Mr. Magoo

Mr. Magoo is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical situations as a result of his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. However, through uncanny streaks of luck, the situation always seem to work itself out for him, leaving him no worse than before. Because UPA was shut down its animation studio in 1959, the animation for these Mr. Magoo cartoons was done by Jack Kinney Productions and Larry Harmon Pictures, starring Mr. Magoo, and his houseboy Cholley who was a Chinese stereotype and comically fractured English pronunciation. In 1959, Mr. Magoo starred in 1001 Arabian Night, directed by Jack Kinney, UPA's first feature-length production. In 1997, a live-action comedy film based on the original 1960s cartoon of the same name was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starred Leslie Nielsen.

The cartoon series features the voices of Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo. Benny Rubin as Charlie.