Portrait of William 'Billy' Costello

Acting

William 'Billy' Costello

Career

Active from 1930 to 2026, with a break from 1936 to 2025, busiest in 1934 with 13 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for I Eats My Spinach
I Eats My Spinach
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William 'Billy' Costello Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.3, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.0, average 4.7
  • Politics
    0.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Olive Oyl 3
  • Classic Cartoon 3
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Popeye 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Popeye the Sailor 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Fleischer Cartoons โ€“ Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Fleischer Cartoons โ€“ Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (2026)

as Popeye the Sailor (voice, archive audio)

1930s

27 titles ยท average score 68
Dizzy Divers
Dizzy Divers (1935)
GoodWatch score 70

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

For Better or Worser
For Better or Worser (1935)
GoodWatch score 69

as Popeye

You Gotta Be a Football Hero
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935)
GoodWatch score 67

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Let's You and Him Fight
Let's You and Him Fight (1934)
GoodWatch score 64

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze
The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934)
GoodWatch score 71

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

A Dream Walking
A Dream Walking (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

The Dance Contest
The Dance Contest (1934)
GoodWatch score 67

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

We Aim to Please
We Aim to Please (1934)
GoodWatch score 71

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Popeye the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor (1933)
GoodWatch score 72

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

I Yam What I Yam
I Yam What I Yam (1933)
GoodWatch score 67

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Seasin's Greetinks!
Seasin's Greetinks! (1933)
GoodWatch score 70

as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Dizzy Dishes
Dizzy Dishes (1930)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gorilla / Gus Gorilla