Popeye is a live-action audio book adaptation of E. C. Segar's Popeye comic strip.
Popeye . Over the years , Popeye has also appeared in comic books , television cartoons , arcade and video games , hundreds of advertisements , and peripheral products ( ranging from spinach to candy cigarettes ) , and the 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman , starring comedian Robin Williams as Popeye . Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman . It is a live-action film adaptation of E. C. Segar 's Popeye comic strip and stars Robin Williams as Popeye the Sailor Man and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl .