Jim Backus Movies

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

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

A female con artist is after Magoo’s wealth.

The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings...

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he...

Magoo mistakes three bear cubs for three scouts.

Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he...

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...

Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money...

A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he...

When Rodney, a friend of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo, goes to the hospital, Mr. Magoo decides to visit him and to take along some of his cure-all,...

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

An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for...

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup,...

Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.

Literary classics take a ribbing as the nearsighted bumbler portrays Dr. Watson, Dr. Frankenstein and other characters.

An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as...