Jim Backus
Born February 25, 1913 (Age: 113)
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
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as Himself (uncredited)
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Age: 91
No Image
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
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as Self
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Age: 73
Prince Jack
1985
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as Dealy
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Age: 72
Enchanted Journey
1981
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as Gamba
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Age: 68
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
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as Thurston Howell III
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Age: 68
There Goes The Bride
1980
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as Mr. Perkins
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Age: 67
The Gossip Columnist
1980
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as Jim Backus
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Age: 67
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
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as Thurston Howell III
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Age: 65
Good Guys Wear Black
1978
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as Albert, the Doorman
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Age: 65
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
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as Kevin Grady
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Age: 64
Never Con a Killer
1977
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as Stanley Bunch
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Age: 64
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1974
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as Narrator / Santa Claus (voice)
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Age: 61
No Image
Goodnight Jackie
1974
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as Mr. Landry
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Age: 61
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
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as Shellhammer
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Age: 60
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
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as Prof. David Tilson
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Age: 60
Magic Carpet
1972
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as George Benson
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Age: 59
Of Thee I Sing
1972
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as Senator Robert F. Lyons
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Age: 59
Getting Away from It All
1972
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as Mike Lorimar
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Age: 58
Myra Breckinridge
1970
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as Doctor
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Age: 57
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
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as Colonel
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Age: 56
Hello Down There
1969
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as T.R. Hollister
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Age: 56
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
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as Tru-Blue Lou
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Age: 55
Billie
1965
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as Howard G. Carol
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Age: 52
Fluffy
1965
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as Sergeant
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Age: 52
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
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as Whitepaper
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Age: 52
Rendezvous in Space
1964
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as Moon (voice)
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Age: 51
Advance to the Rear
1964
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as Gen. Willoughby
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Age: 51
Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
1964
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 50
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
1964
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 50
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
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as Bullard Bear
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Age: 50
Sunday in New York
1963
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as Chief Pilot Drysdale
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Age: 50
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
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as Tyler Fitzgerald
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Age: 50
Johnny Cool
1963
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as Louis Murphy
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Age: 50
My Six Loves
1963
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as Sheriff
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Age: 50
Operation Bikini
1963
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as Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
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Age: 50
Critic's Choice
1963
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as Dr. William Von Hagedorn
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Age: 49
A Child Is Waiting
1963
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as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
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as Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
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Age: 49
Zotz!
1962
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as Horatio Kellgore
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Age: 49
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
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as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
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Age: 49
Boys' Night Out
1962
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as Peter Bowers
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Age: 49
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
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as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
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Age: 49
Magoo Meets Frankenstein
1961
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 48
Inside Magoo
1960
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as Mr. Magoo (voice) / Self
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Age: 46
Ice Palace
1960
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as Dave Husack
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Age: 46
I Was a Teenage Magoo
1960
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
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as James
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Age: 46
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
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as Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
Ask Any Girl
1959
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as Mr. Maxwell
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Age: 46
A Private's Affair
1959
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as Jim Gordon
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Age: 46
The Big Operator
1959
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as Cliff Heldon
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Age: 46
Terror Faces Magoo
1959
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 46
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
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as Mr. Forbes
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Age: 46
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
Magoo’s Homecoming
1959
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 46
Bwana Magoo
1959
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
No Image
A Princess for Magoo
1959
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as Narrator
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Age: 45
Gumshoe Magoo
1958
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Love Comes to Magoo
1958
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Macabre
1958
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as Sheriff Jim Tyloe
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Age: 45
No Image
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
1958
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as Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller / Sully (voice)
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Age: 45
The High Cost of Loving
1958
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as Paul Mason
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Age: 45
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
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as Mr Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Scoutmaster Magoo
1958
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Magoo's Young Manhood
1958
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 45
Meet Mother Magoo
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
The Great Man
1956
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as Nick Cellantano
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Age: 43
The Opposite Sex
1956
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as Psychiatrist
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Age: 43
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
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as Danker
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Age: 43
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
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as Sgt. Hanna
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Age: 43
Magoo's Problem Child
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
Magoo Beats the Heat
1956
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as Mr. Magoo(voice)
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Age: 43
The Naked Hills
1956
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as Willis Haver
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Age: 43
Calling Doctor Magoo
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
Magoo Goes West
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
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as Tom Culdane
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Age: 43
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
1956
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 43
The Square Jungle
1955
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as Pat Quaid
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Age: 42
Magoo Makes News
1955
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 42
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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as Frank Stark
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Age: 42
Francis in the Navy
1955
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as Commander Hutch
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Age: 42
Madcap Magoo
1955
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 42
Magoo Express
1955
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 42
Destination Magoo
1954
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 41
Deep in My Heart
1954
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as Ben Judson
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Age: 41
When Magoo Flew
1954
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as Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice)
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Age: 40
Geraldine
1953
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as Jason Ambrose
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Age: 40
I Love Melvin
1953
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as Mergo
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Age: 40
Above and Beyond
1953
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as Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
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Age: 39
Angel Face
1953
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as District Attorney Judson
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Age: 39
The Popcorn Story
1950
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as Narrator
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Age: 37
Emergency Wedding
1950
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as Ed Hamley
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Age: 37
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
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as Willie Dennis (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Trouble Indemnity
1950
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as Mr. Magoo (voice)
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Age: 37
Customs Agent
1950
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as Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby
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Age: 37
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
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as Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
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Age: 37
Spellbound Hound
1950
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as Mr. Magoo
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Age: 37
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950
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as Magistrate Backus
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Age: 36