List of the best Jim Backus movies: Billie(1965), The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County(1969), Hello Down There(1969), Rescue From Gilligan's Island(1978), Zotz!(1962), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Above and Beyond(1953), Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town(1950), Now You See Him, Now You Don't(1972), Francis in the Navy(1955), Crazy Mama(1975), The Girl He Left Behind(1956) ... ...
Comedy
1965
86 Minutes
Patty Duke Jim Backus Jane Greer Warren Berlinger Billy De Wolfe Charles Lane Dick Sargent Susan Seaforth Ted Bessell Richard Deacon Bobby Diamond
tomboy athlete high-school student father boyfriend coach positive amusing charming high school small town gender roles sports father/daughter relationship romance politics coming of age love growing up 1960s
A mayoral candidate (Jim Backus) and his wife (Jane Greer) fret over their tomboy daughter (Patty Duke), a high-school track star.
6.3/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
99 Minutes
Staunch
Dan Blocker Tony Leader Nanette Fabray Jim Backus Wally Cox Jack Elam Henry Jones Stubby Kaye Mickey Rooney Noah Beery Jr. Marge Champion
blacksmith saloon girl sheriff husband wife bounty hunter amusing wild playful endearing american west saloon jail mail-order bride deception jealousy showdown unlikely romance mistaken identity love
When the town's sole blacksmith vows to leave because he was stood up by his mail-order bride from the East, the panicked townsfolk scramble to find him a surrogate wife.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1969
98 Minutes
T.R. Hollister
Tony Randall Janet Leigh Jim Backus Roddy McDowall Ken Berry Charlotte Rae Kay Cole Richard Dreyfuss Lou Wagner Arnold Stang Harvey Lembeck
scientist family band member businessman record producer rival amusing charming crafty lighthearted madcap playful underwater research base family home scientific experiments rock 'n' roll escape escape quest rivalry
A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.
Comedy
1978
100 Minutes
Thurston Howell III
Bob Denver Alan Hale Jr. Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Russell Johnson Dawn Wells Judith Baldwin Vincent Schiavelli Art LaFleur Norman Bartold Barbara Mallory
A tidal wave brings stranded Gilligan (Bob Denver), Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) and the rest back to civilization.
Comedy
1962
87 Minutes
Prof. Horatio Kellgore
Tom Poston Julia Meade Jim Backus Fred Clark Cecil Kellaway Zeme North Margaret Dumont James Millhollin Mike Mazurki Jimmy Hawkins Bart Patton
professor niece dean rival love interest spy amusing outlandish spirited lighthearted california university superhuman abilities moral dilemma cold war academia kidnapping discovery rescue 1960s
An ancient coin gives a professor (Tom Poston) rare powers; he offers himself to the Pentagon as a secret weapon.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Frank Stark
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
6.9/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Robert Taylor Norman Panama Eleanor Parker James Whitmore Jim Backus Larry Keating Larry Gates Marilyn Erskine Stephen Dunne Robert Burton Hayden Rorke
pilot commander wife captain colonel bleak emotional washington, d.c. hiroshima, japan military base world war ii nuclear attack guilt marriage duty sacrifice discovery 1940s
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Joseph "Little Joe" Rogers
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Richard Long Jim Backus Hal March Meg Randall Charles McGraw
father mother bank robber partner son daughter-in-law madcap family home washington state new york city hotel police station vacation mistaken identity bank robbery baby-sitting theft deception pursuit adventure
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
6.3/10
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1972
88 Minutes
Timothy Forsythe
Kurt Russell Cesar Romero Joe Flynn Jim Backus William Windom Michael McGreevey Richard Bakalyan Alan Hewitt Kelly Thordsen Bing Russell George O'Hanlon
college student criminal crime boss classmate friend businessman madcap lighthearted hilarious college golf course laboratory invisibility experiments bank heist chase science gone awry discovery rivalry 1970s
A chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. A crook finds out about it, and plans to steal it for himself.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Cmdr. E.T. Hutch
Donald O'Connor Martha Hyer Richard Erdman Jim Backus Clint Eastwood David Janssen Leigh Snowden Martin Milner Paul Burke Phil Garris Myrna Hansen
A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.
5.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
82 Minutes
Mr. Albertson
Cloris Leachman Stuart Whitman Ann Sothern Jim Backus Don Most Linda Purl
Several women begin outlaws' lives in a desperate trip to their family farm, which was taken off them by corrupt authorities.
