Jim Backus Movies

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

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

Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy.

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...

Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient.

Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for...

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)...

Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.

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

The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sets out for a round of golf but catches the prison paddy wagon instead of the city bus and winds up in prison breaking...

Magoo ends up at the zoo instead of his college homecoming.

Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.