List of every actor who has played Popeye

William Costello was born on 2 February 1898 in Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for I Yam What I Yam (1933), Football Bugs (1936) and Grand Uproar (1930). He died on 9 October 1971 in San Jose, California, USA.

Gus Wicke was born on 7 May 1885 in Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' (1935), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936) and Betty Boop and Grampy (1935). He died on 7 May 1947 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Harry Welch was born on 27 November 1893 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocket to Mars (1946). He died on 16 August 1973 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA.

His parents were actors, Bennett Kilburn Mercer and Nola Margaret Miller (stage name Nola St. Claire), but Jack decided to pursue his love of art. He got a job as an inbetweener (rookie animator) at the Fleischer studio. Dave Fleischer happened to hear him singing the Popeye theme song in a funny voice, and asked Jack to try voicing one cartoon. He later became a writer at the Fleischer studio.

Poley McClintock was born on 24 September 1900 in East Nantmeal, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fred Waring Show (1949) and Varsity Show (1937). He was married to Yvette Mitchell. He died on 6 January 1980 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

Floyd Buckley was born on 21 October 1877 in Chatham, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Master Mystery (1918), The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Seven Pearls (1917). He was married to Juliet Morena. He died on 14 November 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.

Although forgotten today, Detmar Poppen was a very active stage actor (see "other works"), appearing on Broadway since 1906. His final stage role was in the hit, "Revenge with Music" starring the fascinating (and scandalous) torch singer Libby Holman. He was signed on a per film contract basis to First National (Warner Brothers) in mid-1933, first appearing in Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's final effort, the short, Tomalio (1933), which wasn't released until 5 months after the comedian's death. His career took an interesting, if somewhat miscast turn on radio in 1935 when he signed with NBC as Popeye which was broadcast over three different networks by two sponsors from 1935 to 1938. Wheatena hot cereal first sponsored the show from September 10, 1935 to March 28, 1936 (87 episodes aired on the NBC Red Network on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights at 7:15pm). Poppen's vocal characterization of the famous King Features sailor was only vaguely reminiscent of the better known cartoon incarnation as performed by Billy Costello or Jack Mercer and he was replaced by Floyd Buckley, a silent screen actor, for the final 78 episodes that ran through February, 1937 on CBS. On film, Poppen only appeared in 5 short subjects over a span of a little more than 4 years before retiring from the acting profession.

Her Orthodox Jewish family was totally averse to her having an entertainment career. Her parents and grandparents forced her to leave the Theatre Guild school (New York) while still a teenager and had their wills drawn up accordingly so as to discourage this career choice.

Studied drama at Columbia University, and belonged to the American Theatre Wing.

When Mae was 17 and living in the South Bronx, she won a local contest to find the girl who most resembled Helen Kane, a popular singer known as the "Boop-Oop-A-Doop Queen". She was promptly signed by an agent and began performing in the Vaudeville circuit. Billing herself as "Mae Questel - Personality Singer of Personality Songs," she performed dead-on vocal imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West and of course Helen Kane, among many others. Her mimic talent also provided duck, dog, chicken, owl, monkey, lion and baby sounds for radio shows.

Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer heard Mae doing her "boop-oop-a-doop" routine and hired her to do the character's voice in 1931. She served as the voice on more than 150 Betty Boop animated shorts until the character was retired in 1939. Her recording of "On The Good Ship Lollipop" sold more than 2 million during the Depression.

Best known as the voice of "Betty Boop", she was also the voice of not-so-less-famous "Olive Oyl" in the Popeye cartoons, as well as the toddler Swee'pea and others. She did Popeye's voice once, in the cartoon Shape Ahoy (1945), because Jack Mercer was serving in the military during World War II. Her versatility is probably better appreciated in the cartoon Never Kick a Woman (1936) in which she provides the quivery, nervous-Nellie voice of Olive Oyl, based on comedic actress Zasu Pitts, and the deep, assured, alluring voice of the blonde saleswoman, based on Mae West.

In 1968, the City of Indianapolis honored her with a "Mae Questel Day". In 1979, she won the Troupers Award for outstanding contribution to entertainment.

Candy Candido was born on 25 December 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Peter Pan (1953) and The French Dispatch (2021). He was married to Anita Bivona. He died on 19 May 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Allen Swift was born on 16 January 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mad Monster Party? (1967), Underdog (1964) and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972). He was married to Lenore Loveman and Vivienne Chassler. He died on 18 April 2010 in New York, New York, USA.

Tatsuo Nishiyama is known for The Legend of Zelda (1986), Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) and New Super Luigi U (2013).

Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Motor Company executive from Indiana. Williams had English, German, French, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

Robin briefly studied political science at Claremont Men's College and theater at College of Marin before enrolling at The Juilliard School to focus on theater. After leaving Juilliard, he performed in nightclubs where he was discovered for the role of "Mork, from Ork", in an episode of Happy Days (1974). The episode, My Favorite Orkan (1978), led to his famous spin-off weekly TV series, Mork & Mindy (1978). He made his feature starring debut playing the title role in Popeye (1980), directed by Robert Altman.

