William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her....

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Policeman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The escapee drops into the weapon-filled pawnshop Popeye and...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Olive compete as partners in a dance contest. Naturally, Bluto butts in.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Olive open a diner, singing the title song. Alas, their first two customers are Wimpy (who actually gets them to fall for the "gladly pay...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Mae Questel

The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting....

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Olive are attending a football game; Bluto's team takes the field, and Olive is swept off her feet, becoming a cheerleader for him. Popeye...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is a dancer and Bluto is a bandit.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye sees Olive going into the Bruiser Boys Club, where she works in the hospital ward. Their motto, "Can you take it?", is a clear challenge to...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Mae Questel

The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh;...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

When Popeye takes the baby for a walk in the stroller, the little one won't be quiet unless he's sleeping. Of course there's no end of noisiness.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Wimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the help wanted sign; they compete for the position. Of...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy are shipwrecked on an island of hostile Indians

Genre: Family

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this, Popeye makes him lose his...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Gus Wicke

Olive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they are less than enthusiastic about it. Popeye comes by...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello

Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William Pennell

Popeye walks around while singing his theme song, followed by a sing-along.

Genre: Animation

Cast: William 'Billy' Costello