Directing

Otto Messmer

Born August 16, 1892 · Union City, New Jersey, USA

Died October 28, 1983 · aged 91

American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio. The extent of Messmer's role in the creation and popularity of Felix is a matter of ongoing dispute, particularly as he only laid his claim to the character after the death of Sullivan, who until that time had received the credit. However, most prominent comics and animatio…

Known For

The Friendly Ghost

The Friendly Ghost · 1945

The Friendly Ghost

MovieAnimationFamily

Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.

Oceantics

Oceantics · 1930

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

Japanicky

Japanicky · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Felix can't afford to get in to the theatre so he makes a hole in the wall to peep through. There are two wrestlers. A small Japanese mans overthrows an enormous opponent. Inspired, Felix ties a know in a lamppost and is chased by a policeman. He tries to karate a goat who head butts him. He lands in a Japanese garden where two Geishas are kneeling. Inside a hut another Geisha kneels.

Peep in the Deep

Peep in the Deep · 1946

Peep in the Deep

MovieAnimationFamily

Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it.

Chestnuts

Chestnuts · 1916

An early trickfilm created by Otto Messmer.

Felix Revolts

Felix Revolts · 1923

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town. Felix gathers his feline friends and stages a revolution to restore cats to their rightful place in society.

False Vases

False Vases · 1929

MovieAnimationComedy

When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.

Lulu's Birthday Party

Lulu's Birthday Party · 1944

Lulu's Birthday Party

Little Lulu fantasizes about a birthday party in a candy land.

Filmography

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The Friendly Ghost

The Friendly Ghost · 1945

The Friendly Ghost

MovieAnimationFamily

Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.

Adaptation

Oceantics

Oceantics · 1930

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

Director

Japanicky

Japanicky · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Felix can't afford to get in to the theatre so he makes a hole in the wall to peep through. There are two wrestlers. A small Japanese mans overthrows an enormous opponent. Inspired, Felix ties a know in a lamppost and is chased by a policeman. He tries to karate a goat who head butts him. He lands in a Japanese garden where two Geishas are kneeling. Inside a hut another Geisha kneels.

Director

Peep in the Deep

Peep in the Deep · 1946

Peep in the Deep

MovieAnimationFamily

Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it.

Story

Chestnuts

Chestnuts · 1916

An early trickfilm created by Otto Messmer.

Director

Felix Revolts

Felix Revolts · 1923

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town. Felix gathers his feline friends and stages a revolution to restore cats to their rightful place in society.

Director

False Vases

False Vases · 1929

MovieAnimationComedy

When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.

Director

Lulu's Birthday Party

Lulu's Birthday Party · 1944

Lulu's Birthday Party

Little Lulu fantasizes about a birthday party in a candy land.

Story

Icy Eyes

Icy Eyes · 1927

Felix is after Peaches, a sexy female cat whom he spots skating on the pond.

Director

Rocket to Mars

Rocket to Mars · 1946

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship to Mars. Olive escapes, but Popeye gets to Mars, where he is attacked (by a group led by Bluto) that was preparing to invade Earth. Fortunately, Popeye has a can of spinach handy, so he can save the Earth (turning most of the Martian war apparatus into amusement park rides).

Story

Futuritzy

Futuritzy · 1928

Felix wants to know the future, so he first goes to see a Gypsy who tells him that misfortune is going to happen, Felix doesn't believe her one little bit, so he goes to the local astrologer, Professor Whoozit...

Director

Mess Production

Mess Production · 1945

Mess Production

MovieAnimationComedy

Olive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling hook, sending her into a sleepwalking state. Popeye and Bluto, two rival factory workers, fight each other for privilege of saving her life.

Story

She-Sick Sailors

She-Sick Sailors · 1944

She-Sick Sailors

MovieAnimationComedy

Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.

Story

Charley Out West

Charley Out West · 1919

Charley Out West

MovieAnimationComedy

Animated Charlie Chaplin encounters several obstacles on the way to rescuing a distressed damsel held as captive by indigenous Indians.

Animation

Felix Turns the Tide

Felix Turns the Tide · 1922

Felix Turns the Tide

Felix the Cat becomes a soldier when the rats declare war on the cats.

Director

Felix the Cat Switches Witches

Felix the Cat Switches Witches · 1927

Felix the Cat Switches Witches

MovieComedyAnimation

On Halloween, Felix is both victim and victor in mischievous and bizarre jokes. A feline witch promises Felix a romance to lure him into a trap.

Director

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Old MacDonald Had a Farm · 1946

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

An animated "follow-the-bouncing-ball" audience participation sing-along with Farmer MacDonald having his hands full with the barnyard population. It ends with the animals in a Conga line singing their animated hearts out.

Story

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades · 1927

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades

MovieComedyAnimation

Felix's wife demands he stop his lazing and get a job. Off runs Felix to help a barber, a farmer, and a homeless saxophonist (for a price, of course).

Director

The Adventures of Felix

The Adventures of Felix · 1919

The Adventures of Felix

Felix and friends go fishing and camping.

Director

Felix Strikes It Rich

Felix Strikes It Rich · 1923

Felix Strikes It Rich

Felix organizes a dance contest for hens, but runs afoul of the chicken farmer because the hens aren't meeting their egg quotas. The farmer captures Felix and makes him dig his own grave.

Director

Frolics at the Circus

Frolics at the Circus · 1920

Frolics at the Circus

Felix Frolics at the Circus is an American animated short film featuring Felix the Cat and released on September 26, 1920.

Director

Forty Winks

Forty Winks · 1930

There's no real plot here: just a string of gags on the theme of sleep, or trying to get to sleep. First, Felix and a quartet of feline Felix clones are yowling while a man is trying to sleep; then Felix encounters various obstacles in his own attempts to tryst with Morpheus.

Director

Spree for All

Spree for All · 1946

Snuffy Smith, a returning war veteran, wants peace and quiet. He settles in the mountains, only to have his peace shattered by two violently feuding families.

Story

Felix Saves the Day

Felix Saves the Day · 1922

Felix Saves the Day

Boys playing back alley baseball improbably hold their afternoon game at the Polo Grounds. Felix the Cat takes action when his favored team seems poised to lose.

Director

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat · 1995

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an American animated television series produced by Film Roman. the series first aired on September 16, 1995 on CBS Saturday mornings lasting for two seasons with the final episode airing on April 12, 1997. The first season consists of 13 episodes and the second and final season consists of 8 episodes.

Characters