Jackson Beck
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.

G.I. Joe: The Movie
as Narrator (voice)G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to...
Movie pageSuperman
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction...
Movie pageTake the Money and Run
as The NarratorVirgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his...
Movie pageRadio Days
as Radio Voice (voice)The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New...
Movie pagePower
as The Voice (voice)Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the...
Movie pageThe Mechanical Monsters
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
Movie pageVolcano
as Narrator #2 / Officer / Professor (voice) (uncredited)Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.
Movie pageBillion Dollar Limited
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who...
Movie pageElectric Earthquake
as Perry White / Indian Scientist (voice) (uncredited)A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his...
Movie pageThe Bulleteers
as Bulleteer (voice) (uncredited)Criminals with rocket powered car loot and extort the city, and only Superman can stop them!
Movie pageThe Arctic Giant
as Perry White (voice) (uncredited)A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and...
Movie pageJapoteurs
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
Movie pageThe Underground World
as Narrator / Henderson (voice) (uncredited)Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs's...
Movie pageSecret Agent
as Narrator / Police Chief / Saboteur (voice) (uncredited)A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.
Movie pageThe Mummy Strikes
as Narrator / Professor (voice) (uncredited)Egyptologists are attacked by mummies, drawing the attention of Superman.
Movie pageDestruction Inc.
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions...
Movie pageEleventh Hour
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.
Movie pageShowdown
as Boss (voice) (uncredited)Superman's reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume.
Movie pageG.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
as Announcer (voice)A Real American Hero is the first G.I. Joe miniseries, in it the G.I. Joe Special Missions Force...
Movie pageJungle Drums
as German Commander (voice) (uncredited)Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.
Movie pageThe Magnetic Telescope
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)When police interfere with a reckless scientist's experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower...
Movie pageCry Uncle!
as Narrator (voice)Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Movie pageG.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
as Narrator (voice)G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro...
Movie pageInside Nazi Germany
as Narrator (voice)Short documentary film in the newsreel series 'The March of Time'.
Movie pagePuppet Love
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and...
Movie pagePopeye for President
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are running for President. It's election day, the vote is tied, and Olive Oyl...
Movie pageTaxi-Turvy
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in...
Movie pagePrivate Eye Popeye
as Butler (voice) (uncredited)Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get...
Movie pageShow-Business at War
as Self (voice)A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Movie pageNearlyweds
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto both plan to marry Olive Oyl, but Popeye proposes first. When Olive says,...
Movie pageTo Boo or Not to Boo
as Narrator / Little Boy / Clown (voice) (uncredited)Mild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing...
Movie pageFright to the Finish
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)At Halloween, Olive Oyl is reading ghost stories to Popeye and Bluto. Popeye scoffs. Bluto...
Movie pagePeep in the Deep
as Bluto / Popeye (voice)Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it.
Movie pageSafari So Good
as Jungle Man (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are on an African safari, he with a rifle, she with a camera. Olive happens...
Movie pageSpinach vs Hamburgers
as Bluto (voice)Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past...
Movie pageBase Brawl
as (voice) (uncredited)At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch...
Movie pageThe Enchanted Square
as Officer Flanagan (voice) (uncredited)Police Officer Flanagan gives a little blind girl, Billie, a Raggety-Ann doll, and she is told...
Movie pageHow Green Is My Spinach
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.
Movie pageBig Bad Sindbad
as Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is taking his nephews to the museum, and proves to them that he is the greatest sailor in...
Movie pageRocket to Mars
as Martian Leader (voice)Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship to Mars. Olive...
Movie pageThe Royal Four-Flusher
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are feeding squirrels in the park when the rich and elegant Count Marvo...
Movie pageHouse Tricks?
as Bluto (voice)Olive is building a house when the boys happen by. They show off a bit to convince her to let...
Movie pageLet's Stalk Spinach
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye's nephews don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his youth, before...
Movie page3-D Rarities
as King Luna/Moon People (archive footage)Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from...
Movie pageGreek Mirthology
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules...
Movie pageAncient Fistory
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball...
Movie pageBoo Scout
as Scout Leader (voice)Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.
Movie pageThe Movies March On
as NarratorA "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of...
Movie pagePopeye's Premiere
as Evil Vizier (voice)Popeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in...
