Jim Backus
25 titles
Filmography
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
(1962)Mr. Magoo stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman who learns the error of his greedy ways on a magical and musical journey.

Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)Of the cities in the world, few are depicted in and mythologized more in film and TV than the city of Los Angeles. Carefully weaving together footage from films made in or about the city, Thom Andersen gradually builds his thesis about how Hollywood has represented, and misrepresented, its hometown.

Macabre
(1958)When his daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, a doctor is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

Rescue from Gilligan's Island
(1978)Finally rescued after fifteen years on Gilligan's Island, this group of famous castaways struggles to readjust to life in modern civilization.

Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)A teenager's disillusionment with family and society leads into the world of juvenile delinquency.

The Wild and the Innocent
(1959)When a curmudgeonly fur trapper is hurt by an enraged bear, he must send his nephew, Yancy, to town with his pelts so he can get supplies. En route, a man who lives in a covered wagon convinces him to take his daughter, Rosalie, with him. The two innocent youths then arrive in the town and meet a corrupt sheriff, who takes a malicious liking to Rosalie.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(1972)A chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. But when a gang of thieves plan to steal it, it's up to Dexter and friends to stop them.

Johnny Cool
(1963)Top Secret Affair
(1957)
Advance to the Rear
(1964)In the war between the blue and the gray, one soldier is yellow! When a cranky Union colonel is labeled a coward after his horse bolts for the rear.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(1957)Un pueblo contrata a un flautista para deshacerse de la plaga a cambio de oro, pero el alcalde no tiene planes de cumplir el trato.

The Horizontal Lieutenant
(1962)A Japanese raider strikes on an American-held Pacific island. Stealing smoked oysters, fish from the military larder. Lt. Merle given the task of finding, stopping the marauding rascal.

Crazy Mama
(1975)An evicted mother (Ann Sothern) and daughter (Cloris Leachman) lead a cross-country 1950s crime spree.

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
(1971)Guided in her quest by Zsa Zsa Gabor, a loveable stray dog with dreams of movie stardom hits the streets of L.A. to catch her big on-screen break.

Operation Bikini
(1963)Set during WWII, a U.S. submarine is sent to the island of Bikini in the South Pacific to destroy the remains of a sunken ship that was carrying top secret radar equipment and must complete the mission before the Japanese Navy arrives.

Slapstick of Another Kind
(1982)Two deformed alien twins born of beautiful, wealthy parents must put their heads together when they become the target of international kidnappers.

The Naked Hills
(1956)An Indiana farmer's relentless pursuit of gold in California leads him on a tumultuous journey, testing his relationships and values.

C.H.O.M.P.S.
(1979)An ailing security systems company is going down the drain when a young electronics genius invents C.H.O.M.P.S. - Canine Home Protection System. His invention is a robot dog, powerful and vicious when activated, which he hopes will stop a crime wave and help him win the security system owner's daughter.
Sunday in New York
(1963)Before she became a great star and a two-time Academy Award® winner,* Jane Fonda was a screen ingénue who sent a string of bubblyromantic comedies soaring, including this charmer from the prolific pen of Norman Krasna (Bachelor Mother, The Devil and MissJones). Fonda portrays a virginal miss blessed with long limbs and a knockout profile who runs off from her fiancé (Robert Culp) tothe swingin' pad of her brother (Cliff Robertson) and then into the arms of a guy she meets on the 5th Avenue bus (Rod Taylor) – allthe while trying to decide if she'll say "yes" before she says "I do." Filmed on location, Sunday in New York is a fun,sophisticated romp set to a hip Peter Nero score that features Mel Torme singing the title tune.

Friday Foster
(1975)A magazine photographer is plunged into a web of conspiracy after capturing the moment three men try to assassinate the richest Black man in America.