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1956
103 Minutes
Sgt. Hanna
Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Jessie Royce Landis Jim Backus Murray Hamilton Alan King James Garner David Janssen Jack Arnold Wilfred Knapp Les Johnson
student army recruit society matron girlfriend army officer sergeant melodramatic patriotic lighthearted brooding army camp barracks monterey, calif. college basic training relationships discipline separation maturing growing up
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
3.9/10
War
USA
1963
83 Minutes
Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Tab Hunter Frankie Avalon Scott Brady Jim Backus Gary Crosby Michael Dante Jody McCrea Eva Six Aki Aleong Richard Bakalyan
captain lieutenant seaman guerrilla fighter interpreter beautiful woman thrilling tense pacific ocean submarine atoll world war ii teamwork demolition radar race against time romance quest sacrifice 1940s
In 1944, an American submarine must transport an Underwater Demolition Team to a secret mission in the Japanese infested waters of the South Pacific.
Musical
1957
87 Minutes
King's Emissary
Van Johnson Kay Starr Claude Rains Jim Backus Doodles Weaver Lori Nelson
the pied piper young boy mayor daughter fiancé king amusing spirited heartwarming hamelin countryside town hall mountain small town small-town life child labor government ineptitude compassion magic deception
A medieval piper (Van Johnson) leads away a town's rats, then, failing payment, leads away its children.
Comedy
1957
100 Minutes
Col. Homer W. Gooch
Susan Hayward Kirk Douglas Paul Stewart Jim Backus John Cromwell Michael Fox Frank Gerstle Roland Winters Arthur E. Gould-Porter Charles Lane Edna Holland
A publisher (Susan Hayward) uses her magazine and charm to derail a general (Kirk Douglas) on the Washington fast track.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1957
122 Minutes
Clarence Locan
James Cagney Dorothy Malone Jane Greer Marjorie Rambeau Jim Backus Robert Evans Celia Lovsky Jeanne Cagney Jack Albertson Roger Smith Robert Lyden
actor wife son movie star father mother emotional powerful stage hollywood, calif. family home backstage san francisco show business marriage child custody mental illness lon chaney love transformation
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Pat Quaid
Tony Curtis Pat Crowley Ernest Borgnine Paul Kelly Jim Backus Leigh Snowden John Day David Janssen John Marley Barney Phillips Joseph Vitale
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Western
USA
1959
84 Minutes
Mr. Forbes
Audie Murphy Joanne Dru Sandra Dee Gilbert Roland Jim Backus George Mitchell Peter Breck
trapper nephew daughter vagabond sheriff parent charming endearing spirited playful wyoming small town mountain dance hall innocence coming of age travel unlikely friendship fur trade corruption
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancy goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway saloon girl Rosalie from her shameful job.
6.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1956
112 Minutes
Tom Culdane
Dan Dailey Cyd Charisse Agnes Moorehead Lili Darvis Jim Backus Paul Henreid
rancher gambler ballerina chaperone mother amusing playful cheeky las vegas hotel casino stage gambling luck love-hate relationship vacation mother/son relationship love discovery temptation
In 1950s Las Vegas, a gambling rancher and a ballerina discover that some people have luck at cards while others have luck at love.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Michael Hogan
Loretta Young Joseph Cotten Cecil Kellaway Basil Ruysdael Jim Backus Irene Ryan John Ridgely
nurse attorney contractor doctor father spirited endearing quirky lighthearted hospital mansion church united states sleepwalking amnesia love triangle subconscious discovery temptation 1950s
Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom she dislikes during the day and seduces during the night, when she sleepwalks.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Danker
June Allyson Jack Lemmon Charles Bickford Paul Gilbert Jim Backus Stubby Kaye Howard McNear Elvia Allman Jack Albertson Queenie Smith Frank Sully
heiress father reporter fortune hunter thief editor brash emotional amusing texas san diego yacht bus motel newsroom father/daughter relationship running away elopement kidnapping journalism
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Western
USA
1956
73 Minutes
Willis Haver
David Wayne Keenan Wynn James Barton Marcia Henderson Jim Backus Denver Pyle Myrna Dell Lewis Russell Frank Fenton Fuzzy Knight
prospector business partner wife son investor engaging sad wild indiana farm stockton, calif. hillside work vs. family ambition gold rush father/son relationship bad luck greed temptation underdog
In 1849, an Indiana farmer develops a life-long gold fever and an obsession with finding the 'mother lode' in the Californian hills.
