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Winfield Bennett Mercer [1] (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), known professionally as Jack Mercer, was an American voice actor. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor Man and Felix the Cat. The son of vaudeville and Broadway performers, he also performed on the vaudeville and legitimate stages.
The voice cast includes Jack Mercer as Popeye, Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor, Mae Questel as Olive Oyl and Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy. [ 1 ] In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Jack Mercer (1934–1945, 1947–1984) [1] Floyd Buckley ... Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. [17] [18] [19] ...
All voices are provided by Jack Mercer; First regular Popeye the Sailor series entry in Technicolor [6] (three two-reel Technicolor Popeye Color Specials were produced by Fleischer in the 1930s). First of four cartoons where Popeye's sailor outfit is blue; First use of the "spinning star" opening credits; First entry of the 1943-44 film season. 124
William "Billy" Costello, Jack Mercer as Popeye the Sailor (substitutes: Floyd Buckley, Harry Foster Welch, Mae Questel). Costello had a gruff, gravelly quality in voicing the character. It is generally thought that Costello became difficult to work with after becoming overly confident from the success of the first few cartoons. [2]
Popeye the Sailor is an American animated television series produced for King Features Syndicate TV starring Popeye that was released between 1960 and 1963 with 220 episodes produced. [1] The episodes were produced by multiple animation studios and aired in broadcast syndication until the 1990s.
Popeye is coasting back to the big screen. The iconic sailor man and spinach chugger, who first appeared in comic strips in the late 1920s, will be the subject of a new live-action feature film ...
Popeye tells Olive to "Make a fist" so the attendant Attendant can measure it. ("A hand like a foot and a half," he mutters, deftly wrapping a skate about the Lady's great clenched hand.) Popeye hammers the long, slender skates with his fists to the bottom of Olive's shoes; she falls over a couple of times as Popeye delicately slips on his own.