Jim Backus Movies

At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty...

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

Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different...

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...

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.

Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European train.

A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.

Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative...

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude...

CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.

Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal'...

The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is...

Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as myopic then as in the 1950s. He makes a bet with a...

Jim Backus (the voice of Mister Magoo) narrates a look behind the scenes at UPA Pictures during the development of the feature-length animated film...

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an...

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before...