
Jack Mercer
Known for Acting · 367 credits
- Born
- 1910-01-31
- Died
- 1984-12-07
- Place of birth
- Worthington, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Winfield B. Mercer · Jack B. Mercer
Biography
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

Popeye the Sailor
1960
as Popeye (voice)

The All-New Popeye Hour
1978
as Popeye / Poopdeck Pappy

Dumbo
1941
as Clowns (voice) (uncredited)

Felix the Cat
1958
as Felix / The Professor / Rock Bottom

Popeye
1980
as Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)

Superman
1941
as The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
TV Shows (3)
Movies (364)

Dumbo
1941
as Clowns (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye
1980
as Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)

Superman
1941
as The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)

Gulliver's Travels
1939
as King Little (voice) (uncredited)

Poor Cinderella
1934
as Various (voice) (uncredited)

Eleventh Hour
1942
as Japanese Guard / Japanese Official / American Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Japoteurs
1942
as Press Tour Guide (voice) (uncredited)

Christmas Comes But Once a Year
1936
as Professor Grampy (voice) (uncredited)

The Hungry Goat
1943
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
1937
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

All's Fair at the Fair
1947
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Jungle Drums
1943
as Lieutenant Fleming / Pilot #1 (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
as Mr. Bumble / Swat (voice)

Destruction Inc.
1942
as Radio Newscaster / Louis (voice) (uncredited)

You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly
1940

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1939
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Frightday the 13th
1953
as Ghosts / Pet Shop Man / Mr. Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

Out to Punch
1956
as Popeye / Boxing Announcer / Counter (voice) (uncredited)

3-D Rarities
2015
as Moon People (archive footage)

Assault and Flattery
1956
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Private Eye Popeye
1954
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Stork Raving Mad
1958
as Stork / Dispatcher Stork / Father

You're Not Built That Way
1936
as Butcher (voice) (uncredited)

Greek Mirthology
1954
as Popeye / Nephews (voice) (uncredited)

Ancient Fistory
1953
as Popeye / Fairy Godfather / Announcer / Bull (voice) (uncredited)

Showdown
1942
as Office Boy / Fake Superman (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
1972
as Popeye / Wimpy (voice)

Hill-billing and Cooing
1956
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Friendly Ghost
1945
as Ghost / Rooster (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye's Premiere
1949
as Popeye / Aladdin (voice)

We Did It
1936
as Kitten (voice) (uncredited)

Ants in the Plants
1940
as Ants (voice)

The Mighty Navy
1941
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

I'm in the Army Now
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Moving Aweigh
1944
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Impractical Joker
1937
as Cousin Irving (voice) (uncredited)

Crazytown
1954
as House Builder (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye for President
1956
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Floor Flusher
1954
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Terror on the Midway
1942
as Sideshow Barker (voice) (uncredited)

Snow Place Like Home
1948
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

I Wanna Be a Life Guard
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Patriotic Popeye
1957
as Popeye / Popeye's Nephews (voice) (uncredited)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
as Pool Room Fishes / Popeye the Sailor (voice) (archive sound)

Santa's Surprise
1947
as Russian Boy / Dutch Boy / Vocal Effects - Snoring (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954
as Popeye / Bob Hope / Jerry Lewis / Audience Members (uncredited)

Symphony in Spinach
1948
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Snooze Reel
1952
as Jonah / Professor / Beautiful Bob

Let's Get Movin'
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Tiger Burger
1960
as Popeye / Wimpy (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye and the Giant
1960
as Popeye (voice)

Organ Grinder's Swing
1937
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Hot Air Salesman
1937
as Wiffle Piffle (voice) (uncredited)

The Spinach Roadster
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Wotta Knight
1947
as Popeye (voice)
The Tears of an Onion
1938
as Caterpillar / Onion (voice) (uncredited)

A Clean Shaven Man
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Puppet Love
1944
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Anvil Chorus Girl
1944
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Marry-Go-Round
1943
as Popeye / Shorty (voice) (uncredited)

Pest Pupil
1957
as Tutor / Duckling (voice)

Ghost of the Town
1952
as Ghosts / Taxi-Driver / Kids / Townsmen (uncredited)

The Crystal Brawl
1957
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Too Weak to Work
1943
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Wigwam Whoopee
1948
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Tell Me a Badtime Story
1963
as Meanie / Bad Gremlin Kid / Powhatan (uncredited)

Riding the Rails
1938
as Train Conductor

King of the Mardi Gras
1935
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Swab the Duck
1956
as Ducklings
Talking Horse Sense
1959
as Man (voice)

Gabby Goes Fishing
1941
as Fish (voice)

Penguin for Your Thoughts
1956
as Mr. Penguin

Hooky Spooky
1957
as Spooky / Kangaroo (voice) (uncredited)

Onion Pacific
1940
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye's Mirthday
1953
as Popeye / Nephews (voice) (uncredited)

She-Sick Sailors
1944
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Fright to the Finish
1954
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Casper's Spree Under the Sea
1950
as Ghost/Fish Fair Barker/Fisherman(voice) (uncredited)

Nearlyweds
1957
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye's Pizza Palace
1960
as Popeye / Wimpy (voice)

Fit to Be Toyed
1959
as Dr. Dumbkopf / J.G.'s Father / Santa Claus / Butler / Board Member (voice) (uncredited)

The Paneless Window Washer
1937
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Hold the Wire
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

City Snicker
1963
as Spooky/Farmer

Secret Agent
1943
as Perry White / Saboteur (voice) (uncredited)

The Spinach Overture
1935
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Rocket to Mars
1946
as Popeye (voice)

Olive's Boithday Presink
1941
as Popeye / Geezil (voice) (uncredited)

Taxi-Turvy
1954
as Popeye / Old Man (voice) (uncredited)

Barbecue for Two
1960
as Popeye
The Raven
1942

Spree Lunch
1957
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Shakespearian Spinach
1940
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Goonland
1938
as Popeye / Pappy (voice) (uncredited)

Lumberjack and Jill
1949
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

A Date to Skate
1938
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Cookin' with Gags
1955
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Bride and Gloom
1954
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Alpine for You
1951
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

To Boo or Not to Boo
1951
as Little Boy / Donkey / Square Dance Caller (voice) (uncredited)

The Twisker Pitcher
1937
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Brotherly Love
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Poopdeck Pappy
1940
as Popeye / Pappy (voice) (uncredited)

I'll Never Crow Again
1941
as Popeye / Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Swing Cleaning
1941
as King Little / Castle Workers (voice) (uncredited)

A Haul in One
1956
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue
1943
as Popeye

Zula Hula
1937
as Grampy

Spinach vs Hamburgers
1948
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Service with a Smile
1937
as Grampy

Stealin Aint Honest
1940
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Shuteye Popeye
1952
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Wotta Nitemare
1939
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Adventures of Popeye
1935
as Popeye (voice)

Three's a Crowd
1932
as Uncle Tom / Various (voice) (uncredited)

Red White and Boo
1955
as Paul Revere / Horse / Soldiers (voice) (uncredited)

Silly Hillbilly
1949
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

What -- No Spinach?
1936
as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
About Jack Mercer
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. With 367 credits spanning from 1931 to 2025, Jack Mercer has appeared in 364 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Mercer Movies
- Dumbo (1941) — as Clowns (voice) (uncredited)
- Popeye (1980) — as Popeye - Animated Prologue (voice)
- Superman (1941) — as The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
- Gulliver's Travels (1939) — as King Little (voice) (uncredited)
- Poor Cinderella (1934) — as Various (voice) (uncredited)
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