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Acting

William Pennell

Career

Active from 1931 to 1942, busiest in 1934 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
21
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 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William Pennell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.2, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.8, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.8, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Cartoon 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Olive Oyl 3
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Popeye 2
  • Popeye the Sailor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Belinda
Belinda (2024)

Producer

1940s

1 title
A Hull of a Mess
A Hull of a Mess (1942)

as Bluto

1930s

20 titles · average score 68
Pleased to Meet Cha!
Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Jules Leotard (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

The Two-Alarm Fire
The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Can You Take It
Can You Take It (1934)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Betty Boop's Birthday Party
Betty Boop's Birthday Party (1933)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

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

as American Indian (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

Boop-Oop-A-Doop
Boop-Oop-A-Doop (1932)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ringmaster (voice)