Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 23, 1912
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Jackson Beck
Biography
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Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Best Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons | |
| 2015 | 3-D Rarities | King Luna/Moon People (archive footage) |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Radio Voice (voice) |
| 1986 | Power | The Voice (voice) |
| 1984 | G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra | Narrator (voice) |
| 1983 | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Announcer (voice) |
| 1983 | The Camps of Death | Narrator (segment "Death: A Nazi War Criminal Pays for His Crime") (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Cry Uncle! | Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | Take the Money and Run | The Narrator |
| 1961 | Operation Ice-Tickle | Brutus / Admiral Peary (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Boss Is Always Right | Boss |
| 1960 | Trouble Date | Military Doctor |
| 1960 | Popeye's Pizza Palace | Brutus (voice) |
| 1960 | Popeye and the Giant | Brutus (voice) |
| 1960 | Barbecue for Two | Brutus |
| 1960 | Popeye's Service Station | Brutus (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Tiger Burger | Native Policeman / Turtle (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Matinee Idol Popeye | Brutus (Voice) |
| 1960 | Jeep Tale | Brutus |
| 1959 | Out of This Whirl | TV Announcer (voice) |
| 1959 | Fit to Be Toyed | J.G. (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Right Off the Bat | Announcer |
| 1958 | Travelaffs | Pig Businessman |
| 1958 | Stork Raving Mad | Audience Member |
| 1958 | Chew Chew Baby | Harry (voice) |
| 1957 | Spooky Swabs | Ghost (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Jumping with Toy | Fox (voice) |
| 1957 | Nearlyweds | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Spree Lunch | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Crystal Brawl | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | I Don't Scare | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | A Haul in One | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Assault and Flattery | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Fright from Wrong | Ghost #2 (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Swab the Duck | Fox |
| 1956 | Out to Punch | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Popeye for President | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Parlez Vous Woo | Bluto / The International (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Lion in the Roar | Giraffe |
| 1955 | Cookin' with Gags | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | A Bicep Built for Two | Herman / Big Muscular Cat |
| 1955 | Beaus Will Be Beaus | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Mister and Mistletoe | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | A Job for a Gob | Bluto (voice) |
| 1955 | Penny Antics | Bluto (voice) |
| 1955 | Git Along Lil' Duckie | Fox |
| 1955 | Red White and Boo | Professor / Redcoat (screaming) (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gift of Gag | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Private Eye Popeye | Butler (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Floor Flusher | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Seapreme Court | Judge (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Taxi-Turvy | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Popeye's 20th Anniversary | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Boo Moon | King Luna/Moon People |
| 1954 | Crazytown | Boxer (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Fright to the Finish | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Greek Mirthology | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Candy Cabaret | Butterscotch / Sourball (voice) |
| 1953 | Firemen's Brawl | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Philharmaniacs | Conductor Lion |
| 1953 | Child Sockology | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Starting from Hatch | Fox |
| 1953 | Huey's Ducky Daddy | Gilbert |
| 1953 | Baby Wants a Battle | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Toreadorable | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Ancient Fistory | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Better Bait Than Never | Buzzy |
| 1953 | Herman the Catoonist | Cartoonist (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Swimmer Take All | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Snooze Reel | Narrator / Judge / Singing Cowboy |
| 1952 | Dizzy Dinosaurs | Narrator / Caveman |
| 1952 | Gag And Baggage | Narrator / Desparado / Train Announcer / Pig / Bear |
| 1952 | Big Bad Sindbad | Sindbad (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Popalong Popeye | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Friend or Phony | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Lunch with a Punch | Bluto / Frog (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Deep Boo Sea | Ghost Schoolmaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Ghost of the Town | Ghost Aircraft Leader / Walter Winchell (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Law and Audrey | Police Officer (voice) |
| 1951 | Alpine for You | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Drippy Mississippi | Gambling Boat |
| 1951 | Land of Lost Watches | Red Lantern / King Findall / Doctor (voice) |
| 1951 | Let's Stalk Spinach | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Vacation with Play | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Scout Fellow | Fox |
| 1951 | One Quack Mind | Fox |
| 1951 | Party Smarty | Fox |
| 1951 | To Boo or Not to Boo | Narrator / Little Boy / Clown (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Casper Comes to Clown | Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Boo Scout | Scout Leader (voice) |
| 1951 | As the Crow Lies | Buzzy (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Cat-Choo | Buzzy (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Farmer and the Belle | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Gobs of Fun | Mouse Captain |
