Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1885-05-07

Place of Birth

Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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]

Known For

Somewhere in Dreamland

Somewhere in Dreamland

The Twisker Pitcher

The Twisker Pitcher

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

I'm in the Army Now

I'm in the Army Now

King of the Mardi Gras

King of the Mardi Gras

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Let's Get Movin'

Let's Get Movin'

Little Swee'pea

Little Swee'pea

The Spinach Roadster

The Spinach Roadster

What -- No Spinach?

What -- No Spinach?

Acting History

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer as Sindbad the Sailor (voice) (archive sound)

Spinach Packin' Popeye as Bluto (voice)

It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day as Birds

Gulliver's Travels as Various (voice) (uncredited)

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

Learn Polikeness as Professor Bluteau (voice) (uncredited)

Let's Celebrake as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Fowl Play as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves as Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited)

Protek the Weakerist as Bluto

The Football Toucher Downer as Young Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

I Likes Babies and Infinks as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

I Never Changes My Altitude as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Morning, Noon and Night Club as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

The Twisker Pitcher as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Hospitaliky as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

My Artistical Temperature as Bluto

Organ Grinder's Swing as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

The Paneless Window Washer as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

I'm in the Army Now as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor as Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)

The Spinach Roadster as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Be Human as Abusive Farmer (voice) (uncredited)

Hold the Wire as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Little Swee'pea as Elephant / Crocodile / Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time as Preacher / Devil (voice)

Let's Get Movin' as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

I Wanna Be a Life Guard as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Bold King Cole as Bold King Cole (voice)

What -- No Spinach? as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Bridge Ahoy! as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Brotherly Love as Bruiser (voice) (uncredited)

A Clean Shaven Man as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Somewhere in Dreamland as Baker (voice)

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

The Spinach Overture as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Adventures of Popeye as Bluto (voice)

King of the Mardi Gras as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

You Gotta Be a Football Hero as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Dizzy Divers as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

For Better or Worser as Bluto

Choose Your 'Weppins' as Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)

The Hyp-Nut-Tist as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Be Kind to 'Aminals' as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

S.O.S. as Pirate Captain / Hippo (voice)

Silly Scandals as Magician / Hippo (voice)

In My Merry Oldsmobile as Peeping Tom