Billy Bletcher
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The diminutive (5 feet 2 inches/1.57 meters) Bletcher appeared on-screen in films and later television from the 1910s to the 1970s, including appearances in several Our Gang and Three Stooges comedies.Bletcher was also famous as a voice actor. Uncharacteristically for someone of his size, his voice was a deep and strong-sounding baritone. He provided the voices of various characters for Disney (Black Pete and the Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs and its spin-offs), MGM (Spike the Bulldog and in some occasions even Tom, in Tom and Jerry), and Warner Bros. (many characters, most notably the Papa Bear of Chuck Jones' The Three Bears after Mel Blanc had performed the role in the initial entry). He appeared opposite Blanc in Little Red Riding Rabbit, where he played another famous wolf. Bletcher's booming voice can also be heard as "Dom Del Oro" the Yacqi Indian god in the 1939 Republic serial, Zorro's Fighting Legion. He also voiced Owl Jolson's disciplinarian violinist father in the 1936 short subject based on the song I Love to Singa and the menacing spider in Bingo Crosbyana. Both he and Mel Blanc did voice acting in the 1944 Private Snafu WWII training film "Gas", where Bletcher plays the villainous Gas Cloud (with Mel Blanc voicing Private Snafu and a cameo of Bugs Bunny) as an opponent of Snafu. Bletcher also played The Captain in Captain and the Kids with MGM cartoons.
Known for
Credits
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo (1941)
as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Man (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
as Headless Horseman (voice)
The Chase (1966)
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953)
as Prospector (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Plumber (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Get a Horse! (2013)
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Actor
New Shoes (1936)
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
as Clown (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger (1938)
as Lone Ranger (voice)
A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Western Character (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Pianist (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Gravedigger
Morning Glory (1933)
as Actor (uncredited)
Baby Puss (1943)
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Quiet Please! (1945)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Harlow (1965)
as Policeman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)
as Captain Katt
Down to Earth (1947)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
The Riveter (1940)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
The Ape (1940)
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy (2002)
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs (1933)
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931)
as Man in Deck Chair
I Love to Singa (1936)
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
A Knight for a Day (1946)
as Narrator (voice)
Three Little Wolves (1936)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol (1933)
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Solid Serenade (1946)
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
The Practical Pig (1939)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers (1935)
as Townsman
Sky Trooper (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour (1942)
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Trouble (1942)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss (1949)
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals (1939)
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey (2001)
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action (1942)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Seal Skinners (1939)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pest (1944)
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Night World (1932)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Reporter
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat (1944)
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 (2004)
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)
as Invisible Man
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Crazy House (1943)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Customer (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Duck Pimples (1945)
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Gallant Journey (1946)
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Officer Duck (1939)
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Melody Ranch (1940)
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Property Man
By Whose Hand? (1932)
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
The First Round-Up (1934)
as Wally's Father
Double Wedding (1937)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Bodyguard (1944)
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
as Bud (uncredited)
Porky's Romance (1937)
as Time Munches On Narrator
Modern Inventions (1937)
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Sweet Sioux (1937)
as Native American (voice)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Serenade (1916)
as Schmitte
Canvas Back Duck (1953)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound (1939)
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
The Vanishing Private (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
True to Life (1943)
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
The Robber Kitten (1935)
as Dirty Bill
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
The Rummy (1933)
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor (1933)
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment (1951)
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Robot Wrecks (1941)
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
as Pete
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Radio Actor
Men with Wings (1938)
as Red Cross Man
The Tin Man (1935)
as The Tin Man (voice)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Waxer
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Teacher's Beau (1935)
as Chairman of the Board
Trader Hound (1931)
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Soup to Nuts (1930)
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
The Old Army Game (1943)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Gas (1944)
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Farmyard Symphony (1938)
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession (1933)
as Keyhole McKluskey
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Buck's Friend
Donald's Ostrich (1937)
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Christmas (1938)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The New Neighbor (1953)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Poultry Pirates (1938)
as Captain
Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
The Truce Hurts (1948)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Workman (Uncredited)
Building a Building (1933)
as (voice) (uncredited)
Loose Ankles (1930)
as Mr. Berry from Logan
One Too Many (1916)
as Unhappy Boarder
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 (2003)
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Bedtime Worries (1933)
as Radio Voice
Wives Never Know (1936)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection (2007)
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Moving Day (1936)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
The Dentist (1932)
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
How to Vote (1936)
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection (2004)
Actor
Alias St. Nick (1935)
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware (1938)
as Shoeshine Customer
This Is Your Life Donald Duck (1960)
as Pete (voice)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Punch Drunks (1934)
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Parachute Man
Early to Bed (1936)
as Office Boy (uncredited)
The Bear and the Bean (1948)
as Barney Bear (voice)
Egghead Rides Again (1937)
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied (1934)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937)
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Hog Caller
Playing the Ponies (1937)
as Announcer (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig (1941)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Dude Cowboy (1926)
as Shorty O'Day
The Devil Is Driving (1932)
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Dream House (1940)
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station (1935)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
The Californian (1937)
as Tax Collector
Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
as Voice of Giant
The Golden Touch (1935)
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
The Lost City (1935)
as Gorzo
Next Week-End (1934)
Actor
The Hound and the Rabbit (1937)
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi Barons (1933)
as Host - Jenna's Father
Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Daredevil's Reward (1928)
