‘Oh, I’m Popeye the Sailor Man!’ Most people know Popeye as a tough, spinach-eating sailor, a cartoon character created by American cartoonist ... His girlfriend is the gangly, uncoordinated Olive Oyl ...

The comic strip adaptation Popeye hit theaters in December 1980. Directed by Robert Altman, it starred Robin Williams as the iconic spinach-eating titular hero and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.