William Pennell
Know for: Acting
Born: 1889-03-03
Place of birth:
Also know as:
Jack and the Beanstalk (1931)
A Max & Dave Fleischer cartoon from 1931. Bimbo climbs a beanstalk to find Betty Boop enslaved by the giant.
Popeye the Sailor (1933)
Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.
Betty Boop's Birthday Party (1933)
Betty drudges in the kitchen alone until her friends (including Bimbo and Koko) hold a surprise birthday party for her… which gets rowdy.
The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each...
The Dance Contest (1934)
Popeye and Olive compete as partners in a dance contest. Naturally, Bluto butts in.
Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935)
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...
Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
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....
Blow Me Down! (1933)
Popeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is a dancer and Bluto is a bandit.
Can You Take It (1934)
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...
Seasin's Greetinks! (1933)
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;...
I Eats My Spinach (1933)
Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.
A Dream Walking (1934)
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...
Axe Me Another (1934)
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...
Let's You and Him Fight (1934)
Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.
Wild Elephinks (1933)
Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye...
A Hull of a Mess (1942)
Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards. They are given the plans for a battleship; whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet. Bluto...
Shoein' Hosses (1934)
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...
The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
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...
Boop-Oop-A-Doop (1932)
In the circus, Betty Boop is the lion tamer, sings the title tune on the high wire, and fights off the lecherous ringmaster.
I Yam What I Yam (1933)
Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy are shipwrecked on an island of hostile Indians
The Hyp-Nut-Tist (1935)
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...