Jim Backus Movies

  • 1967
    Don't Make Waves

    Don't Make Waves

    Don't Make Waves

    5.11967HD

    Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside...

    Don't Make Waves
  • 1948
    Where Will You Hide?

    Where Will You Hide?

    Where Will You Hide?

    01948HD

    Bold animated drawings and a dramatic soundtrack provide background for narrators who argue that World War III is looming and, as such, world...

    Where Will You Hide?
  • 1959
    A Princess for Magoo

    A Princess for Magoo

    A Princess for Magoo

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    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 Princess for Magoo
  • 1950
    The Killer That Stalked New York

    The Killer That Stalked New York

    The Killer That Stalked New York

    6.1551950HD

    In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the...

    The Killer That Stalked New York
  • 1954
    When Magoo Flew

    When Magoo Flew

    When Magoo Flew

    6.61954HD

    Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater. Little does Magoo know the...

    When Magoo Flew
  • 1954
    Deep in My Heart

    Deep in My Heart

    Deep in My Heart

    6.81954HD

    Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

    Deep in My Heart
  • 1951
    Fuddy Duddy Buddy

    Fuddy Duddy Buddy

    Fuddy Duddy Buddy

    61951HD

    Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo fashion.

    Fuddy Duddy Buddy
  • 1954
    Destination Magoo

    Destination Magoo

    Destination Magoo

    81954HD

    The title of this short is a play on the title of the feature film Destination Moon (which itself has an animated sequence made by Walter Lantz and...

    Destination Magoo
  • 1956
    Meet Mother Magoo

    Meet Mother Magoo

    Meet Mother Magoo

    01956HD

    Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks that the flyer is a letter from his mother about...

    Meet Mother Magoo
  • 1971
    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    4.31971HD

    A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood
  • 1963
    A Child Is Waiting

    A Child Is Waiting

    A Child Is Waiting

    6.81963HD

    Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her...

    A Child Is Waiting
  • 1959
    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    6.31959HD

    In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl...

    The Wild and the Innocent
  • 1965
    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    3.1111965HD

    During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz,...

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
  • 1968
    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    4.8751968HD

    When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of...

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
  • 1951
    Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

    6.61951HD

    An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

    Hollywood Story
  • 1964
    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

    01964HD

    Join medieval Mr. Magoo, as Friar Tuck, along with Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men on an exciting (mis)adventure in Sherwood Forest! Whether...

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
  • 1952
    Hotsy Footsy

    Hotsy Footsy

    Hotsy Footsy

    71952HD

    Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of...

    Hotsy Footsy
  • 1949
    Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

    61949HD

    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,...

    Father Was a Fullback
  • 1982
    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    2.71982HD

    A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

    Slapstick of Another Kind
  • 1979
    C.H.O.M.P.S.

    C.H.O.M.P.S.

    C.H.O.M.P.S.

    51979HD

    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...

    C.H.O.M.P.S.