Xilam Animation has secured a deal with DreamWorks Animation’s Classic Media for the animated series Mr Magoo, based on the classic cartoon of the same name. Per the deal, DreamWorks has exclusively ...

"Mr. Magoo: The Theatrical Collection" Cleveland native Jim Backus may be best known for providing the voice of myopic millionaire Mr. Magoo, who first appeared in a 1949 cartoon, "Ragtime Bear." The ...

I remember Jim Backus vividly as James Dean’s father in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955). But Backus was best with comedy, including “I Married Joan,” an early ’50s sitcom in which he portrayed a judge.

Xilam Animation has sold its new 2D animation series Mr Magoo to ITV in the U.K. for both its terrestrial channel and CITV branded digital network. Based on the successful classic of the same name, ...

The correct answer: Mr. Magoo, the much-loved old school cartoon character (in the words of animators Bill Hurtz, Peter Burness, and authors Marty Gitlin and Joe Wos, respectively). After a long ...

As Mickey Mouse was for the Depression and Bugs Bunny for World War II, so the acutely nearsighted Mr. Magoo was for the atomic age: An animated mascot, whose 53 theatrical cartoons have been ...

Update: Wow- you guys love Mr. Magoo! 38 people entered! Congratulations to the winners… CBB Reader Candy, who said, This is too funny. As told by my parents, this was my favorite cartoon when I was ...