Jim Backus

15 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K12 in HD2 in SD

Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Supporting role · Director: Nicholas Ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.8

12 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Supporting role · Director: Arthur Hiller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Sunday in New York (1963)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Tewksbury

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Supporting role · Director: Charles Lamont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Ward Baker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray has slightly tighter grain control than US Shout! Factory Anne Bancroft Collection Blu-ray see caps on BR

3.5

I Love Melvin (1953)

Supporting role · Director: Don Weis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from original technicolor negatives

His Kind of Woman (1951)

Supporting role · Director: John Farrow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Small role · Director: Stanley Donen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Angel Face (1953)

Small role · Director: Otto Preminger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Small role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.4

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

Small role · Directors: Henry Levin & George Pal

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Pat and Mike (1952)

Small role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

The Opposite Sex (1956)

Small role · Director: David Miller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.1

2 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Rendezvous in Space (1964)

Leading role · Director: Frank Capra

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Youtube Streaming

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Sarne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 2018 DVD

2.8

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