William 'Billy' Costello

Born: 1898-02-02


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Popeye the Sailor

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-07-14

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

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We Aim to Please

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-27

Popeye and Olive open a diner, singing the title song. Alas, their first two customers are Wimpy...

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The Hyp-Nut-Tist

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-04-25

Popeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While...

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The Dance Contest

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

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

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I Yam What I Yam

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-29

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

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Let's Sing with Popeye

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-03-05

Popeye walks around while singing his theme song, followed by a sing-along.

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Shoein' Hosses

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-01

Wimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the...

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Wild Elephinks

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-29

Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately...

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Shiver Me Timbers!

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-27

Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to...

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Beware of Barnacle Bill

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-01-24

To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye...

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Can You Take It

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-26

Popeye sees Olive going into the Bruiser Boys Club, where she works in the hospital ward. Their...

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Let's You and Him Fight

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-02-15

Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded...

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A Dream Walking

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-09-27

Popeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most...

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The Two-Alarm Fire

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-10-25

Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches...

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Choose Your 'Weppins'

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-05-31

Policeman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The...

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Axe Me Another

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-29

Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her...

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Dizzy Dishes

as Gorilla
Released: 1930-08-08

The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

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Dizzy Dishes

as Gus Gorilla
Released: 1930-08-08

The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

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Seasin's Greetinks!

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-17

Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own....

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Dizzy Divers

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-25

Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto...

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Pleased to Meet Cha!

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-03-21

The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in,...

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You Gotta Be a Football Hero

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-29

Popeye and Olive are attending a football game; Bluto's team takes the field, and Olive is swept...

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The Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-03-15

Popeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to...

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For Better or Worser

as Popeye
Released: 1935-06-27

Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial...

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Strong to the Finich

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-28

Olive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they...

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Blow Me Down!

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-26

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

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Sock-a-Bye, Baby

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-18

When Popeye takes the baby for a walk in the stroller, the little one won't be quiet unless he's...

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I Eats My Spinach

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-17

Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.

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