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Jim Backus

Actor

Jim Backus

Acting
1951 — 1978 · 15 films
Lived
25 February 1913 — d. 1989
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.

Career Signature

How Jim Backus’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

crowd-pleaser
bittersweet
joyful exuberance
kinetic urgency
family dynamics

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Michael JeterMichael Jeter15 filmsOliver PlattOliver Platt49 filmsNehemiah PersoffNehemiah Persoff14 filmsCathy MoriartyCathy Moriarty19 filmsKeenan WynnKeenan Wynn42 filmsJames Earl JonesJames Earl Jones43 filmsJohn GoodmanJohn Goodman68 filmsRosemary DeCampRosemary DeCamp12 films

Filmography

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1978

Good Guys Wear Black

1978

Pete's Dragon

1977

Friday Foster

1975

Crazy Mama

1975

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

Sunday in New York

1963

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

Macabre

1958

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

I Love Melvin

1953

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

Hollywood Story

1951