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Quincy Magoo, better known as Mr. Magoo, is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical situations as a result of his extreme near-sightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem.
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, [1] the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, [2] the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis ...
Mister Magoo is an American animated television series which was produced from November 7, 1960 to February 2, 1962. [1] Each episode includes five four-minute shorts and was either aired together with bumpers as a single half-hour show, or was split up with one short airing each weekday, along with other cartoons. [ 2 ]
This is a list of UPA theatrical cartoons featuring Mr. Magoo. Most of the films listed were distributed by Columbia Pictures, but the final three (Magoo Meets Boing-Boing, Magoo Meets Frankenstein, and I Was a Teenage Magoo) were distributed by UPA themselves. [1]
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an American animated television series produced by United Productions of America that aired for one season on NBC from September 19, 1964 to April 24, 1965. [1] It is the follow-up to the 1960/61 series Mister Magoo , with Jim Backus reprising the title role.
Mr. Magoo is a French animated series made by Xilam with the participation of Classic Media.It premiered in Portugal on December 17, 2018. [1] [2] It had its official international premiere on Boomerang Africa HD on July 3, 2019.
Mr. Magoo is a 1997 American slapstick comedy film directed by Hong Kong film veteran Stanley Tong (his sole English language film) and written by Pat Proft and Tom ...
What's New, Mr. Magoo? is an American animated television series which aired on Saturday mornings from September 10 to December 24, 1977, on CBS. It was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and United Productions of America . [ 1 ]