RECENT CREDITS
Prince Jack (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1984
Pete's Dragon (FILM)  Nov. 3, 1977
Friday Foster (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1975
Brady Bunch (TV)  Mar. 1, 1974
Myra Breckinridge (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1970
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HIGHLIGHTS
Was a classmate of actor Victor Mature at the Kentucky Military Institute; they later costarred in the 1949 football drama Easy Living.
Had an extensive career in radio in the 1930s and '40s. On The Alan Young Show he portrayed the snooty playboy Hubert Updike III, who became the prototype for his Thurston Howell III&
Began to voice the nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo in 1949; later claimed that he loosely patterned the character on his father.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  1963 -Tyler Fitzgerald
Actor
Film


Brady Bunch  1971-1974 -Mathews, Zaccariah
Actor, Actor
TV
Expand


CHiPs   -Thief
Actor
TV


Gilligan's Planet   -Thurston Howell III
Voice
TV


New Adventures of Gilligan   -Thurston Howell III
Voice
TV


The Girl Most Likely to...   -Tilson
Actor
TV


Prince Jack  1984 -Dealy
Actor
Film


Pete's Dragon  1977 -The Mayor
Actor
Film


Friday Foster  1975 -Enos Griffith
Actor
Film


Myra Breckinridge  1970 -Doctor
Actor
Film


Hello Down There  1969 -T.R. Hollister
Actor
Film


Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?  1968 -TruBlue Lou
Actor
Film


Hurry Sundown  1967 -Carter Sillens
Actor
Film


Don't Make Waves  1967 -Himself (uncredited)
Actor
Film


Johnny Cool  1963 -Louis Murphy
Actor
Film


The Wheeler Dealers  1963 -Bullard Bear
Actor
Film


Sunday in New York  1963 -Flight Dispatcher
Actor
Film


The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm  1962 -The King
Actor
Film


Boys' Night Out  1962 -Peter Bowers
Actor
Film


Ice Palace  1960 -Dave Husack
Actor
Film


1001 Arabian Nights  1959 -Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo
Voice
Film


Macabre  1958 -Jim Tyloe
Actor
Film


The High Cost of Loving  1958 -Paul Mason
Actor
Film


Eighteen and Anxious  1957 -Harvey Graham
Actor
Film


Man of a Thousand Faces  1957 -Clarence Logan
Actor
Film


The Great Man  1957 -Nick Cellantano
Actor
Film


The Amazing Colossal Man  1957 -Gen. Willoughby
Actor
Film


Top Secret Affair  1957 -Col. Homer W. Gooch
Actor
Film


You Can't Run Away From It  1956 -Danker
Actor
Film


The Girl He Left Behind  1956 -Sgt. Hanna
Actor
Film


Meet Me in Las Vegas  1956 -Tom Culdane
Actor
Film


Rebel Without a Cause  1955 -Jim's father
Actor
Film


The Square Jungle  1955 -Pat Quaid
Actor
Film


Deep in My Heart  1954 -Ben Judson
Actor
Film


I Love Melvin  1953 -Mergo
Actor
Film


Pat and Mike  1952 -Charles Barry
Actor
Film


His Kind of Woman  1951 -Myron Winton
Actor
Film


The Great Lover  1949 -Higgins
Actor
Film


The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island   -Thurston Howell III
Actor
Film


The Horizontal Lieutenant   -Cmdr. Jerry Hammerslag
Actor
Film


The Killer That Stalked New York   -Willie Dennis
Actor
Film


The Magic Pony  
Actor
Film


The Man with a Cloak   -Flaherty
Actor
Film


The Naked Hills   -Willis Haver
Actor
Film


The Opposite Sex   -Psychiatrist
Actor
Film


The Pied Piper of Hamelin   -King's Emissary
Actor
Film


The Rebels  
Actor
Film


The Rose Bowl Story   -Mike Burke
Actor
Film


Rescue From Gilligan's Island   -Thurston Howell III
Actor
Film


Seven from Heaven  
Actor
Film


Slapstick of Another Kind   -U.S. president
Actor
Film


Never Con a Killer   -Stanley
Actor
Film


Nobody's Boy  
Actor
Film


Now You See Him, Now You Don't   -Timothy Forsythe
Actor
Film


One Last Fling   -Howard Prichard
Actor
Film


Operation Bikini   -Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly
Actor
Film