Comedy
1959
98 Minutes
Maxwell
Shirley MacLaine David Niven Gig Young Rod Taylor Jim Backus Claire Kelly Elisabeth Fraser
young woman boss wealthy man company president friend brother playful cheeky spirited new york city office boardinghouse train station apartment train city life business gender bias research brotherhood
A husband hunter (Shirley MacLaine) comes to New York, fends off playboys and goes to work for two brothers (David Niven, Gig Young).
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1963
105 Minutes
Chief Pilot Drysdale
Cliff Robertson Jane Fonda Rod Taylor Robert Culp Jo Morrow Jim Backus
pretty woman brother pilot love interest boyfriend lighthearted emotional new york city apartment romance sex courtship city life love discovery 1960s
On a Sunday, Eileen Tyler, still a virgin, leaves Albany to visit her airline pilot brother in New York but a chance encounter with a man on a city bus threatens to derail her upcoming marriage to boyfriend Russ.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Flaherty
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Comedy, Other, Drama
1973
100 Minutes
Horace Shellhammer
Jane Alexander Sebastian Cabot David Hartman Roddy McDowall Suzanne Davidson Jim Backus Tom Bosley David Doyle James Gregory Roland Winters Liam Dunn
single mother kris kringle attorney psychiatrist young girl judge amusing charming melodramatic tense department store parade courtroom faith christmas santa claus mother/daughter relationship court battles discovery rivalry
A department-store Santa (Sebastian Cabot) goes to court with a lawyer (David Hartman) to prove he is the real thing.
Action
1978
96 Minutes
Doorman
Chuck Norris Anne Archer James Franciscus Lloyd Haynes Dana Andrews Jim Backus
vietnam vet friend assassin politician doorman teacher cool gripping washington, d.c. household office street corruption vigilantism conspiracy vietnam war violence murder pursuit rescue
A black-belt Vietnam veteran (Chuck Norris) finds dirty politics behind the tragedy of his unit's last mission.
Crime, Drama
1975
90 Minutes
Enos Griffith
Pam Grier Yaphet Kotto Godfrey Cambridge Thalmus Rasulala Eartha Kitt Jim Backus Scatman Crothers Ted Lange Tierre Turner Paul Benjamin
photographer assassin private investigator billionaire friend boss thrilling tense los angeles airport office fashion show assassination racism conspiracy murder investigation politics mystery underdog
Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1951
97 Minutes
Bill Grayson
Arthur Kennedy Peggy Dow Julie Adams James Edwards Will Geer Minor Watson Jim Backus Joan Banks Nana Bryant Marjorie Crossland Richard Egan
military officer sergeant soldier young man fiancée african-american profound emotional battlefield north africa hospital american south philadelphia law office world war ii injury racism tolerance romance going home
After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Cliff Robertson David Janssen Eileen Heckart Hans Conried Alice Pearce Jim Backus
broadway star pastor orphan secretary producer housekeeper amusing emotional tender positive connecticut new york city rural community broadway theater family home celebrity family childcare show business adoption
Broadway musical star arrives home and finds six runaway children living on the property.
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Mergo
Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Una Merkel Richard Anderson Allyn Joslyn Les Tremayne Noreen Corcoran Jim Backus Barbara Ruick
assistant actress heir father photographer chorus girl emotional heartwarming amusing broadway theater new york city central park office fame confidence impersonation dreams photography publishing love
Melvin, a photographer for Look magazine, meets Judy and he wants to marry her. Her father is against that and as a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue, a task easier said than done.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1952
76 Minutes
Joe Randolph
Ozzie Nelson Harriet Nelson Ricky Nelson David Nelson Rock Hudson Barbara Lawrence Sheldon Leonard Jim Backus Paul Harvey Gale Gordon Ann Doran
When Ozzie tries to get some publicity for an ad agency, David and Ricky get mixed up with gangsters.
6.4/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1977
134 Minutes
The Mayor
Helen Reddy Sean Marshall Mickey Rooney Jim Dale Red Buttons Shelley Winters Jane Kean Jim Backus Charles Tyner Gary Morgan Jeff Conaway
boy orphan ranger father dragon friend best friend lighthearted emotional endearing playful positive forest united states friendship relationships survival survival skills dragon growing up
An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.
5.0/10
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1979
91 Minutes
Mr. Gibbs
Wesley Eure Valerie Bertinelli Conrad Bain Chuck McCann Red Buttons Larry Bishop Hermione Baddeley Jim Backus Robert Q. Lewis Regis Toomey
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.