Movie pageAlpine for You
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is climbing the Alps, and Olive is being hauled up behind him on a rope, taking pictures....
Movie pageCheese Burglar
as Dog (voice)While cats and dogs are natural enemies, such is not the case in the house where Herman the...
Movie pageSpree Lunch
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they...
Movie pageLunch with a Punch
as Bluto / Frog (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive take his nephews on a picnic. They don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye...
Movie pageFriend or Phony
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)To convince Popeye to throw away his spinach, Bluto fakes his death, after showing clips of...
Movie pageFloor Flusher
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto...
Movie pageShape Ahoy
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto and Popeye are vacationing on a men's only island, when Olive happens by on a shipwreck...
Movie pagePop-Pie a la Mode
as Cannibal Leader (voice)Popeye, adrift at sea on a raft, eventually comes to an island which, it turns out, is inhabited...
Movie pagePopalong Popeye
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their...
Movie pageAll's Fair at the Fair
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to...
Movie pageAssault and Flattery
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been...
Movie pageStarting from Hatch
as FoxThe birth of Baby Huey! The headlines in "Barnyard Eggstra" read: "Duck Lays Huge Egg. Mother...
Movie pageShe-Sick Sailors
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive...
Movie pageCrazytown
as Boxer (uncredited)The story of a town where everything is topsy-turvy.
Movie pagePitchin' Woo at the Zoo
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye takes Olive to the zoo, where she's spotted by zookeeper Bluto, who tries various stunts...
Movie pageA Haul in One
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's...
Movie pageOperation Ice-Tickle
as Brutus / Admiral Peary (voice) (uncredited)Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North...
Movie pageAs the Crow Lies
as Buzzy (voice) (uncredited)Buzzy the Crow is about to be eaten by a cat but the cat has hiccoughs. Buzzy, of course, has a...
Movie pageThe Crystal Brawl
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto muscles out Popeye to take Olive to the fair. Popeye rushes ahead and poses as a fortune...
Movie pageSymphony in Spinach
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.
Movie pagePopeye's 20th Anniversary
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is being honored for his 20 years of films, in a dinner hosted by 'Bob Hope' (several...
Movie pageI Don't Scare
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto sabotages Popeye's date with the superstitious Olive Oyl on Friday the 13th.
Movie pageThe Fistic Mystic
as Bluto (voice)Popeye and Olive enter the city of Badgag and spot Bluto doing magic tricks. He hypnotizes Olive...
Movie pageBarking Dogs Don't Fite
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Olive asks Popeye to walk her dainty new poodle Reggie, to his intense embarrassment. Bluto...
Movie pageOut to Punch
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye's training for his boxing match with Bluto by jumping rope with a massive chain. Bluto,...
Movie pageHuey's Ducky Daddy
as GilbertHubert Duck is forced by his wife to take his son, Baby Huey, on his fishing trip. Huey causes...
Movie pageSuper Lulu
as Lulu's Father / Giant (voice) (uncredited)Lulu's dream combines "Jack and the Beanstalk" and her favorite superhero comic books.
Movie pageKlondike Casanova
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)At the Polar Bar & Grill in the Klondike, Popeye and Olive Oyl are the sole proprietors....
Movie pageSpooky Swabs
as Ghost (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive board a run-down ship, which turns out to be haunted.
Movie pageBargain Counter Attack
as Section Manager (voice)Lulu goes to a department store to exchange her doll for something else. While looking for a new...
Movie pageCad and Caddy
as Golfer (voice)Lulu plans her revenge against a distressed golfer who refuses to give her a lollipop after he...
Movie pageCookin' with Gags
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye, the proprietor of a gymnasium for women, has Olive Oyl as one of his pupils. Rival Bluto...
Movie pageBarbecue for Two
as BrutusPopeye wants to have a barbecue for two -- namely him and Olive. But Brutus, Wimpy and Swee' Pea...
Movie pagePopeye and the Pirates
as Pierre (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and...
Movie pageThe Ski's the Limit
as Narrator (voice)A combination cartoon/travelogue set in the Swiss Alps, with a tuneful sight-seeing tour of...
Movie pageSnow Place Like Home
as Pierre Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to...
