Acting · 1913 to 1989

Jim Backus

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Jim Backus, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Jim Backus's career barcodecoolhot

194956 films2003

Current formLast 5: 4.54 vs career 6.06 (−1.52)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.06

31 rated films

Vote weighted

6.10

bigger films count more

Median

6.4

half are better

Consistency

±1.24

rating spread

Career

55y

1949 to 2003

Total votes

213K

across every film

Best

7.6

Rebel Without a Cause

Worst

6.4

Pete's Dragon

Newest first

Acting filmography

2003	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause	7.8	3,156
1982	Slapstick of Another Kind	President of the U.S.	2.5	1,209
1979	Angels' Brigade	Cmdr. Lindsey March	2.3	2,194
1979	C.H.O.M.P.S.	Mr. Gibbs	4.9	1,099
1978	Good Guys Wear Black	Doorman	5.2	4,487
1977	Pete's Dragon	The Mayor	6.4	28,455
1975	Crazy Mama	Mr. Albertson	5.4	1,244
1975	Friday Foster	Enos Griffith	6.0	3,082
1975	The Humpbacked Horse	The Tsar	7.4	1,369
1972	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Timothy Forsythe	6.2	2,543
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Staunch	·	638
1970	Myra Breckinridge	Doctor	4.5	3,746
1969	Hello Down There	T.R. Hollister	5.7	1,041
1968	Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?	Tru-Blue Lou	5.8	1,040
1965	Billie	Howard G. Carol	·	546
1965	Fluffy	Sergeant	·	368
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Miles Whitepaper	·	807
1964	Advance to the Rear	General Willoughby	5.9	1,016
1963	Critic's Choice	Dr. William Von Hagedorn	5.7	1,273
1963	Johnny Cool	Louis Murphy	6.4	1,294

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

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