Gus Wicke

Known for
Acting
Born
May 7, 1885
Died
January 3, 1947 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Biography

August Wicke (May 7, 1885 – January 3, 1947), also known as Gus Wicke and Gus Wickie, was an American bass singer and stage and voice actor. He was one of the voices of Bluto in the animated series Popeye the Sailor, by Fleischer Studios. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

Filmography

2026
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1

Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1

Movie · as Popeye the Sailor (voice, archive audio)

2024
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer

Movie · as Sindbad the Sailor (voice) (archive sound)

1944
Spinach Packin' Popeye poster

Spinach Packin' Popeye

Movie · as Bluto (voice)

1941
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day poster

It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day

Movie · as Birds

1939
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

Movie · as Various (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Let's Celebrake poster

Let's Celebrake

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Learn Polikeness poster

Learn Polikeness

Movie · as Professor Bluteau (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh poster

Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh

Movie · as Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Organ Grinder's Swing poster

Organ Grinder's Swing

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
My Artistical Temperature poster

My Artistical Temperature

Movie · as Bluto

1937
The Twisker Pitcher poster

The Twisker Pitcher

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Hospitaliky poster

Hospitaliky

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves poster

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

Movie · as Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited)

1937
I Likes Babies and Infinks poster

I Likes Babies and Infinks

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
I Never Changes My Altitude poster

I Never Changes My Altitude

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Fowl Play poster

Fowl Play

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
The Football Toucher Downer poster

The Football Toucher Downer

Movie · as Young Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Protek the Weakerist poster

Protek the Weakerist

Movie · as Bluto

1937
The Paneless Window Washer poster

The Paneless Window Washer

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Morning, Noon and Night Club poster

Morning, Noon and Night Club

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Bold King Cole poster

Bold King Cole

Movie · as Bold King Cole (voice)

1936
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time poster

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time

Movie · as Preacher / Devil (voice)

1936
Be Human poster

Be Human

Movie · as Abusive Farmer (voice) (uncredited)

1936
What -- No Spinach? poster

What -- No Spinach?

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love

Movie · as Bruiser (voice) (uncredited)

1936
A Clean Shaven Man poster

A Clean Shaven Man

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
I Wanna Be a Life Guard poster

I Wanna Be a Life Guard

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Let's Get Movin' poster

Let's Get Movin'

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Little Swee'pea poster

Little Swee'pea

Movie · as Elephant / Crocodile / Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Hold the Wire poster

Hold the Wire

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
The Spinach Roadster poster

The Spinach Roadster

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
I'm in the Army Now poster

I'm in the Army Now

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky poster

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor poster

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Movie · as Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)

1936
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski poster

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Bridge Ahoy! poster

Bridge Ahoy!

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936
Somewhere in Dreamland poster

Somewhere in Dreamland

Movie · as Baker (voice)

1935
For Better or Worser poster

For Better or Worser

Movie · as Bluto

1935
Choose Your 'Weppins' poster

Choose Your 'Weppins'

Movie · as Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)

1935
Be Kind to 'Aminals' poster

Be Kind to 'Aminals'

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935
Dizzy Divers poster

Dizzy Divers

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935
You Gotta Be a Football Hero poster

You Gotta Be a Football Hero

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935
King of the Mardi Gras poster

King of the Mardi Gras

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935
Adventures of Popeye poster

Adventures of Popeye

Movie · as Bluto (voice)

1935
The Spinach Overture poster

The Spinach Overture

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935
The Hyp-Nut-Tist poster

The Hyp-Nut-Tist

Movie · as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1934
Little Dutch Mill poster

Little Dutch Mill

Movie · as The Miser

1932
S.O.S. poster

S.O.S.

Movie · as Pirate Captain / Hippo (voice)

1931
In My Merry Oldsmobile poster

In My Merry Oldsmobile

Movie · as Peeping Tom

1931
Silly Scandals poster

Silly Scandals

Movie · as Magician / Hippo (voice)