Jackson Beck

Acting

Jackson Beck

Born July 23, 1912 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Died July 28, 2004 · aged 92

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.

Known For

Radio DaysRadio Days · 1987
Radio Days
★ 7.01987
MovieComedyDrama
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Take the Money and RunTake the Money and Run · 1969
Take the Money and Run
★ 7.11969
MovieComedyCrime
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
G.I. Joe: The MovieG.I. Joe: The Movie · 1987
G.I. Joe: The Movie
★ 6.61987
MovieAnimationAction
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
PowerPower · 1986
Power
★ 5.81986
MovieDrama
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
The Mechanical MonstersThe Mechanical Monsters · 1941
The Mechanical Monsters
★ 7.01941
MovieActionAnimation
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
Billion Dollar LimitedBillion Dollar Limited · 1942
Billion Dollar Limited
★ 7.01942
MovieAnimationAction
Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman!
The Mummy StrikesThe Mummy Strikes · 1943
The Mummy Strikes
★ 6.31943
MovieAnimationAction
Egyptologists are attacked by mummies, drawing the attention of Superman.
Destruction Inc.Destruction Inc. · 1942
Destruction Inc.
★ 6.51942
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!

Filmography

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G.I. Joe: The Revenge of CobraG.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra · 1984
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
★ 8.11984
MovieAnimationAction
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.

Narrator (voice)

3-D Rarities3-D Rarities · 2015
3-D Rarities
★ 5.82015
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!

King Luna/Moon People (archive footage)

The Adventures of SuperboyThe Adventures of Superboy · 1966
The Adventures of Superboy
★ 5.21966
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
The Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The 34 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The New Adventures of Superman other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, who acted as the bespectacled, mild-mannered disguise for the young hero, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Pa and Ma Kent, foster parents of the Boy of Steel, and the town of Smallville were also faithfully recreated from comic book adventures. As a result of the production's budget, the show featured a great amount of stock animation as well as limited movement from the characters.