Movie pageThe Camps of Death
as Narrator (segment "Death: A Nazi War Criminal Pays for His Crime") (voice) (archive footage)Human torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pagse of history...
Movie pagePopeye's Pizza Palace
as Brutus (voice)Popeye runs a pizza restaurant. Wimpy wants to pay him Tuesday for some hamburger pizzas, but...
Movie pageThe Seapreme Court
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)Little Audrey, while fishing, falls to the bottom of the sea, where she encounters all types of...
Movie pageMister and Mistletoe
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)It's Christmas Eve. Popeye's nephews are staying over with Olive, and Popeye is there helping...
Movie pageSwab the Duck
as FoxBaby Huey sees some little ducks playing pirate and wants to join in, but when he jumps on their...
Movie pageA Job for a Gob
as Bluto (voice)Olive's ranch needs a helper, and the boys just happen to be passing by. Bluto's convinced he's...
Movie pageThe Island Fling
as Bluto / Friday (voice)Bluto is Robinson Crusoe; Popeye and Olive approach his island on a raft.
Movie pageOne Quack Mind
as FoxDumb and overgrown Baby Huey finds himself left to the untender mercies of a fox disguised as a...
Movie pageGobs of Fun
as Mouse CaptainThe captain of a ship's crew, a mouse, goes to the bar to pick up his men. After forcing the...
Movie pagePopeye Makes a Movie
as Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant...
Movie pageI'll Be Skiing Ya
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice...
Movie pageLittle Brown Jug
as Piggy (voice)An animated short about various woodland creatures milling and drinking apple cider. Includes a...
Movie pageQuick on the Vigor
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye takes Olive to the carnival; while he's busy winning candy at the "ring the bell" stand,...
Movie pageService with a Guile
as Bluto (voice)Olive runs a service station. The admiral pulls in and asks Olive to put some air in his tire,...
Movie pageHot Air Aces
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing...
Movie pageBetter Bait Than Never
as BuzzyKatnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success.
Movie pageThe Stupidstitious Cat
as Buzzy (voice) (uncredited)Buzzy the Crow is under attack from a cat. But when he finds out that the cat is very...
Movie pageParlez Vous Woo
as Bluto / The International (voice) (uncredited)Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that...
Movie pageGift of Gag
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye's nephews try to sneak a birthday present for their Uncle Popeye into his house.
Movie pageVacation with Play
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are on vacation at Lake Narrowhead. Olive wants to take part in athletic...
Movie pageThe Wee Men
as Narrator / Leprechauns (voice)A yarn about the mythical Leprechauns who reside in Ireland and their crock of gold. The legend...
Movie pageLumberjack and Jill
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl.
Movie pageBoo Moon
as King Luna/Moon PeopleCasper the Friendly Ghost comes to the aid of King Luna and his people after being attacked by...
Movie pageLeprechauns Gold
as Narrator / Leprechaun Leader (voice) (uncredited)A song-filled Noveltoon featuring the antics of the Irish Leprechauns during their annual...
Movie pageAbusement Park
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto battle over Olive in an amusement park.
Movie pageDizzy Dinosaurs
as Narrator / CavemanThe cavemen go to the Paramountain Theater.
Movie pagePopeye's Service Station
as Brutus (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is now the manager of a service station, he provides a good service with free extras....
Movie pageGit Along Lil' Duckie
as FoxThe over-sized Baby Huey wants to join the little ducks in their cowboy game but they don't want...
Movie pageThe Deep Boo Sea
as Ghost Schoolmaster (voice) (uncredited)Little Billy wants to play pirates with two older friends. However, the big kids won't let him...
Movie pageRed White and Boo
as Professor / Redcoat (screaming) (voice) (uncredited)Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In...
Movie pageWotta Knight
as Bluto (voice)Popeye and Bluto are knights, jousting for the honor of Sleeping Beauty (Olive, with long blonde...
Movie pageCasper Comes to Clown
as Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)Casper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus,...
Movie pagePenny Antics
as Bluto (voice)A virtual remake of Customers Wanted, with Popeye and Bluto running competing penny arcades...
Movie pageTar with a Star
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of...
Movie pageSilly Hillbilly
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye's traveling department store comes to hillbilly country. He gets upset as Bluto,...