The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon   -Dr. Flamel
Actor
Film


The Best of Mister Magoo  
Actor
Film


The Big Operator   -Cliff Heldon
Actor
Film


The Castaways on Gilligan's Island   -Thurston Howell III
Actor
Film


The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County   -Staunch
Actor
Film


The Enchanted Journey  
Actor
Film


Zotz!   -Horatio Kellgore
Actor
Film


Uncle Sam Magoo  
Actor
Film


When Magoo Flew  
Actor
Film


There Goes the Bride   -Perkins
Actor
Film


The Wild and the Innocent   -Cecil Forbes, Store Owner
Actor
Film


Hollywood Story   -Mitch Davis
Actor
Film


Here Come the Nelsons   -Joe Randolph
Actor
Film


I Want You   -Harvey Landrum
Actor
Film


I'll See You in My Dreams   -Sam Harris
Actor
Film


Geraldine   -Jason Ambrose
Actor
Film


Getting Away From It All  
Actor
Film


Good Guys Wear Black   -Doorman
Actor
Film


Grizzly Golfer  
Actor
Film


Half Angel   -Michael Hogan
Actor
Film


Miracle on 34th Street   -Horace Shellhammer
Actor
Film


Mooch Goes to Hollywood  
Actor
Film


Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol   -Ebenezer Scrooge, Mr. Magoo, Ebenezer Scrooge, Mr. Magoo
Actor, Actor, Voice, Voice
Film


Mr. Magoo's Storybook  
Actor
Film


My Six Loves   -The Sheriff
Actor
Film


Magic Carpet  
Actor
Film


Magoo's Puddle Jumper  
Actor
Film


M   -The Mayor
Actor
Film


Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town   -Little Joe
Actor
Film


Iron Man   -Max Watkins
Actor
Film


John Goldfarb, Please Come Home   -Miles Whitepaper
Actor
Film


Don't Bother to Knock   -Peter Jones
Actor
Film


Easy Living   -Dr. Franklin
Actor
Film


Emergency Wedding   -Ed Hamley
Actor
Film


Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo: Mr. Magoo's Little Snow White   -7 Dwarfs, Mr. Magoo
Actor, Actor
Film


Father Was a Fullback   -Prof. Sullivan
Actor
Film


Fluffy   -Sergeant
Actor
Film


Francis in the Navy   -Commander Hutch
Actor
Film


Bright Victory   -Bill Grayson
Actor
Film


C.H.O.M.P.S.   -Mr. Gibbs
Actor
Film


Crazy Mama   -Mr. Albertson
Actor
Film


Critic's Choice   -Dr. von Hagedom
Actor
Film


Customs Agent   -Thomas Jacoby
Actor
Film


Deadline U.S.A.   -Cleary
Actor
Film


A Dangerous Profession   -Ferrone
Actor
Film


A Private's Affair   -Jim Gordon
Actor
Film


A Woman for Charlie  
Actor
Film


Above and Beyond   -Gen. Curtis E. LeMay
Actor
Film


Advance to the Rear   -Gen. Willoughby
Actor
Film


Androcles and the Lion   -Centurion
Actor
Film


Angel Face   -District Attorney Judson
Actor
Film


Angel's Brigade  
Actor
Film


Ask Any Girl   -Mr. Maxwell
Actor
Film


Billie   -Howard Carol
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was a classmate of actor Victor Mature at the Kentucky Military Institute; they later costarred in the 1949 football drama Easy Living.
Had an extensive career in radio in the 1930s and '40s. On The Alan Young Show he portrayed the snooty playboy Hubert Updike III, who became the prototype for his Thurston Howell III&
Began to voice the nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo in 1949; later claimed that he loosely patterned the character on his father.
Costarred with wife Henny as Mr. and Mrs. Dithers in a 1960s TV adaptation of the comic strip Blondie.


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