Jim Backus Movies

Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.

A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note...

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

Mr. Magoo has a windup toy mistaken for a bomb.

The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an...

Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would...

This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the...

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the...

A deep dive into the origin and legacy of United Productions of America, the innovative and iconoclastic studio that produced characters including...

Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk,...

Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three...

Told in flashback, the plot has teenage (but still nearsighted) red-headed Magoo picks up his date "Melba" (a kangaroo) from her home (in a circus)...

TV special featuring comedian Pudgy performing before a star-studded audience abroad RMS Queen Mary

Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.

The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.

The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets...

A college professor gets into trouble when he tries to prove any animal can be domesticated, including an African lion.

Magoo goes golfing in an unbearable way. When Magoo and Waldo go to play golf, they wind up in the middle of a bear hunt. Magoo mistakes a grizzly...