Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-05-07

Deathday

1947-01-03 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Also Known As

August Wicke
Gus Wickie

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

6.6%

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Nov 27, 1936

6.2%

Gulliver's Travels

Nov 10, 1939

7.8%

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

Nov 26, 1937

7.2%

Somewhere in Dreamland

Jan 17, 1936

6.7%

The Paneless Window Washer

Jan 22, 1937

4.6%

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time

Aug 7, 1936

5.1%

Bold King Cole

May 29, 1936

6.5%

Little Swee'pea

Sep 25, 1936

5.8%

I'm in the Army Now

Dec 25, 1936

IMM

6.1%

In My Merry Oldsmobile

Mar 14, 1931

5.0%

Silly Scandals

May 22, 1931

5.6%

Be Human

Nov 20, 1936

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Acting

2024

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

1944

Spinach Packin' Popeye as Bluto (voice)

1941

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

1939

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

1938		Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh as Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (voice) (uncredited)
1938		Learn Polikeness as Professor Bluteau (voice) (uncredited)
1938		Let's Celebrake as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1937		Fowl Play as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves as Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited)
1937		Protek the Weakerist as Bluto
1937		The Football Toucher Downer as Young Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		I Likes Babies and Infinks as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		I Never Changes My Altitude as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		Morning, Noon and Night Club as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		The Twisker Pitcher as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		Hospitaliky as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		My Artistical Temperature as Bluto
1937		Organ Grinder's Swing as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1937		The Paneless Window Washer as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1936		I'm in the Army Now as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor as Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)
1936		The Spinach Roadster as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Be Human as Abusive Farmer (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Hold the Wire as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Little Swee'pea as Elephant / Crocodile / Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Sunday Go to Meetin' Time as Preacher / Devil (voice)
1936		Let's Get Movin' as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		I Wanna Be a Life Guard as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Bold King Cole as Bold King Cole (voice)
1936		What -- No Spinach? as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Bridge Ahoy! as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Brotherly Love as Bruiser (voice) (uncredited)
1936		A Clean Shaven Man as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Somewhere in Dreamland as Baker (voice)
1936		Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1935		The Spinach Overture as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935		Adventures of Popeye as Bluto (voice)
1935		King of the Mardi Gras as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935		You Gotta Be a Football Hero as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935		Dizzy Divers as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935		For Better or Worser as Bluto
1935		Choose Your 'Weppins' as Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
1935		The Hyp-Nut-Tist as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935		Be Kind to 'Aminals' as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

1932

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

1931		Silly Scandals as Magician / Hippo (voice)
1931		In My Merry Oldsmobile as Peeping Tom