Movie pagePopeye and the Giant
as Brutus (voice)Popeye is walking across the street, while Wimpy is practicing his hamburger-mooching talk....
Movie pageA Balmy Swami
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but...
Movie pageBeaus Will Be Beaus
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto both show up to take Olive to the beach. Olive agrees, but only on the...
Movie pageGhost of the Town
as Ghost Aircraft Leader / Walter Winchell (voice) (uncredited)In this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from...
Movie pageRodeo Romeo
as Bluto (voice)Popeye and Olive are at the rodeo, starring Badlands Bluto. Olive is impressed by Bluto's...
Movie pageMess Production
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Olive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling...
Movie pageA Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
as Sheik (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and...
Movie pageChild Sockology
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Olive invites the boys over for dinner. They play briefly with Swee'pea, but when the inevitable...
Movie pageBaby Wants a Battle
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto fight over taking Olive out; she decides they'll all stay home together. While...
Movie pageFor Better or Nurse
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)The boys see lovely nurse Olive pass by and follow her to her hospital. She throws them out, so...
Movie pageScout Fellow
as FoxBaby Huey dreams of becoming a Cub Scout, but the patrol out on a camping trip considers him to...
Movie pageJumping with Toy
as Fox (voice)A hungry fox disguises himself as Santa Claus, and arms himself with deadly gifts, hoping to...
Movie pageA Bicep Built for Two
as Herman / Big Muscular CatFrom Press Kit: Katnip's serenading of a girl cat is interrupted by a tough cat that runs him...
Movie pageRobin Hood-Winked
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is...
Movie pageMagica-Lulu
as Magician (voice) (uncredited)Lulu goes to see the magic show with the magician's act.Lulu wants to be part of the magic show...
Movie pageWigwam Whoopee
as Chief (voice) (uncredited)Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.
Movie pageMatinee Idol Popeye
as Brutus (Voice)Brutus is an egotistical French director making a film about Antony and Cleopatra, starring...
Movie pageJeep Tale
as BrutusPopeye tells Swee'Pea the story of how Eugene the Jeep got his special powers. He tells a fairy...
Movie pageFiremen's Brawl
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are manning a fire station when the alarm comes in: it's Olive's house.
Movie pageJitterbug Jive
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Olive has invited the boys over, but finds Popeye old-fashioned compared to the zoot-suited...
Movie pageThe Farmer and the Belle
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Olive Oyl's Farm is desparately in need of a farmhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the boys...
Movie pageGym Jam
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye runs a gym; his only customer on ladies day is Olive. Bluto, seeing Olive go in, dresses...
Movie pageBeach Peach
as Lifeguard (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are having a day at the beach; the lifeguard (not drawn as Bluto, though he...
Movie pageTops in the Big Top
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Bluto is the ringmaster; Popeye is the star attraction. Bluto covets Popeye's assistant Olive....
Movie pageSwimmer Take All
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Bluto are in a swimming race across the English Channel. As usual, Bluto has a...
Movie pageToreadorable
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive...
Movie pageStork Raving Mad
as Audience MemberA far-fetched tale about a baby who doesn't want to be delivered and a stork who goes a little...
Movie pageTiger Burger
as Native Policeman / Turtle (voice) (uncredited)Popeye and Wimpy are in India where the natives are terrified of a man-eating tiger.
Movie pageFit to Be Toyed
as J.G. (voice) (uncredited)Jonathan P. Grisley, the president of a toy company, is sent to a psychiatrist to find out why...
Movie pagePopeye the Sailor
as Brutus (voice)Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most...
TV Show pageG.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
as Narrator (voice)G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the...
TV Show pageRemington Steele
as NarratorLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
TV Show pageSteve Canyon
as Announcer (uncredited)Steve Canyon is a commander for the U.S. air force. His assignment is to go to various bases to...
TV Show pageThe New Adventures of Superman
as uncreditedThe New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced...
TV Show pageThe Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
as uncreditedThe Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure is a Filmation animated series that aired on CBS from...
TV Show pageTennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
as uncreditedTennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is a semi-educational animated cartoon TV series that originally...
TV Show pageThe Adventures of Superboy
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by...
TV Show pageKing Leonardo and His Short Subjects
as King Leonardo (voice)King Leonardo and his Short Subjects is an animated cartoon series released in 1960 by Total...
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