Barmen, German Empire (now the Federal Republic of Germany)
Died
January 3, 1947(1947-01-03) (aged 61)
Belleville, New Jersey[1]
Occupation(s)
Singer, stage actor, voice actor
Years active
1916–1944[2]
August Wicke (May 7, 1885 – January 3, 1947), also known as Gus Wicke and Gus Wickie,[3] 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.[4]
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^Gus Wicke at the Internet Broadway Database
^Gould, Jack (February 13, 1938). "Notes and Reflections on the Night Clubs". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
^Grandinetti, Fred M. (July 29, 2004). Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1605-9.
August Wicke (May 7, 1885 – January 3, 1947), also known as Gus Wicke and GusWickie, was an American bass singer, and stage and voice actor. He was one...
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written by Bob Rothberg. The voice cast includes Jack Mercer as Popeye, GusWickie as Sindbad the Sailor, Mae Questel as Olive Oyl and Lou Fleischer as J...
cartoons, Bluto was voiced by a number of actors, including William Pennell, GusWickie, Jackson Beck (who took over the role in 1944), Pinto Colvig, Tedd Pierce...
First appearance Experiment No. 1 (1918) Created by Max Fleischer, Dave Fleischer Voiced by GusWickie (1933) Cab Calloway (1933) Larry Storch (1960-1961)...
Pennell sang in a vocal quartet which was used by Paramount Pictures. GusWickie replaced Pennell as Bluto in 1935. Tim Lawson, Alisa Persons (December...
cheerfully recites his favorite slogan, "An elephant never forgets". GusWickie as The Elephant / The Hippo Roland Crandall: animator Seymour Kneitel:...
also voiced Bluto for the studio's Popeye the Sailor cartoons, replacing GusWickie, who elected to remain in New York rather than move to Miami. Colvig's...
Edith Vernick Myron Waldman Harold Walker John Walworth Bob Wickersham GusWickie Kaye Wright Lou Zukor See also 1937 Fleischer Studios strike Bray Productions...
better at cleaning windows. Jack Mercer as Popeye Mae Questel as Olive Oyl GusWickie as Bluto A version of this film was released by Cartoon Renewal Studios...
Noa William Pennell Tedd Pierce Bonnie Poe Mae Questel Ann Rothschild GusWickie Kate Wright Lou Fleischer (supervisor, 1930–1942) George Steiner (1930–1935)...
producer John Christopher Turner, American active in Afghanistan January 3 – GusWickie, singer and voice actor (b. 1885) January 7 – Marie Louise Obenauer, labor...
firm of Schunk und Ebe oHG Ida Wüst (1884–1958), stage and film actress GusWickie (1885-1947), German-American bass singer and voice actor Erich Schönfelder...
– Burton Cummings, rock singer-songwriter (The Guess Who) January 3 – GusWickie, singer and voice actor, 61 January 11 – Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville...
Fleischer Produced by Max Fleischer Starring Mae Questel Billy Murray GusWickie Music by Sammy Timberg (uncredited) Animation by Grim Natwick Color process...
screenwriter and storyboard artist (co-founder of Nelvana). January 3: GusWickie, German-American singer and actor (voice of Bluto in Popeye), dies at...
Fleischer Produced by Max Fleischer Starring Mae Questel (uncredited) GusWickie Music by Sammy Timberg Animation by Roland Crandall Rudolph Eggeman Al...
productions include Barbapapa (The Netherlands/Japan/France 1973–1977), Wickie und die to starken Männer/小さなバイキング ビッケ (Vicky the Viking) (Austria/Germany/Japan...
Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX) Renee Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva as Wickie (Netflix) Jharrel Jerome – I'm a Virgo as Cootie (Prime Video) Diarra Kilpatrick...
Picture book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni, ISBN 0-590-43049-1 Children's book: Wickie und die starken Männer (Vicky the Viking) by Runer Jonsson, ISBN 3-7707-2850-5...
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