Williams' continuous comedies and wild comic talents involved a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol Jonathan Winters. Williams also proved to be an effective dramatic actor, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991), before winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Good Will Hunting (1997).

During the 1990s, Williams became a beloved hero to children the world over for his roles in a string of hit family-oriented films, including Hook (1991), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Flubber (1997), and Bicentennial Man (1999). He continued entertaining children and families into the 21st century with his work in Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Happy Feet Two (2011), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). Other more adult-oriented films for which Williams received acclaim include The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Awakenings (1990), The Birdcage (1996), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), World's Greatest Dad (2009), and Boulevard (2014).

On Monday, August 11th, 2014, Robin Williams was found dead at his home in Tiburon, California USA, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office. A 911 call was received at 11:55 a.m. PDT, firefighters and paramedics arrived at his home at 12:00 p.m. PDT, and he was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. PDT.

Keith Scott was born on 28 October 1953 in Sydney, Australia. He is an actor, known for George of the Jungle (1997), The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) and Daybreakers (2009).

Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian-born comedian and voice actor from Toronto, Ontario who has lived and worked in the United States since 1980. He is most well-known for voicing The Brain on Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs; Lrrr, Morbo, Hedonismbot, Calculon and Kif Kroker on Futurama; Mr. Big in Zootopia; King Agnarr in Frozen; Mr. Freeze in Batman: Arkham City; Yosemite Sam in The Looney Tunes Show; Abradolph Lincoler and Adult Morty Junior on Rick & Morty; Toucan Sam in Froot Loops commercials (1987-2020), and Orson Welles on both The Critic and The Simpsons. He was also the signature voice of the entire U.S. ad campaign for Lexus from 2009 to 2017. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards (and received a third nomination) for his character voice work on Futurama, as well as a Daytime Emmy nomination for playing The Brain on Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky And The Brain.

Jeff Bergman is an American voice actor who is one of many successors of Mel Blanc. He did the voice of Bugs Bunny in several Looney Tunes works including Nike commercials with Michael Jordan, which inspired Space Jam as well as Space Jam: A New Legacy. He also voiced Fred Flintstone after Henry Corden's death. Other roles include The Joker in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face, Yogi Bear, Droopy from Tom & Jerry and Zap from Skylanders.

Víctor Laplace was born on 30 May 1943 in Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and director, known for El mar de Lucas (1999), Iron Gate, the Exile of Peron (2012) and Shared Secrets (1998).

Sonny Melendrez grew up in San Antonio.

Twice named Billboard Magazine's "Radio Personality of the Year," he was awarded the honor of Hispanic Radio Personality of the Year by Ricardo Montalban and the National Nosotros Organization. He was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall Of Fame and has the honor of being included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Top 100 Radio Personalities of All-Time.

Radio being his first love, Melendrez has hosted drive time shows at some of America's greatest radio stations, including KIIS, KMPC, KFI, KMGG, and KRLA in Los Angeles.

Sonny is equally at home serving as TV host, actor, radio personality, writer, commercial spokesman, comedian, motivational speaker, or cartoon voice artist.

He has hosted or been featured speaker at such prestigious events as the White House Hispanic Heritage Awards; the National "Just Say No To Drugs" Rally at the Washington Monument; and the USO 50th Anniversary Gala at the Ambassador's Palace in Paris, France with guest of honor, the late Princess Grace of Monaco. As host of the award-winning children's television series, 'You And Me, Kid," on the Disney Channel, Sonny displayed his natural talent for working with children.

Sonny's ability and willingness to rally people behind a cause is one reason he is involved in so many charities, both locally and nationally. He was named Inc. Magazine's "Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year" and awarded the "2000 Marketing Philanthropist Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Sales and Marketing Executives of San Antonio.

President Ronald Reagan commended Sonny for his efforts in the war on drugs and he received the National Director's Community Leadership Award by the FBI. In 1990, in recognition for raising tens of thousands of dollars for youth scholarships, he was named "El Rey Feo" (The People's King) and presided over San Antonio's annual week-long Fiesta celebration.

The City of San Antonio named the Sonny Melendrez Community Center located on the city's West Side in his honor as way to say "thank you" for his community involvement.

Programs that benefit children have always been a priority for Sonny Melendrez. One of the projects of which he is most proud is the children's version of "We Are The World," which he created in Los Angeles in 1985. Over 1500 children participated in the recording and video, and proceeds from record sales benefited USA For Africa. Sonny received a Grammy nomination for "Best Children's Recording."

