Jim Backus Movies

  • 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 ve...

    Magoo Goes West
  • 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 st...

    Destination Magoo
  • 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
  • 1980
    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    7.51980HD

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

    The Gossip Columnist
  • 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 whic...

    Magoo Beats the Heat
  • 1952
    Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

    6.2541952HD

    Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...

    Pat and Mike
  • 1949
    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    5.91949HD

    A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.

    Easy Living
  • 1948
    A-Lad-in His Lamp

    A-Lad-in His Lamp

    A-Lad-in His Lamp

    7.11948HD

    Bugs Bunny finds and rubs Aladdin's lamp and decides to follow the genie to Baghdad, where they battle Mad Man Hassan.

    A-Lad-in His Lamp
  • 1981
    The Enchanted Journey

    The Enchanted Journey

    The Enchanted Journey

    7.81981HD

    Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, young chipmunk Glikko leaves the safety of his comfo...

    The Enchanted Journey
  • 1956
    Magoo's Canine Mutiny

    Magoo's Canine Mutiny

    Magoo's Canine Mutiny

    7.51956HD

    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 p...

    Magoo's Canine Mutiny
  • 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 h...

    Meet Mother Magoo
  • 1957
    Rock Hound Magoo

    Rock Hound Magoo

    Rock Hound Magoo

    01957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets a...

    Rock Hound Magoo
  • 1956
    Trailblazer Magoo

    Trailblazer Magoo

    Trailblazer Magoo

    01956HD

    The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires a Native American guide. He quickly grows impatient with the guide and take...

    Trailblazer Magoo
  • 1956
    Magoo's Problem Child

    Magoo's Problem Child

    Magoo's Problem Child

    01956HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo returns from a trip and mistakes a ramshackle shack, near his home, for his palatial home. There, he finds evidence of all...

    Magoo's Problem Child
  • 1957
    Magoo Goes Overboard

    Magoo Goes Overboard

    Magoo Goes Overboard

    7.51957HD

    Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he h...

    Magoo Goes Overboard
  • 1957
    Magoo's Masquerade

    Magoo's Masquerade

    Magoo's Masquerade

    11957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wrong turn and ends up escorting an ostrich, a zoo fug...

    Magoo's Masquerade
  • 1957
    Magoo's Moose Hunt

    Magoo's Moose Hunt

    Magoo's Moose Hunt

    51957HD

    Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose

    Magoo's Moose Hunt
  • 1957
    Matador Magoo

    Matador Magoo

    Matador Magoo

    01957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings throu...

    Matador Magoo
  • 1957
    Magoo's Private War

    Magoo's Private War

    Magoo's Private War

    01957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he s...

    Magoo's Private War
  • 1957
    Magoo Breaks Par

    Magoo Breaks Par

    Magoo Breaks Par

    01957HD

    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 rock...

    Magoo Breaks Par