William Costello(1898-1971)

William Costello was born on 2 February 1898 in Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for I Yam What I Yam (1933), Football Bugs (1936) and Grand Uproar (1930). He died on 9 October 1971 in San Jose, California, USA.

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For Better or Worser
6.9
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1935
Let's Sing with Popeye
5.3
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1934
We Aim to Please
7.1
Short
- performer: "We Aim to Please"
- 1934
Axe Me Another
7.1
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", "I'll Do Anything That You'll Do" (uncredited)
- 1934
Strong to the Finich
6.5
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1934
Shoein' Hosses
7.1
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1934
Can You Take It
7.1
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (1933) (uncredited)
- 1934
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
7.1
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1934
Sock-a-Bye, Baby
6.9
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1934
I Eats My Spinach
7.0
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1933
I Yam What I Yam
6.8
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man"
- 1933
Popeye the Sailor
7.6
Short
- performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (uncredited)
- 1933

Trivia
Producer Max Fleischer featured Costello's 1931 novelty recording of "You're Nobody's Sweetheart Now" in his short Betty Boop, M.D. (1932). Among his scat-singing tricks in the song the nascent voice of Popeye can be heard. This record was instrumental in getting Costello cast as the spinach-eating swab the following year.