| 1950 | Quick on the Vigor | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | How Green Is My Spinach | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Jitterbug Jive | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Gym Jam | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Popeye Makes a Movie | Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Beach Peach | Lifeguard (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Land of the Lost Jewels | Red Lantern |
| 1950 | Casper's Spree Under the Sea | Ghost Leader/Fish Fair Barker/Fisherman(voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Ski's the Limit | Narrator (voice) |
| 1949 | Barking Dogs Don't Fite | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Silly Hillbilly | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Leprechauns Gold | Narrator / Leprechaun Leader (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Hot Air Aces | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Tar with a Star | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | A Balmy Swami | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Lumberjack and Jill | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Popeye's Premiere | Evil Vizier (voice) |
| 1948 | Wigwam Whoopee | Chief (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Little Brown Jug | Piggy (voice) |
| 1948 | Sing or Swim | Moon |
| 1948 | Snow Place Like Home | Pierre Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Cat O' Nine Ails | Buzzy |
| 1948 | A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing | Sheik (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Spinach vs Hamburgers | Bluto (voice) |
| 1948 | Base Brawl | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Symphony in Spinach | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Robin Hood-Winked | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Roaring Wheels | Narrator |
| 1947 | Is Everybody Listening? | Narrator |
| 1947 | The Enchanted Square | Officer Flanagan (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Wee Men | Narrator / Leprechauns (voice) |
| 1947 | Cad and Caddy | Golfer (voice) |
| 1947 | Germany - Handle with Care! | |
| 1947 | Super Lulu | Lulu's Father / Giant (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Stupidstitious Cat | Buzzy (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | All's Fair at the Fair | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | I'll Be Skiing Ya | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Abusement Park | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Royal Four-Flusher | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Popeye and the Pirates | Pierre (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Safari So Good | Jungle Man (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Wotta Knight | Bluto (voice) |
| 1947 | Madhattan Island | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Cheese Burglar | Dog (voice) |
| 1946 | Bargain Counter Attack | Section Manager (voice) |
| 1946 | Is Everybody Happy? | Narrator |
| 1946 | House Tricks? | Bluto (voice) |
| 1946 | Peep in the Deep | Bluto / Popeye (voice) |
| 1946 | The Island Fling | Bluto / Friday (voice) |
| 1946 | The Fistic Mystic | Bluto (voice) |
| 1946 | Rocket to Mars | Martian Leader (voice) |
| 1946 | Service with a Guile | Bluto (voice) |
| 1946 | Rodeo Romeo | Bluto (voice) |
| 1946 | Klondike Casanova | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Magica-Lulu | Magician (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | For Better or Nurse | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Mess Production | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Shape Ahoy | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Snap Happy | Photographer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Man's Pest Friend | Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Tops in the Big Top | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pop-Pie a la Mode | Cannibal Leader (voice) |
| 1945 | Daffydilly Daddy | Lulu's Father (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | It's Nifty to Be Thrifty | Lulu's Father (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Gabriel Churchkitten | Pastor (voice) |
| 1944 | She-Sick Sailors | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Puppet Love | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Mummy Strikes | Narrator / Professor (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Jungle Drums | German Commander (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Underground World | Narrator / Henderson (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Secret Agent | Narrator / Police Chief / Saboteur (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Task Force | Narrator |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self (voice) |
| 1942 | Destruction Inc. | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Showdown | Boss (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Arctic Giant | Perry White (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Bulleteers | Bulleteer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Volcano | Narrator #2 / Officer / Professor (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Electric Earthquake | Perry White / Indian Scientist (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Japoteurs | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Magnetic Telescope | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Billion Dollar Limited | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Eleventh Hour | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Superman | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Mechanical Monsters | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Movies March On | Narrator |
| 1938 | Inside Nazi Germany | Narrator (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Narrator |
| 1967 | The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | |
| 1966 | The New Adventures of Superman | |
| 1966 | The Adventures of Superboy | |
| 1963 | Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales | |
| 1960 | Popeye the Sailor | Brutus (voice) |
| 1960 | King Leonardo and His Short Subjects | King Leonardo (voice) |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Announcer (uncredited) |