as Slim
Coronado (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour (1962)
as Mr. Abramowitz
War Dogs (1943)
as Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare (1949)
as Col. Shuffle
The Captain's Pup (1938)
as Captain (voice)
Old Smokey (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Kidding Katie (1923)
as The Butler
Bowery Bugs (1949)
as Steve Brody
The Winning Ticket (1938)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue (1936)
as Wolf (voice)
The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
as Fight Fan
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
Actor
Dog Daze (1937)
as St. Bernard (voice)
California Frontier (1938)
as Bellhop
The Lone Chipmunks (1954)
as Pete (voice)
Home on the Range (1940)
as Coyote Bark
Tubby the Tuba (1947)
as Frog (voice)
Everybody Loves Donald (2003)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
An All American Toothache (1936)
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs (1937)
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden (1944)
as Barney Bear
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
The Secret Witness (1931)
as Radio Announcer's Voice
One Hour of Love (1927)
as 'Half Pint' Walker
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Last Porter
A Feud There Was (1938)
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
How to Be a Detective (1952)
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Petunia Natural Park (1939)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941)
as Irish Mouse (voice)
Picador Porky (1937)
as Bull (uncredited)
Goofy Movies Number Two (1934)
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948)
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights (1941)
as Horse (voice)
Bridge Wives (1932)
as Radio announcer
The Boiling Point (1932)
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
Hide and Shriek (1938)
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Mama's New Hat (1939)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch (1948)
as The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
Actor
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue (1937)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Worm Turns (1937)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Divot Diggers (1936)
as Golfer
The Terrible People (1928)
as Proody
Two-Gun Mickey (1934)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Timber (1941)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930)
as Honeymooner
Two Gun Goofy (1952)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Blue Note (1947)
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
as Announcer (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race (1937)
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Two Girls Wanted (1927)
as Johnny
The Film Fan (1939)
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991)
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cleaning House (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch (1932)
as Feeny
A Day at the Beach (1938)
as Captain
Porky's Phoney Express (1938)
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods (1936)
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me (1939)
as Indian chorus (voice)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days (1933)
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes (1936)
as Narrating Missionary
Branded Men (1931)
as Half-A-Rod
A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935)
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Turn to the Right (1922)
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932)
as Installment Man
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
as John P. Smith Peachtree
God's Country and the Man (1937)
as Sandy Briggs
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Cop
Ain't We Got Fun (1937)
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Goat (1924)
as Mr Smith
The Little Broadcast (1943)
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
That's the Spirit (1924)
as The Crooked Scientist
Porky's Tire Trouble (1939)
as Boss
Maid in Hollywood (1934)
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup (1989)
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Wide Open Spaces (1947)
as Motel Proprietor (voice)
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
as Jed Bones
Porky's Railroad (1937)
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Trombone Trouble (1944)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Meet John Doughboy (1941)
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
The Cowboy Kid (1928)
as Deputy Sheriff
Milk and Money (1936)
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers (1934)
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West (1942)
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
The Fella with a Fiddle (1937)
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter (1938)
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Lyin' Mouse (1937)
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Trailblazer Magoo (1956)
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
Old Sequoia (1945)
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Review (1937)
as Dog Catcher (voice)
A Roman Scandal (1919)
as Stage Director
Cold Feet (1922)
as Pride of the Mounted
The Mexicali Kid (1938)
as Stagecoach Driver
Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Runt Page (1932)
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy of the Apes (1934)
as Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily (1932)
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Chatterbox (1943)
as Black Jake
Alpine Antics (1936)
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
One Track Minds (1933)
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
The Battle Royal (1916)
as Grandpa Runt
The Dognapper (1934)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Jane's Bashful Hero (1916)
as Louie
Top Speed (1930)
as Ipps
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies (2001)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Texas Ranger (1931)
as Tubby
Father Takes the Air (1951)
as Haggarly
The Inside Story (1944)
as Officer
Billboard Frolics (1935)
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
Balloon Land (1935)
as Pincushion Man (voice)
Husbands' Reunion (1933)
as Judge
Keg o' My Heart (1933)
as Meyer Schmaltz
Now That Summer Is Gone (1938)
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova (1945)
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Air Fright (1933)
as Stunt Aviator
MGM Cartoon Christmas (1993)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Bear Feat (1949)
as Pa Bear
What a Lion! (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Handicap (1932)
Actor
The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939)
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
You're an Education (1938)
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Speaking of the Weather (1937)
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge
Don't Look Now (1936)
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead (1934)
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
Little Beau Porky (1936)
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
Mouse Meets Lion (1940)
as Lion (voice)
Buddy's Garage (1934)
as Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Twin Triplets (1935)
as Merchant (uncredited)
The Fire Alarm (1936)
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Call the Wagon (1923)
Actor
Here's Goofy! (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
The Noodle Nut (1921)
Actor
The Merry Old Soul (1935)
as Old King Cole (voice)
Gold Diggers of '49 (1935)
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Call Her Sausage (1933)
as Meyer (uncredited)
The Vanishing Vault (1915)
Actor
Dog Meets Dog (1942)
as Butch
Rhapsody in Brew (1933)
as Meyer Schmaltz
Blue Monday (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi for Two (1932)
as The District Attorney
Porky's Building (1937)
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck (1985)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Tabasco Kid (1932)
as Susie (voice)
A Bashful Bigamist (1920)
as Mr. Smith
Boom Boom (1936)
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Make Mine Freedom (1948)
as Labor employee (voice)
Mickey's Man Friday (1935)
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
A Haunting We Will Go (1939)
as Ghost (voice)
Little Dutch Plate (1935)
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Hunter (1930)
as Buggs
Saps in Chaps (1942)
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied Shipmates (1936)
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Buddy's Bearcats (1934)
as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Music in Your Hair (1934)
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Hold’er Cowboy (1928)
Actor
Boy Meets Dog (1938)
as Voice
Dick Whittington's Cat (1936)
as Cook
Dry and Thirsty (1920)
as Horace Radish
Billy Jim (1922)
as Jimmy
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands (1938)
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
as Spider (voice)
The Pooch Parade (1940)
as Various
The Fresh Lobster (1928)
Actor