Born
1885-05-07 (age 141)
Birthplace
Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Known For
Acting
Gus Wicke
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]
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Gulliver's Travels
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Bold King Cole
as Bold King Cole (voice)
1936
In My Merry Oldsmobile
as Peeping Tom
1931
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
as Preacher / Devil (voice)
1936
Spinach Packin' Popeye
as Bluto (voice)
1944
Be Human
as Abusive Farmer (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Silly Scandals
as Magician / Hippo (voice)
1931
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
as Birds
1941
For Better or Worser
as Bluto
1935
What -- No Spinach?
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
A Clean Shaven Man
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Brotherly Love
as Bruiser (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Choose Your 'Weppins'
as Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
1935
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Let's Get Movin'
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Little Swee'pea
as Elephant / Crocodile / Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Hold the Wire
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
The Spinach Roadster
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
I'm in the Army Now
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Organ Grinder's Swing
as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937