Jim Backus Movies

A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to...

A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would...

In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as myopic then as in the 1950s. He makes a bet with a...

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

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...

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the...

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.

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

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

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family...

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...

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...

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk...

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he...

Mr. Magoo has a windup toy mistaken for a bomb.

A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him.

Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose

Magoo obliviously foils a criminal’s robbery plans.