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==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |rowspan="2"| 1948 | ''[[A-Lad-In His Lamp]]'' | [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]] | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''Where Will You Hide?'' | Narrator | Short, Voice |- | rowspan="6"| 1949 | ''[[One Last Fling]]'' | Howard Pritchard | |- | ''[[Easy Living (1949 film)|Easy Living]]'' | Dr. Franklin | |- | ''Ragtime Bear'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[Father Was a Fullback]]'' | Professor Sullivan | |- | ''[[The Great Lover (1949 film)|The Great Lover]]'' | Higgins | |- | ''[[A Dangerous Profession]]'' | Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator | |- |rowspan="8"| 1950 | ''Spellbound Hound'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town]]'' | Joseph 'Little Joe' Rogers | |- | ''[[Customs Agent]]'' | Shanghai Chief Agent Thomas Jacoby | |- | ''The Miner's Daughter'' | John Harvard | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''Trouble Indemnity'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Killer That Stalked New York]]'' | Willie Dennis | Uncredited |- | ''[[Emergency Wedding]]'' | Ed Hamley | |- | ''Bungled Bungalow'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- |rowspan="13"| 1951 | ''[[M (1951 film)|M]]'' | The Mayor | |- | ''Barefaced Flatfoot'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[Bright Victory]]'' | Bill Grayson | |- | ''[[Half Angel (1951 film)|Half Angel]]'' | Michael Hogan | |- | ''Plutopia'' | Milton | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[Hollywood Story]]'' | Mitch Davis | |- | ''[[His Kind of Woman]]'' | Myron Winton | |- | ''[[Iron Man (1951 film)|Iron Man]]'' | Max Watkins | |- | ''Fuddy Duddy Buddy'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[The Man with a Cloak]]'' | Flaherty | |- | ''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]'' | Sam Harris | |- | ''Grizzly Golfer'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[I Want You (1951 film)|I Want You]]'' | Harvey Landrum | |- | rowspan="13"| 1952 | ''[[Here Come the Nelsons]]'' | Joe Randolph | |- | ''Sloppy Jalopy'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Deadline – U.S.A.]]'' | Jim Cleary | |- | ''The Dog Snatcher'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Pat and Mike]]'' | Charles Barry | |- | ''[[Don't Bother to Knock]]'' | Peter Jones | |- | ''Pink and Blue Blues'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Rose Bowl Story]]'' | Michael 'Iron Mike' Burke | |- | ''Pete Hothead'' | Floorwalker | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''Hotsy Footsy'' |rowspan="2"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Captains Outrageous'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Above and Beyond (1952 film)|Above and Beyond]]'' | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | |- | ''[[Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)|Androcles and the Lion]]'' | Centurion | |- |rowspan="6"| 1953 | ''[[Angel Face (1953 film)|Angel Face]]'' | District Attorney Judson | |- | ''[[I Love Melvin]]'' | Mergo | |- | ''Safety Magoo'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Masterpiece'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Slept Here'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Geraldine (1953 film)|Geraldine]]'' | Jason Ambrose | |- |rowspan="6"| 1954 | ''Magoo Goes Skiing'' |rowspan="2"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Kangaroo Courting'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Four Wheels, No Brakes'' | Television Quizmaster / New Cat Salesman | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[Deep in My Heart (1954 film)|Deep in My Heart]]'' | Ben Judson | |- | ''Destination Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Look Who's Driving'' | Charlie | Short, Voice, Uncredited |- |rowspan="9"| 1955 | ''[[When Magoo Flew]]'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Check Up'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Express'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Madcap Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Francis in the Navy]]'' | Cmdr. E.T. Hutch | |- | ''Stage Door Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'' | Frank Stark | |- | ''Magoo Makes News'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Square Jungle]]'' | Pat Quaid | |- |rowspan="14"| 1956 | ''[[Meet Me in Las Vegas]]'' | Tom Culdane | |- | ''Magoo's Canine Mutiny'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Goes West'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Calling Dr. Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Naked Hills]]'' | Willis Haver | |- | ''Magoo Beats the Heat'' |rowspan="4"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Magoo's Puddle Jumper]]'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Trailblazer Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Problem Child'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Opposite Sex]]'' | Psychiatrist | |- | ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' | Sgt. Hanna | |- | ''[[You Can't Run Away from It]]'' | Danker | |- | ''Meet Mother Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Great Man]]'' | Nick Cellantano | |- |rowspan="12"| 1957 | ''[[Top Secret Affair]]'' | Col. Homer W. Gooch | |- | ''Magoo Goes Overboard'' |rowspan="4"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Matador Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Breaks Par'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Glorious Fourth'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]'' | Clarence Locan | |- | ''Magoo's Masquerade'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Saves the Bank'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Rock Hound Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Eighteen and Anxious]]'' | Harvey Graham | |- | ''Magoo's Moose Hunt'' |rowspan="5"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Private War'' | Short, Voice |- |rowspan="9"| 1958 | ''Magoo's Young Manhood'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Scoutmaster Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''The Explosive Mr. Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The High Cost of Loving]]'' | Paul Mason | |- | ''Magoo's Three-Point Landing'' | Mr. Magoo / Air Traffic Controller | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Cruise'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Love Comes to Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Gumshoe Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Macabre (1958 film)|Macabre]]'' | Police Chief Jim Tyloe | |- |rowspan="11"| 1959 | ''Bwana Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' | Norbit, the accountant | |- | ''Magoo's Homecoming'' | rowspan="3" |Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Merry Minstrel Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo's Lodge Brother'' | Short, Voice |- | ''[[Ask Any Girl (film)|Ask Any Girl]]'' | Maxwell | |- | ''[[The Wild and the Innocent]]'' | Mr. Forbes | |- | ''Terror Faces Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''[[A Private's Affair]]'' | Jim Gordon | |- | ''[[The Big Operator (1959 film)|The Big Operator]]'' | Cliff Heldon | |- | ''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]'' | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo | Voice |- |rowspan="5"|1960 | ''[[Ice Palace (film)|Ice Palace]]'' | Dave Husack | |- | ''Magoo Meets Frankenstein'' |rowspan="3"| Mr. Magoo | Short, Voice |- | ''Magoo Meets McBoing Boing'' | Short, Voice |- | ''I Was a Teenage Magoo'' | Short, Voice |- | ''Inside Magoo'' | Mr. Magoo / Himself | Short, Voice, Cancer awareness short produced by the [[American Cancer Society]] |- | 1961 | ''[[The Errand Boy]]'' | Mr. Arbutt | Voice, Uncredited |- |rowspan="4"| 1962 | ''[[The Horizontal Lieutenant]]'' | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | |- | ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]'' | Peter Bowers | |- | ''[[Zotz!]]'' | Horatio Kellgore | |- | ''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' | The King | ('The Dancing Princess') |- |rowspan="8"| 1963 | ''[[A Child Is Waiting]]'' | Hot Dog vendor | Uncredited |- | ''[[Operation Bikini]]'' | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | |- | ''[[My Six Loves]]'' | Sheriff | |- | ''[[Critic's Choice (film)|Critic's Choice]]'' | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | |- | ''[[Johnny Cool]]'' | Louis Murphy | |- | ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' | Tyler Fitzgerald | |- | ''[[Sunday in New York]]'' | Chief Pilot Drysdale | |- | ''[[The Wheeler Dealers]]'' | Bullard Bear | |- | 1964 | ''[[Advance to the Rear]]'' | Gen. Willoughby | |- |rowspan="5"| 1965 | ''Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest'' | Mr. Magoo | Voice |- | ''Mr. Magoo's Noah's Ark'' | Mr. Magoo, Mr.Magoo as Noah | Voice |- | ''[[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]]'' | Miles Whitepaper | |- |''[[Fluffy (1965 film)|Fluffy]]'' | Sergeant | |- | ''[[Billie (1965 film)|Billie]]'' | Howard G. Carol | |- |rowspan="2"| 1967 | ''[[Hurry Sundown (film)|Hurry Sundown]]'' | Carter Sillens | |- | ''[[Don't Make Waves]]'' | Himself | Uncredited |- | 1968 | ''[[Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?]]'' | Tru-Blue Lou | |- | 1969 | ''[[Hello Down There]]'' | T.R. Hollister | |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 | ''[[The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County]]'' | Staunch | |- | ''[[Myra Breckinridge (film)|Myra Breckinridge]]'' | Doctor | |- | 1972 | ''[[Now You See Him, Now You Don't]]'' | Timothy Forsythe | |- | 1974 | ''Goodnight Jackie'' | Mr. Landry | |- |rowspan="3"| 1975 | ''Konyok-gorbunok'' | The Tsar | Voice |- | ''[[Crazy Mama]]'' | Mr. Albertson | |- | ''[[Friday Foster (film)|Friday Foster]]'' | Enos Griffith | |- |rowspan="2"| 1977 | ''[[The Humpbacked Horse (film)#1975 version|The Magic Pony]]'' | The Tsar | Voice, English version |- | ''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]'' | Mayor of Passamaquoddy | |- | 1978 | ''[[Good Guys Wear Black]]'' | Doorman | |- |rowspan="3"| 1979 | ''[[Angels Revenge|Angels' Brigade]]'' | Cmdr. Lindsey March | |- | ''[[The Electric Horseman]]'' | Mr. Magoo | Voice, Uncredited |- | ''[[C.H.O.M.P.S.]]'' | Mr. Gibbs | |- | 1980 | ''[[There Goes the Bride (1980 film)|There Goes the Bride]]'' | Mr. Perkins | |- | 1986 | ''[[Enchanted Journey (film)|Enchanted Journey]]'' | Gamun | Voice, English version |- | 1982 | ''[[Slapstick of Another Kind]]'' | President of the U.S. | |- | 1984 | ''[[Prince Jack]]'' | Dealy | |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1952–1955 | ''[[I Married Joan]]'' | Judge Bradley Stevens | |- | 1957 | ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 film)|The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' | King's Emissary | TV movie |- |rowspan="3"| 1960–1961 | ''[[The Jim Backus Show]]'' | Mike O'Tool | |- | ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' | William Norbert | Episode: "Star Witness" |- | ''[[Mister Magoo]]'' | Mr. Magoo | Voice |- | 1961 | ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' | Joe Wheelwright | |- | 1962 | ''[[Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol]]'' | Ebenezer Scrooge / Mr. Magoo | TV movie, Voice |- | 1963 | ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' | Marty Van Ransohoff | Episode: "The Clampetts Entertain" |- | 1964–1965 | ''[[The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo]]'' | Mr. Magoo | Voice |- | 1964–1967 | ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' | Thurston Howell III | |- | 1964 | ''Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest'' | Mr. Magoo | TV movie, Voice |- | 1966 | ''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' | Himself | Game Show Contestant / Celebrity Guest Star |- | 1967 | ''[[Damn Yankees! (1967 film)|Damn Yankees!]]'' | Coach Benny Van Buren |- | 1968 | ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' | Fabian Swanson | Episode: "The Night of the Sabatini Death" |- | 1968–1969 | ''[[Blondie (1968 TV series)|Blondie]]'' | Mr. Dithers | |- |rowspan= "2"| 1969 | ''[[The Good Guys (1968 TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' | Henry Arsdale | 3 episodes |- | ''[[Wake Me When the War Is Over]]'' | Colonel | TV movie |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 | ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' | General Fitzhugh | Episode: "Help, Help, a Shark" |- | ''[[Uncle Sam Magoo]]'' | Mr. Magoo | TV movie, Voice |- | 1971–1974 | ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' | Zaccariah T. Brown / Harry Mathews | 3 episodes |- |1972|| ''[[Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)|Alias Smith and Jones]]'' || || S2:E19, "[[List of Alias Smith and Jones episodes|The Biggest Game in the West]]" |- | 1973 | ''[[The Girl Most Likely To...]]'' | Tilson | TV movie |- | 1973 | ''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1973 film)|Miracle on 34th Street]]'' | Shellhammer | TV movie |- | 1974–1975 | ''[[The New Adventures of Gilligan]]'' | Thurston Howell III | Voice |- | 1974 | ''Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus'' | Narrator / Santa Claus | TV special, Voice |- |rowspan="2"| 1975 |''[[Gunsmoke]]'' |Reverend Sims |Episode: "Brides and Grooms" |- |''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'' |Herb Bresson |Episode: "Chopper" |- | 1977 | ''[[What's New, Mr. Magoo?]]'' | Mr. Magoo | Voice |- | 1977 | ''[[CHiPs]]'' | Weitzman | Episode: "Undertow" |- | 1978 | ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' | Cap Truman | Episode: “Anniversary/Reunion” |- | 1978 | ''[[Rescue from Gilligan's Island]]'' | rowspan="2"| Thurston Howell III | TV movie |- |rowspan="2"| 1979 | ''[[The Castaways on Gilligan's Island]]'' | TV movie |- | ''[[The Rebels (miniseries)|The Rebels]]'' | John Hancock | TV Miniseries |- | 1981 | ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island]]'' |rowspan="2"| Thurston Howell III | TV movie |- | 1982 | ''[[Gilligan's Planet]]'' | Voice |- | 1983 | ''[[Family Feud]]'' |rowapan=“2” | Himself/''[[Gilligan’s Island]]'' reunion | Game Show |}
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