The Sonny Melendrez Children's Foundation was created in 1998 to help disabled and disadvantaged youth in San Antonio. It is estimated that he has helped to raise over 100 million dollars in cash, goods and services for local and national charities during the last 25 years!

Sonny is truly the man of a thousand voices. As a teenager he discovered an uncanny ability to imitate and create character voices. He has provided the voices of several characters in Hanna-Barbera's "Jetsons" cartoon series; created many of the sounds heard in the Gremlins movie; was the bug who yelled "Oh, no! It's Raaaaaaid!" in the popular TV commercial; played opposite Walter Mathau as the voice of Bob Cratchet in the animated TV classic, "The Stingiest Man in Town"; and was even the voice of the infamous Fred the Cockatoo in the 70"s NBC TV series, Baretta. He was chosen from a field of over 140,000 as the new voice of the Parkay Margarine Talking Tub! Recently, after a nationwide search, Sonny was chosen to provide the voice of Jerry Seinfeld in a campaign promoting The Bee Movie Game for ActiVision.

Colleges, universities, school districts, and corporate groups of all types have been inspired by Sonny's captivating motivational presentations. His topics are designed to fire up team members, teachers, students, parents, and companies to get involved and make a difference in the world around them.

In his new book, "The Art of Living With Enthusiasm!," Sonny offers the powerful benefits to be found in positive living through personal and powerful stories of encouragement, comfort, and joy.

Tim Kitzrow is known for NFL Blitz (2012), Rage 2 (2019) and MLB Slugfest 2004 (2003).

Wally Wingert is an American voice actor, collector and comedic actor from South Dakota. He is most well-known for voicing the Riddler in several Batman video games and cartoons, dozens of characters in Family Guy, Ant-Man from Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Almighty Tallest Red and Mortos der Soulstealer in Invader Zim, Renji Abarai in Bleach, Green Eyed Skeleton Man in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and Jon Arbuckle in Garfield.

Born in 1966 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. There's no one whose passion for community involvement and service equals that of Scott Innes. A father of four, Scott has developed a simple, fun, family based broadcast philosophy: Make people laugh. Scott believes the sound of laughter is good for the soul and with all of the trials and tragedies people face on a daily basis, everyone needs the healing power of laughter. In September of 1997, Scott became the new voice of Scooby Doo. He traveled to Los Angeles, California to join an all-star cast for the voicing of a new movie titled "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island", released in the Fall of 1998, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost in 1999, Scooby Doo and The Alien Invaders in 2000, Scooby Doo and the Cyberchase in 2001, where Scott brings to life the voice of Shaggy as well. In March of 1999, Scott received the prestigious "Golden Mike" Award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters in honor of his accomplishments and outstanding commitment to their community. In April of 1998 and again in April of 1999, the readers of the Baton Rouge Parents Magazine voted Scott Innes "Favorite Family DJ" In September of 1998, Scott was honored as the "CMA Air Personality of the Year" and again in September 1999 was awarded the "The NAB Marconi Air Personality of the Year".

William Richard Werstine is an American actor and radio personality with autism and ADHD. He grew up in both New Jersey and Boston. He became a regular cast member of the Howard Stern show. He became known for The Ren & Stimpy Show, Futurama, Doug, Space Jam and several commercials featuring the red M&M.

Marc Biagi was born on 3 September 1964 in Napa, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Sonic Adventure 2 (2001), Sonic Heroes (2003) and Star Trek Online (2010).

Richard was born in New York in and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 11. He began acting in school plays, from elementary school all the way through junior college, after which he began writing and performing comedy celebrity voice bits for the Rick Dees In The Morning Show on Los Angeles radio station, 102.7 KIIS-FM. In 1985, he embarked on his other career as a cabaret singer. He has developed, over the years, a repertoire of the popular American songs of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He specializes in songs of the Tin Pan Alley era. He is billed as Mister Tin Pan Alley, specializing in the songs of Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and the other popular entertainers of the Jazz Age. He has performed his music all over the United States as a headliner at the annual festivals of the International Al Jolson Society. He is also the Emcee at the annual Dark Shadows Festivals, and a member of their Collinsport Players, a skit group devoted to creating comedic satires about the story-lines and characters of that popular 1960s TV soap opera. In addition to perpetuating the music of Tin Pan Alley, Richard is also an actor and voice-over artist, having appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in many radio and TV commercials. He also has a successful job as the TOP Austin Powers impersonator in the United States, and probably the World, being billed as the Fake Austin Powers! New Line Cinema, the Austin Powers film company has hired him to appear at the official studio party for the video/DVD release of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" in 1999, and hired him again in 2002 to officially open "Austin Powers In Goldmember", at the Arclight Theatres/Cinerama Dome, in Hollywood.

Allen Enlow was born on 26 September 1952. He is an actor, known for Mr. Robot (2015) and The Sopranos (1999). He has been married to Sharon Blitz since 26 September 1989. They have one child.