Izzy Sparber

Biography

Career Overview

Izzy Sparber has 227 screen credits in a career dating back to 1935. Signature works include Spooky Swabs, Patriotic Popeye, Taxi-Turvy. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Production
Gender: male
Known Credits: 227
Birth Date: 1906-03-07 00:00:00

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Jack Mercer (5 collaborations)
Mae Questel (3 collaborations)
Jackson Beck (3 collaborations)
Gilbert Mack (2 collaborations)
Sid Raymond (1 collaborations)
Dayton Allen (1 collaborations)
Cecil Roy (1 collaborations)

Credits

writing (8 credits)
- Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Electric Earthquake
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1942
- Billion Dollar Limited
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1942
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1941
- The Mechanical Monsters
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1941
- Superman
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1941
- Gulliver's Travels
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1939
- King of the Mardi Gras
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1935
visual effects (1 credits)
- Ça cartoon : Spécial Popeye
  
  animation director
  
  visual effects
  
  2005
directing (156 credits)
- Travelaffs
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Chew Chew Baby
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Okey Dokey Donkey
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Finnegan's Flea
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Frighty Cat
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Heir Restorer
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Dante Dreamer
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Cock-a-Doodle Dino
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Spooky Swabs
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Ghost of Honor
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Hooky Spooky
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Mr. Money Gags
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Patriotic Popeye
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- The Crystal Brawl
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Fishing Tackler
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- A Haul in One
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- I Don't Scare
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- Parlez Vous Woo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- Mousetro Herman
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- Assault and Flattery
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- Dutch Treat
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1956
- Boo Kind to Animals
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Cops Is Tops
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Mister and Mistletoe
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Mouse Trapeze
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- News Hound
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Beaus Will Be Beaus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Penny Antics
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Keep Your Grin Up
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Nurse to Meet Ya
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Dizzy Dishes
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Cookin' with Gags
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- No Ifs, Ands or Butts
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Boo Ribbon Winner
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Fido Beta Kappa
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- The Oily Bird
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Bride and Gloom
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Popeye's 20th Anniversary
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Crazytown
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Boo Moon
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Floor Flusher
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Boos and Saddles
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Huey's Ducky Daddy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Do or Diet
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Firemen's Brawl
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- No Place Like Rome
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Invention Convention
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- North Pal
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Herman the Catoonist
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Winner by a Hare
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Child Sockology
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Of Mice and Magic
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Frightday the 13th
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Hysterical History
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Feast and Furious
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- True Boo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Shuteye Popeye
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Pig-a-Boo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Gag and Baggage
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- City Kitty
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Friend or Phony
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Spunky Skunky
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Law and Audrey
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Fun At The Fair
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Ghost of the Town
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Lunch with a Punch
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Off We Glow
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Popeye's Pappy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- By Leaps and Hounds
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Casper Takes a Bow-Wow
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Punch and Judo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Vegetable Vaudeville
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Audrey the Rainmaker
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Casper Comes to Clown
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Pilgrim Popeye
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Sing Again Of Michigan
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Miners Forty Niners
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Hold the Lion Please
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Mice Paradise
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Tweet Music
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- One Quack Mind
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- Once Upon a Rhyme
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Boos in the Nite
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Gobs of Fun
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Pleased to Eat You
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Heap Hep Injuns
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Win, Place and Showboat
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Teacher's Pest
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Short'nin' Bread
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Gym Jam
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Quack-a Doodle-Doo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Land of the Lost Jewels
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Snow Foolin'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- The Big Drip
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Barking Dogs Don't Fite
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- The Big Flame Up
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Marriage Wows
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Silly Hillbilly
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- A Balmy Swami
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- The Ski's the Limit
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Hot Air Aces
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Spring Song
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- A Mutt in a Rut
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Little Red School Mouse
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Comin' Round the Mountain
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- The Little Cut-Up
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- The Lone Star State
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- The Land of the Lost
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- There's Good Boos To-Night
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- Wigwam Whoopee
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- Flip Flap
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- Olive Oyl for President
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- The Circus Comes to Clown
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Safari So Good
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- A Bout with a Trout
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Wotta Knight
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Cad and Caddy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Much Ado About Mutton
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- I'll Be Skiing Ya
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Abusement Park
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- Musica-Lulu
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- The Goal Rush
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Rodeo Romeo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Sheep Shape
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Klondike Casanova
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Cheese Burglar
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Bargain Counter Attack
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- The Friendly Ghost
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- For Better or Nurse
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- A Lamb in a Jam
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Shape Ahoy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Tops in the Big Top
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Pop-Pie a la Mode
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Lulu's Birthday Party
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Lulu at the Zoo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Yankee Doodle Donkey
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Lulu's Indoor Outing
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Moving Aweigh
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Spinach Packin' Popeye
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- The Anvil Chorus Girl
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Lulu in Hollywood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- W'ere on our way to Rio
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Lulu Gets the Birdie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Eggs Don't Bounce
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1944
- Her Honor, the Mare
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Wood-Peckin'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Too Weak to Work
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- The Mummy Strikes
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Spinach Fer Britain
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1943
- Destruction Inc.
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- Showdown
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- A Hull of a Mess
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- Alona on the Sarong Seas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
production (60 credits)
- Grateful Gus
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1958
- Spooky Swabs
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Hooky Spooky
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Spree Lunch
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Patriotic Popeye
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- The Crystal Brawl
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Cat In The Act
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Nearlyweds
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- A Haul in One
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Parlez Vous Woo
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Insect to Injury
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Assault and Flattery
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Penguin for Your Thoughts
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Out to Punch
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Popeye for President
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- Hill-billing and Cooing
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1956
- A Job for a Gob
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- Mister and Mistletoe
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- Gift of Gag
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- Beaus Will Be Beaus
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- A Bicep Built for Two
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- Penny Antics
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1955
- Private Eye Popeye
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Fright to the Finish
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Bride and Gloom
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Candy Cabaret
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Taxi-Turvy
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Popeye's 20th Anniversary
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1954
- Toreadorable
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
- Better Bait Than Never
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
- Popeye's Mirthday
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
- Ancient Fistory
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
- Land of Lost Watches
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1951
- The Fly's Last Flight
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Leprechauns Gold
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Tar with a Star
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- A Balmy Swami
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Hot Air Aces
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Lumberjack and Jill
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Popeye's Premiere
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1949
- Symphony in Spinach
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1948
- Robin Hood-Winked
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1948
- Pre-Hysterical Man
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1948
- Naughty But Mice
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- The Mild West
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- The Wee Men
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- Cad and Caddy
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- I'll Be Skiing Ya
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- A Scout with the Gout
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1947
- The Fistic Mystic
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Rodeo Romeo
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Rocket to Mars
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Peep in the Deep
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Klondike Casanova
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Service with a Guile
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Cheese Burglar
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- Bargain Counter Attack
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1946
- The Friendly Ghost
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1945
- Magica-Lulu
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1945
- Alona on the Sarong Seas
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1942
actors (2 credits)
- Frightday the 13th
  Mole (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- Casper Takes a Bow-Wow
  Flea (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951