Jack Mercer

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Worthington, Indiana, USA

Winfield B. Mercer (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), professionally known as Jack Mercer, was a prolific American voice actor, animator and writer. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat. The son of vaudeville and Broadway performers, he also performed on the vaudeville and legitimate stage.

Known for

• The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons — Popeye (voice)2025
• Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer — Pool Room Fishes / Popeye the Sailor (voice) (archive sound)2024
• 3-D Rarities — Moon People (archive footage)2015
• Popeye — Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)1980
• The Popeye Valentine Special: Sweethearts at Sea — Popeye (voice)1979
• The All-New Popeye Hour — Popeye / Poopdeck Pappy1978
• Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter — Popeye / Wimpy (voice)1972
• Goodie's Good Deed — Gremlins / Bear Kid1964
• The Timid Knight — Bear/Stork1964
• City Snicker — Spooky/Farmer1963

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1909-11-18

Active to

1976-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

490

Total plays

1,155

Jack Mercer (January 13, 1910 – December 4, 1984) was an American voice actor and animator. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat. The son of vaudeville and Broadway performers, he also performed on the vaudeville and legitimate stage. Mercer began his work in cartoons as an "inbetweener", an apprentice animator at Fleischer Studios. Mercer liked to imitate voices,[1] including one close call where <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/JACK+MERCER"

via Last.fm · JACK MERCER

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jack

Family name

Mercer

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Worthington

Place of death

Manhattan

Occupation

screenwriter

Height

1.63

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