William Pennell

AKA:

1.5672

1889-03-03

Biography

Crew Roles

Belinda

Producer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {21}

Giant / Cow (voice)

1931-11-20 5.95

Jack and the Beanstalk

A Max & Dave Fleischer cartoon from 1931. Bimbo climbs a beanstalk to find Betty Boop enslaved by the giant. ...

Genre :Animation

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1933-07-14 6.9

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

1933-04-20 5.1

Betty Boop's Birthday Party

Betty drudges in the kitchen alone until her friends (including Bimbo and Koko) hold a surprise birthday party for her… which gets rowdy. ...

Genre :Comedy, Animation

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-10-25 6.333

The Two-Alarm Fire

Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each other than the fire. When Bluto goes to the roof to ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-11-23 6.2

The Dance Contest

Popeye and Olive compete as partners in a dance contest. Naturally, Bluto butts in. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto / Barnacle Bill (voice) (uncredited)

1935-01-24 6.625

Beware of Barnacle Bill

To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto), who then comes by and proceeds to pou ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935-03-21 6.6

Pleased to Meet Cha!

The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one will have to l ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1933-10-26 6.667

Blow Me Down!

Popeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is a dancer and Bluto is a bandit. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy, Western

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-06-26 7.143

Can You Take It

Popeye sees Olive going into the Bruiser Boys Club, where she works in the hospital ward. Their motto, "Can you take it?", is a clear challenge to Popeye. President Bluto puts Popeye through the tests ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1933-12-17 7.1

Seasin's Greetinks!

Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye fights him. When Olive rejects Bl ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1933-11-17 7.429

I Eats My Spinach

Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-09-27 6.7

A Dream Walking

Popeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Pierre Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-08-29 6.8

Axe Me Another

Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat Bluto in a lumberjack contest. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-02-15 5.375

Let's You and Him Fight

Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Lion (voice) (uncredited)

1933-12-29 7.143

Wild Elephinks

Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye eventually battles an entire menagerie at once - afte ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto

1942-10-16 0

A Hull of a Mess

Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards. They are given the plans for a battleship; whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet. Bluto does his patriotic duty by refraining from his usual ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934-06-01 6.5

Shoein' Hosses

Wimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the help wanted sign; they compete for the position. Of course, their competition wrecks the shop. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Jules Leotard (voice) (uncredited)

1934-03-15 7

The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Popeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to find she's part of the act; an aerial battle ensues. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Ringmaster (voice)

1932-01-16 6.375

Boop-Oop-A-Doop

In the circus, Betty Boop is the lion tamer, sings the title tune on the high wire, and fights off the lecherous ringmaster. ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

American Indian (voice) (uncredited)

1933-09-29 6.75

I Yam What I Yam

Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy are shipwrecked on an island of hostile Indians ...

Genre :Family, Animation, Comedy

Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935-04-25 6.8

The Hyp-Nut-Tist

Popeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this, Popeye makes him lose his concentration, so in retaliation, the hypnotist pulls Olive on s ...