Acting

Jack Mercer

Born January 31, 1910 · Worthington, Indiana, USA

Died December 7, 1984 · aged 74

Winfield B. Mercer (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), professionally known as Jack Mercer, was a prolific American voice actor, animator and writer. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat. The son of vaudeville and Broadway performers, he also performed on the vaudeville and legitimate stage.

Known For

Dumbo

MovieAnimationFamily

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

Popeye

MovieActionAdventure

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels · 1939

Gulliver's Travels

MovieAnimationFamily

Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

Terror on the Midway

Terror on the Midway · 1942

Terror on the Midway

MovieAnimationFantasy

When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.

Nurse-Mates

Nurse-Mates · 1940

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Bluto show up simultaneously to take Olive to the movies. She needs to visit the hairdresser first, and tells the boys to take care of Swee'Pea.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor · 1936

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

MovieAnimationAdventure

After wrecking Popeye's ship and stealing away Olive Oyl, hero of Arabic legend Sindbad decides to test him and his ever-resilient new rival's strength in order to prove their supremacy as the "most remarkable, extraordinary fella" of Sindbad's menagerie island.

Alona on the Sarong Seas

Alona on the Sarong Seas · 1942

Alona on the Sarong Seas

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Bluto are on leave in the South Seas when Princess Alona (Olive) comes surfing by in her Sarong, a bird perched on her knee. The boys are smitten, and chase after her. The bird warns our boys that any harm to the princess will result in death from the local volcano.

Poor Cinderella

Poor Cinderella · 1934

Poor Cinderella

MovieAnimationFantasy

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

Filmography

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Dumbo

MovieAnimationFamily

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

Clowns (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye

MovieActionAdventure

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels · 1939

Gulliver's Travels

MovieAnimationFamily

Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

King Little (voice) (uncredited)

Terror on the Midway

Terror on the Midway · 1942

Terror on the Midway

MovieAnimationFantasy

When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.

Sideshow Barker (voice) (uncredited)

Nurse-Mates

Nurse-Mates · 1940

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Bluto show up simultaneously to take Olive to the movies. She needs to visit the hairdresser first, and tells the boys to take care of Swee'Pea.

Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor · 1936

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

MovieAnimationAdventure

After wrecking Popeye's ship and stealing away Olive Oyl, hero of Arabic legend Sindbad decides to test him and his ever-resilient new rival's strength in order to prove their supremacy as the "most remarkable, extraordinary fella" of Sindbad's menagerie island.

Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Alona on the Sarong Seas

Alona on the Sarong Seas · 1942

Alona on the Sarong Seas

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Bluto are on leave in the South Seas when Princess Alona (Olive) comes surfing by in her Sarong, a bird perched on her knee. The boys are smitten, and chase after her. The bird warns our boys that any harm to the princess will result in death from the local volcano.

Story

Poor Cinderella

Poor Cinderella · 1934

Poor Cinderella

MovieAnimationFantasy

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

Various (voice) (uncredited)

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

Christmas Comes But Once a Year · 1936

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

MovieAnimationFamily

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Professor Grampy (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Bug Goes to Town

Mr. Bug Goes to Town · 1941

Mr. Bug Goes to Town

MovieAnimationComedy

The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

Mr. Bumble / Swat (voice)

Destruction Inc.

Destruction Inc. · 1942

Destruction Inc.

MovieActionAnimation

Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!

Radio Newscaster / Louis (voice) (uncredited)

Superman

Superman · 1941

MovieActionAnimation

After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.

The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)

Ants in the Plants

Ants in the Plants · 1940

Ants in the Plants

MovieAnimationComedy

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, the Anteater. "He's a menace, he's a brute, he will scoop you with his snoot." Their motto is "make him yell uncle," which they do when the anteater invades them.

Ants (voice)

Japoteurs

Japoteurs · 1942

MovieAnimationAction

Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.

Press Tour Guide (voice) (uncredited)

Secret Agent

Secret Agent · 1943

MovieAnimationAction

A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.

Perry White / Saboteur (voice) (uncredited)

Vitamin Hay

Vitamin Hay · 1941

It's time for lunch, and Spunky (the baby donkey) is expected to feed on healthy (and awful-tasting) Vitamin Hay. He resists, and wanders out of the barn to look for more interesting things to eat.

Hunky / Spunky (voice)

Greek Mirthology

Greek Mirthology · 1954

Greek Mirthology

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules (Popeye) defeated a bully (Bluto).

Popeye / Nephews (voice) (uncredited)

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour · 1942

MovieAnimationAction

Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.

Japanese Guard / Japanese Official / American Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Patriotic Popeye

Patriotic Popeye · 1957

Patriotic Popeye

MovieAnimationComedy

Two of Popeye's nephews get caught playing with fireworks on the Fourth of July. Popeye takes them away, and they spend the rest of the picture trying to get them back (mostly by getting Popeye away from them).

Popeye / Popeye's Nephews (voice) (uncredited)

Swing Cleaning

Swing Cleaning · 1941

MovieAnimationComedy

Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework.

King Little / Castle Workers (voice) (uncredited)

Jungle Drums

Jungle Drums · 1943

MovieAnimationAction

Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.

Lieutenant Fleming / Pilot #1 (voice) (uncredited)

Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue

Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue · 1943

Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue

Popeye induces Bluto to join the Army. Bluto is a bit reluctant at first, but the might of Popeye's fists convinces Bluto that Uncle Sam needs fighting men.

Popeye

3-D Rarities

3-D Rarities · 2015

MovieDocumentary

Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!

Moon People (archive footage)

I'm in the Army Now

I'm in the Army Now · 1936

I'm in the Army Now

MovieAnimationComedy

Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at the recruiting station - that can only take one of them.

Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor · 1960

Popeye the Sailor

SeriesAnimationKids

Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.

Writer

The All-New Popeye Hour

The All-New Popeye Hour · 1978

The All-New Popeye Hour

SeriesAnimation

The All-New Popeye Hour is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King Features Syndicate. Starring the popular comic strip character Popeye, the series aired from 1978 to 1983 on CBS.

Popeye / Poopdeck Pappy

Felix the Cat

Felix the Cat · 1958

SeriesAnimationComedy

Felix the Cat follows the offbeat adventures of that curious feline, Felix. Although he was quickly overshadowed by Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, America's favorite cat still remains a classic.

Felix / The Professor / Rock Bottom

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor · 1933

Popeye the Sailor

SeriesAnimationComedy

The theatrical run of Popeye the Sailor from 1933 to 1957 represents one of the most enduring and influential eras in American animation history. Spanning 231 shorts, this golden age of Popeye evolved across two distinct production studios: the boundary-pushing, gritty Fleischer Studios (1933–1942) and the more formulaic, brightly colored Famous Studios (1942–1957). Together, they transformed E.C. Segar’s comic strip character into a global cinematic icon, establishing formulas and animation techniques that altered the medium forever.

Popeye (voice)

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost · 1950

Casper the Friendly Ghost

SeriesAnimationKids

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoons of the same name. He is a pleasant, personable and translucent ghost, but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio. The character was featured in 55 theatrical cartoons titled "The Friendly Ghost" from 1945 to 1959.

Little Boy / Donkey / Square Dance Caller (voice)