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Patcheye (great-grandfather) Aunt Jones (aunt) Poopdeck Pappy (father) Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and Pupeye (nephews) Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. [17][18][19][20] The character first appeared on January 17, 1929, in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre.
The 1975 sequel French Connection II follows Popeye as he pursues drug smuggler Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) back to Marseille. Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey — the only two cast members to appear in both movies — reprised their roles as Popeye and Charnier. While the original movie was based on a true story, the sequel was entirely fictional.
Elzie Crisler Segar (/ ˈsiːɡɑːr /; [1] December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre. [2][3] Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a ...
French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film [3] starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer.It is a sequel to the 1971 film The French Connection, and continues the story of the central character, Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, who travels to Marseille in order to track down French drug-dealer Alain Charnier, played by Fernando Rey, who escaped at the ...
Edward R. Egan was born in Queens, New York City on January 3, 1930, to Irish-American parents. [1] Raised by his grandmother after being orphaned at age 12, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1947. [1] After his discharge, he played baseball for the New York Yankees ' Triple-A club in 1950, but he was recalled to active duty for the Korean War ...
Popeye the Sailor (TV series) Popeye the Sailor. (TV series) Popeye the Sailor is an American animated television series produced for King Features Syndicate TV starring Popeye that was released between 1960 and 1963 with 220 episodes produced. [1] The episodes were produced by a variety of production studios and aired in broadcast syndication ...
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez (April 15, 1962 – February 6, 2020), also known by the alias " Popeye " or " JJ ", was a Colombian hitman, [ 1 ] who was part of the criminal structure of the Medellín Cartel until his surrender to the Colombian justice system in 1992. Within this structure he claimed to be a lieutenant commanding half of the ...
In the context of the comic strip, Eugene the Jeep was a gift to Popeye's girlfriend Olive Oyl from her Uncle Ben who found Eugene in Africa. The Jeep is a yellow creature about the size of a dog who walks on his hind legs. He has a bear-like head and ears but a large nose, long tail, and protruding belly. The Jeep's diet consists only of orchids.