Jim Backus Movies

  • 1960
    Tom, Dick and Harriet

    Tom, Dick and Harriet

    Tom, Dick and Harriet

    01960HD

    Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet tries to decide whose proposal to accept, Tom's...

    Tom, Dick and Harriet
  • 1956
    Magoo Goes West

    Magoo Goes West

    Magoo Goes West

    61956HD

    Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just left the sprinkler running. Fed up, he plans to...

    Magoo Goes West
  • 1958
    Love Comes to Magoo

    Love Comes to Magoo

    Love Comes to Magoo

    01958HD

    A female con artist is after Magoo’s wealth.

    Love Comes to Magoo
  • 1950
    The Popcorn Story

    The Popcorn Story

    The Popcorn Story

    61950HD

    The mayor of a town gives a glowing introduction to the man who invented popcorn, while we're shown the much-different story of how popcorn came...

    The Popcorn Story
  • 1959
    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    01959HD

    Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
  • 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
  • 1974
    Goodnight Jackie

    Goodnight Jackie

    Goodnight Jackie

    01974HD

    Wendell Burton is a guy who can't get over his ex-girlfriend, Lana Wood. He is caught up in a nutty crisis of trying to survive life without her!

    Goodnight Jackie
  • 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
  • 1959
    Terror Faces Magoo

    Terror Faces Magoo

    Terror Faces Magoo

    41959HD

    Mr. Magoo is watching a TV program named "Home Roam" which examines the homes of various families and subsequently learns that he and Waldo have been...

    Terror Faces Magoo
  • 1956
    Magoo Beats the Heat

    Magoo Beats the Heat

    Magoo Beats the Heat

    01956HD

    Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle...

    Magoo Beats the Heat
  • 1950
    Spellbound Hound

    Spellbound Hound

    Spellbound Hound

    01950HD

    Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.

    Spellbound Hound
  • 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?
  • 1964
    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery

    01964HD

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

    Mr. Magoo, Man of Mystery
  • 1961
    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    01961HD

    Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after a brain...

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein
  • 1951
    Barefaced Flatfoot

    Barefaced Flatfoot

    Barefaced Flatfoot

    61951HD

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

    Barefaced Flatfoot
  • 1957
    Magoo Saves the Bank

    Magoo Saves the Bank

    Magoo Saves the Bank

    51957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead. Mistaking the betting windows for...

    Magoo Saves the Bank
  • 1952
    Pink and Blue Blues

    Pink and Blue Blues

    Pink and Blue Blues

    5.7141952HD

    Mr. Magoo is hired by his neighbors to babysit their little son, Homer. Magoo is delighted to accept but, unfortunately, a notorious cat burglar is...

    Pink and Blue Blues
  • 1951
    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    01951HD

    Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.

    Bungled Bungalow
  • 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
  • 1951
    Grizzly Golfer

    Grizzly Golfer

    Grizzly Golfer

    61951HD

    Magoo goes golfing in an unbearable way. When Magoo and Waldo go to play golf, they wind up in the middle of a bear hunt. Magoo mistakes a grizzly...

    Grizzly Golfer