Jim Backus Movies

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

In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his...

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

The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he...

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

A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian,...

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...

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)...

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

Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.

Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose

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...

Magoo obliviously foils a criminal’s robbery plans.

The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is being robbed by a crook wearing a fur coat. McGoo...

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

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...

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

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

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