Jack Mercer — Actor (82)
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Candy Cabaret (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Candy Cabaret
director: Dave Tendlar actor: Jackson Beck / Jack Mercer
Set in a nightclub in Sugarland---not the one in Texas---the bon-bons, lollipops, taffy and other sweet-and-sticky citizens perform in a musical show. The grand finale features the Sugar Lump Orchestra playing "Ain't She Sweet" while the bouncing-ball leads the theatre audience in a sing-along.
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A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le Cheik rembarré
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.
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Doing Impossikible Stunts (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Doing Impossikible Stunts
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Margie Hines
other title: La Cascade
Mystery Pictures is looking for a stunt man. Swee'pea tags along with Popeye, but he sends the tot home. Popeye shows clips of his stunts to the director, who is impressed; when he goes to put on the last reel, Swee'pea, who snuck back in, hands him Lost and Foundry (1937), which features Swee'pea saving the day. The director signs Swee'pea.
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Protek the Weakerist (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Protek the Weakerist
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Pour protéger les plus faibles
Olive asks Popeye to walk her dog Fluffy, but Popeye is embarrassed because Fluffy is as weak looking as the name implies. Sure enough, when Bluto and his bulldog come by, the dogs (and their owners) get in a fight.
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Popeye's Premiere (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Popeye's Premiere
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: La première de Popeye
Popeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in the movie, interacting with it at various points, and even handing the screen version of himself a can of spinach. The movie itself is the story of Aladdin, minus the songs and about half the footage of the short it's cut from.
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All's Fair at the Fair (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
All's Fair at the Fair
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le parc d’attractions
Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger.
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Cookin' with Gags (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cookin' with Gags
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le pique-nique
The boys are taking Olive on a picnic. It's April 1, and Bluto plays a series of "jokes" on Popeye, though of course they go beyond the bounds of acceptability, particularly once they get to the picnic grounds; Bluto puts gasoline on the fire he asks Popeye to light and swaps a beehive for the lemonade. Bluto then launches a cruel joke against Olive and frames Popeye. The capper: he replaces Popeye's spinach with a joke can, and runs off with Olive for some canoeing. But Popeye gets the last laugh with an inflatable sea monster.
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Popeye and the Pirates (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Popeye and the Pirates
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Popeye et les Pirates
Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain. He tries tricks, like dressing in drag, but until the spinach, no luck. Fortunately, a passing swordfish reading a Popeye comic book recognizes him and feeds him the spinach on the comic cover.
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Puppet Love (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Puppet Love
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Jackson Beck …
other title: La Marionnette
Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him.
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Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le grand chef Ugh Amugh Ugh
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh is looking for a squaw. Meanwhile, Popeye and Olive are wrestling with their recalcitrant mule and Olive accidentally lands in the Indian camp. Popeye catches up to her. There's an unfair fight, and Popeye is about to be burned at the stake. He drops his spinach, but it cooks and pops into his mouth.
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Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jackson Beck / Jack Mercer …
other title: Popeye und das Jubiläum / Le 20ème anniversaire de Popeye
Popeye is being honored for his 20 years of films, in a dinner hosted by 'Bob Hope' (several other celebrities are present, like Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, 'Jerry Lewis' and 'Dean Martin').
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Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Margie Hines
other title: La plomberie c’est un jeu d’enfant
Olive has a small leak in a pipe; she makes the mistake of calling Wimpy to fix it, and the even bigger mistake of asking Popeye to help her do something until Wimpy can arrive. Meanwhile, Wimpy keeps realizing he's forgotten his tools, his gloves, etc. and going back. Popeye finally eats his spinach and manages some fixes to the system.
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Mutiny Ain't Nice (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mutiny Ain't Nice
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel
other title: La mutinerie est un vilain défaut
Popeye is leaving on his sailing ship, much to Olive's chagrin. She ends up accidentally stowing away in a trunk. Popeye discovers her, but she can't stay, because the crew will think she's a jinx. She tries to hide, but this only scares the crew more, because they think the ship's haunted. When she is revealed, the crew comes after her to throw her off, and then turns on captain Popeye.