Drama
1952
76 Minutes
Peter Jones
Richard Widmark Marilyn Monroe Anne Bancroft Donna Corcoran Jeanne Cagney Lurene Tuttle Elisha Cook Jr. Jim Backus Willis Bouchey Don Beddoe Gloria Blondell
pilot woman child babysitter chilling eerie suspenseful new york city hotel bad behavior mental illness child abuse seduction rescue revenge temptation transformation 1950s
An airline pilot (Richard Widmark) flirts with a hotel baby-sitter (Marilyn Monroe) before realizing she is deranged.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Harvey Landrum
Dana Andrews Dorothy McGuire Farley Granger Peggy Dow Robert Keith Mildred Dunnock Ray Collins Martin Milner Jim Backus Marjorie Crossland Walter Baldwin
veteran father son mother girlfriend gripping emotional united states household small town disillusionment korean war young love draft ethics sacrifice temptation cold war
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
5.4/10
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Michael "Iron Mike" Burke
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
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.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Jim Cleary
Humphrey Bogart Ethel Barrymore Kim Hunter Ed Begley Warren Stevens Paul Stewart Martin Gabel Joe De Santis Audrey Christie Jim Backus
reporter gangster editor ex-wife publisher widow gritty tense new york city newsroom journalism crime quest 1950s
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
4.4/10
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1970
94 Minutes
Doctor
Mae West John Huston Raquel Welch Rex Reed Farrah Fawcett Roger C. Carmel Roger Herren George Furth Calvin Lockhart Jim Backus John Carradine
transsexual doctor agent actor actress uncle amusing campy hedonistic outlandish europe hollywood, calif. operating room school estate sex change sexual awakening show business acting drugs
After undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.
6.4/10
Biography
USA
1954
132 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Merle Oberon Helen Traubel Doe Avedon Walter Pidgeon Paul Henreid Tamara Toumanova Paul Stewart Isobel Elsom David Burns Jim Backus
composer wife singer musician melodramatic charming theater new york city music romance success love rise 1920s
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Mona Freeman Herbert Marshall Leon Ames Barbara O'Neil Kenneth Tobey Raymond Greenleaf Griff Barnett Robert Gist Morgan Farley
beautiful woman love interest father stepmother sister young man disturbing intense beverly hills, calif. mansion murder manipulation cover-up double life obsessive love jealousy revenge quest transformation 1950s
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1949
80 Minutes
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Roland Young Roland Culver Richard Lyon Gary Gray Jerry Hunter Jackie Jackson Orley Lindgren Karl Wright Esser George Reeves
murderer private investigator con artist scout duchess love interest campy madcap winsome engaging cruise ship murder detective work murder plot teamwork race against time adventure mystery pursuit 1940s
On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Jean Simmons Alan Young Victor Mature Robert Newton Maurice Evans Elsa Lanchester Reginald Gardiner Gene Lockhart Alan Mowbray Noel Willman John Hoyt
slave christian lion gladiator captain thrilling solemn touching rome wilderness colosseum arena unlikely allies kindness christianity friendship paganism slavery escape rescue
Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
Comedy
1962
112 Minutes
Kim Novak James Garner Tony Randall Howard Duff Janet Blair Patti Page Jessie Royce Landis Oscar Homolka Howard Morris Anne Jeffreys Zsa Zsa Gabor
husband bachelor student wife mother private investigator amusing charming new york city apartment train greenwich, conn. household infidelity deception research marriage sex forbidden love quest
Would-be swingers Fred (James Garner), George (Tony Randall), Doug and Howard share a sexy blonde (Kim Novak) who's secretly doing a thesis on men.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1967
146 Minutes
Michael Caine Jane Fonda Robert Hooks John Phillip Law Diahann Carroll Faye Dunaway Burgess Meredith Robert Reed George Kennedy Frank Converse Loring Smith
farmer racist klansman teacher profound gutsy emotional gritty georgia united states farm small town farming sharecropping partnership race relations extortion quest rivalry underdog
Following World War II, a northern cannery negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land 's owned by Julie Warren and has ... See full summary »
Fantasy
1962
129 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Karl Boehm Claire Bloom Walter Slezak Barbara Eden Oscar Homolka Arnold Stang Martita Hunt Betty Garde Bryan Russell
writer brother duke child old woman cobbler creative winsome intricate positive germany small town the brothers grimm fairy tales writing imagination dreams determination discovery quest
The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves," "The Singing Bone."
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