Jack Mercer
Biography
Jack Mercer was an American voice actor who became the voice of Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat. Born in Worthington to vaudeville and Broadway performers, he started at Fleischer Studios as an inbetweener and also appeared on vaudeville and legitimate stages. He won the role of Popeye after Lou Fleischer heard him singing the theme, having imitated William Costello's version, and his first cartoon was King of the Mardi Gras in 1935. He kept the part for over four decades, through the Fleischer and Paramount Famous Studios years, King Features Syndicate television cartoons and a Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning show, and he read the opening lines of the 1980 live action film. He also provided Wimpy, Poopdeck Pappy and Popeye's nephews, voiced characters in Gulliver's Travels (1939) and Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941), did every voice for the Felix the Cat television cartoons, and wrote comedy scripts for Paramount, Deputy Dawg and Milton the Monster.
74years old at death
- Born Worthington
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Winfield B. Mercer (birth name)Also credited as Winfield Mercer
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years1936 to 1942
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A first
Mercer provided the voice of Popeye for over 40 years, beginning with the Fleischers and later for Paramount's Famous Studios, King Features Syndicate, and a Saturday-morning cartoon show from 1978 to 1983.
Behind the camera
Mercer was a prolific comedy writer as well as a voice actor. At Paramount he turned out hundreds of scripts for cartoon series, among them Popeye episodes, plus work for Deputy Dawg and Milton the Monster on television.
Jack Mercer movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor1936 Adventure, Animationas Popeyevoice
IMDb rating 7.34.7K votes
- Gulliver's Travels1939 Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasyas King Littlevoice
IMDb rating 6.65.5K votes
Most often with
Dave Fleischer directed six of these films, Willard Bowsky three. Mae Questel appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mae Questel's page
Pinto Colvig's page
Jackson Beck's page
Bud Collyer's page
Joan Alexander's page
Lee Royce2 films together, 1942
Lee Royce's page
Dave FleischerDirector, 6 films, 1936 to 1942
All films by Dave Fleischer
Willard BowskyDirector, 3 films, 1936 to 1939
All films by Willard Bowsky
Also two films together3 more actors
- Gus WickePopeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) and Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
- Lou FleischerPopeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) and Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
- Tedd PierceMr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) and Gulliver's Travels (1939)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.