Acting
Birthday: May 7, 1885 (140)
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For
The Twisker Pitcheras Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Vim, Vigor and Vitalikyas Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Somewhere in Dreamlandas Baker (voice)
King of the Mardi Grasas Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Little Swee'peaas Elephant / Crocodile / Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Get Movin'as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)Select Role:
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)Age: 139as Sindbad the Sailor (voice) (archive sound)
Spinach Packin' Popeye (1944)Age: 59as Bluto (voice)
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day (1941)Age: 56as Birds
Gulliver's Travels (1939)Age: 54as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Learn Polikeness (1938)Age: 53as Professor Bluteau (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Celebrake (1938)Age: 53as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (1938)Age: 53as Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (voice) (uncredited)
Organ Grinder's Swing (1937)Age: 52as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
My Artistical Temperature (1937)Age: 52as Bluto
The Twisker Pitcher (1937)Age: 52as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
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