05 | Magoo’s Homecoming | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1959-01-09 | Bwana Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1958-10-06 | Gumshoe Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1958-10-02 | Love Comes to Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1958-10-01 | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe |
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1958-09-11 | Magoo’s Cruise | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1958-06-05 | Magoo’s Three-Point Landing | Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice) |
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1958-05-16 | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason |
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1958-05-08 | The Explosive Mr. Magoo | Mr Magoo (voice) |
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1958-04-10 | Scoutmaster Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1958-03-13 | Magoo's Young Manhood | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-12-19 | Magoo's Private War | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-11-28 | Magoo's Moose Hunt | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-11-26 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary |
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1957-11-15 | Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham |
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1957-10-24 | Rock Hound Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-09-26 | Magoo Saves the Bank | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-08-15 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan |
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1957-08-15 | Magoo's Masquerade | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-06-27 | Magoo Breaks Par | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-05-30 | Matador Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-02-21 | Magoo Goes Overboard | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1957-01-30 | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch |
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1956-12-27 | Meet Mother Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-12-01 | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano |
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1956-11-15 | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist |
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1956-10-30 | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker |
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1956-10-26 | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna |
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1956-10-18 | Magoo's Problem Child | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-09-13 | Trailblazer Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-07-26 | Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-06-21 | Magoo Beats the Heat | Mr. Magoo(voice) |
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1956-06-17 | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver |
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1956-05-24 | Calling Doctor Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-04-18 | Magoo Goes West | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1956-03-09 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane |
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1956-03-08 | Magoo's Canine Mutiny | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1955-12-30 | The Square Jungle | Pat Quaid |
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1955-11-15 | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo |
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1955-10-27 | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark |
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1955-08-24 | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch |
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1955-06-23 | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo |
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1955-05-19 | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo |
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1954-12-16 | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1954-12-09 | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson |
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1954-01-26 | Geraldine | Jason Ambrose |
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1954-01-06 | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1953-03-20 | I Love Melvin | Mergo |
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1953-01-02 | Angel Face | District Attorney Judson |
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1953-01-02 | Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay |
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1952-12-01 | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion |
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1952-10-22 | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1952-08-24 | The Rose Bowl Story | Michael "Iron Mike" Burke |
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1952-08-18 | Pink and Blue Blues | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1952-07-18 | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones |
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1952-06-13 | Pat and Mike | Charles Barry |
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1952-03-14 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Jim Cleary |
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1952-02-23 | Here Come the Nelsons | Joe Randolph |
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1951-12-22 | I Want You | Harvey Landrum |
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1951-12-20 | Grizzly Golfer | Mr. Magoo |
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1951-12-06 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris |
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1951-11-27 | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty |
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1951-10-17 | Fuddy Duddy Buddy | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1951-09-20 | Iron Man | Max Watkins |
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1951-08-15 | His Kind of Woman | Myron Winton |
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1951-08-01 | Bright Victory | Bill Grayson |
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1951-06-01 | Hollywood Story | Mitch Davis |
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1951-05-18 | Plutopia | Milton the Cat |
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1951-05-05 | Half Angel | Michael Hogan |
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1951-04-25 | Barefaced Flatfoot | Mr. Magoo |
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1951-03-01 | M | The Mayor |
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1951-01-15 | Bungled Bungalow | Mr. Magoo |
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1950-11-15 | Emergency Wedding | Ed Hamley |
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1950-10-06 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Willie Dennis (uncredited) |
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1950-09-14 | Trouble Indemnity | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1950-05-18 | Customs Agent | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby |
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1950-04-01 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers |
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1950-03-16 | Spellbound Hound | Mr. Magoo |
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1950-01-01 | Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy | Magistrate Backus |
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1949-11-23 | The Great Lover | Higgins |
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1949-10-08 | Easy Living | Dr. Franklin |
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1949-09-30 | Father Was a Fullback | Professor Sullivan |
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1949-09-29 | Ragtime Bear | Mr. Magoo (voice) |
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1949-06-30 | One Last Fling | Howard Pritchard |
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1948-10-22 | A-Lad-in His Lamp | Smokey the Genie (voice) (uncredited) |