He has, on occasion, been knocked out by Olive Oyl and even by Popeye's infant ward Swee'Pea. Bluto is sometimes portrayed as having a glass jaw. In some shorts Bluto is a match for Popeye even after he has eaten his spinach. In yet other cartoons the two characters are closely matched, with Bluto eventually gaining the upper hand before Popeye eats his spinach and defeats Bluto. At other times Popeye stands no chance against Bluto in a fight until he eats his spinach. In some episodes he is weaker than Popeye and resorts to underhanded trickery to accomplish his goals. Some cartoons portray Popeye and Bluto as Navy buddies, although in these episodes Bluto usually turns on Popeye when an object of interest (usually Olive) is put between them.īluto's strength is portrayed inconsistently. However, with the help of some spinach, Popeye usually ends up defeating him. This voice, as well as the dark beard, crooked teeth, and bulk, was similar to that of the villain, well known at the time, Red Flack in the 1930 film The Big Trail, played by Tyrone Power Sr.īluto, like Popeye, is enamored of Olive Oyl, and he often attempts to kidnap her. His voice is very loud, harsh and deep, with an incomprehensible bear-like growl between words and sentences. He usually uses brute force and/or trickery to accomplish his various goals. īluto is a cruel, bearded, muscular bully who serves as Popeye's nemesis and archrival for the love of Olive Oyl. Fleischer Studios adapted him the next year (1933) to be the main antagonist of their theatrical Popeye animated cartoon series. Bluto made his first appearance September 12 of that year. Tetsuo Nishihama ( Popeye the Sailorman/Olive and Bluto's Race Song) īluto is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his Thimble Theatre comic strip (later renamed Popeye).
Joe Newton ( Popeye's Island Adventures) Garry Chalk ( Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy)ĭave Coulier/ Seth Green ( Robot Chicken) Keith Scott ( Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, Pandemonium Cartoon Circus) Nicholas Omana ( Popeye and the Quest For the Wooly Mammoth, Popeye and the Sunken Treasure) John Wallace (singing voice in 1980 film) Mae Questel (imitating Olive Oyl in Shape Ahoy)īob McFadden ( Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter)
Jackson Beck (1935–1936 radio appearances, 1944–1962 cartoons) įloyd Buckley (1937 Bluebird Records records) Harry Foster Welch (1934–1940s public events, 1960s Peter Pan Records records) Bluto in The Paneless Window Washer (1937)