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)
The Chase (1966)
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Man (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953)
as Prospector (uncredited)
Quiet Please! (1945)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Plumber (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Actor
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves (1936)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Get a Horse! (2013)
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Pianist (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)
as Captain Katt
The New Neighbor (1953)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Touch (1935)
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day (1946)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
as Pete
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Western Character (uncredited)
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy (2002)
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Morning Glory (1933)
as Actor (uncredited)
Polar Pest (1944)
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi Barons (1933)
as Host - Jenna's Father
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
as Clown (uncredited)
The Bodyguard (1944)
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
as Bud (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days (1933)
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931)
as Man in Deck Chair
Down to Earth (1947)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Reporter
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Baby Puss (1943)
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss (1949)
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey (2001)
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Donald (2003)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Harlow (1965)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Dog Daze (1937)
as St. Bernard (voice)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 (2003)
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Officer Duck (1939)
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions (1937)
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 (2004)
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Building a Building (1933)
as (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Customer (uncredited)
A Feud There Was (1938)
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection (2007)
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Double Wedding (1937)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound (1939)
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives (1932)
as Radio announcer
Shanghaied (1934)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Diplomaniacs (1933)
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Polar Pals (1939)
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action (1942)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Donald's Ostrich (1937)
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Solid Serenade (1946)
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Picador Porky (1937)
as Bull (uncredited)
Dog Trouble (1942)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Practical Pig (1939)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Duck Pimples (1945)
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Milk and Money (1936)
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
The Truce Hurts (1948)
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat (1944)
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour (1942)
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Kidding Katie (1923)
as The Butler
The Rummy (1933)
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor (1933)
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Workman (Uncredited)
Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
The Riveter (1940)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Hound and the Rabbit (1937)
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Moving Day (1936)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
Actor
Crazy House (1943)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
True to Life (1943)
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies (2001)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Last Porter
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession (1933)
as Keyhole McKluskey
Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gallant Journey (1946)
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
I Love to Singa (1936)
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Gas (1944)
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective (1952)
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance (1937)
as Time Munches On Narrator
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Wives Never Know (1936)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Radio Actor
Night World (1932)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck (1960)
as Pete (voice)
Las Vegas Nights (1941)
as Horse (voice)
Daredevil's Reward (1928)
as Slim
Canvas Back Duck (1953)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes (1936)
as Narrating Missionary
Little Boy Blue (1936)
as Wolf (voice)
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
as Announcer (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of '49 (1935)
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger (1938)
as Lone Ranger (voice)
Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Parachute Man
Farmyard Symphony (1938)
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Ape (1940)
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Two Girls Wanted (1927)
as Johnny
Sioux Me (1939)
as Indian chorus (voice)
One Hour of Love (1927)
as 'Half Pint' Walker
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Buck's Friend
Men with Wings (1938)
as Red Cross Man
The Midnight Patrol (1933)
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
The Robber Kitten (1935)
as Dirty Bill
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Egghead Rides Again (1937)
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers (1935)
as Townsman
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Soup to Nuts (1930)
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Melody Ranch (1940)
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
A Bashful Bigamist (1920)
as Mr. Smith
Old Sequoia (1945)
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930)
as Honeymooner
The Devil Is Driving (1932)
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood (1934)
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Mickey's Service Station (1935)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Blue Note (1947)
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Timber (1941)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Waxer
Professor Beware (1938)
as Shoeshine Customer
Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Dream House (1940)
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Home on the Range (1940)
as Coyote Bark
A Bear for Punishment (1951)
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Robot Wrecks (1941)
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Ain't We Got Fun (1937)
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Trooper (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Lost City (1935)
as Gorzo
Loose Ankles (1930)
as Mr. Berry from Logan
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Cop
Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
as Voice of Giant
Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932)
as Installment Man
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
What a Lion! (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
War Dogs (1943)
as Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy of the Apes (1934)
as Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch (1932)
as Feeny
Pigs Is Pigs (1937)
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
A Roman Scandal (1919)
as Stage Director
What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948)
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden (1944)
as Barney Bear
The Dognapper (1934)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy's Garage (1934)
as Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935)
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Call the Wagon (1923)
Actor
The Thrifty Pig (1941)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race (1937)
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi for Two (1932)
as The District Attorney
The Film Fan (1939)
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Speaking of the Weather (1937)
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Property Man
The Lone Chipmunks (1954)
as Pete (voice)
The Serenade (1916)
as Schmitte
Coronado (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Dentist (1932)
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Branded Men (1931)
as Half-A-Rod
Porky's Railroad (1937)
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova (1945)
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Next Week-End (1934)
Actor
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Hog Caller
Early to Bed (1936)
as Office Boy (uncredited)
The Worm Turns (1937)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Tubby the Tuba (1947)
as Frog (voice)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937)
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble (1944)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare (1949)
as Col. Shuffle
The Terrible People (1928)
as Proody
Balloon Land (1935)
as Pincushion Man (voice)
Old Smokey (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941)
as Irish Mouse (voice)
Here's Goofy! (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue (1937)
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
By Whose Hand? (1932)
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Secret Witness (1931)
as Radio Announcer's Voice
Two-Gun Mickey (1934)
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
Actor
Sweet Sioux (1937)
as Native American (voice)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour (1962)
as Mr. Abramowitz
Two Gun Goofy (1952)
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
as John P. Smith Peachtree
Bear Feat (1949)
as Pa Bear
The Fella with a Fiddle (1937)
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991)
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
as Jed Bones
Bedtime Worries (1933)
as Radio Voice
Teacher's Beau (1935)
as Chairman of the Board
New Shoes (1936)
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection (2004)
Actor
The Old Army Game (1943)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Mexicali Kid (1938)
as Stagecoach Driver
Meet John Doughboy (1941)
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
The Tin Man (1935)
as The Tin Man (voice)
One Track Minds (1933)
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
The Cowboy Kid (1928)
as Deputy Sheriff
The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
as Fight Fan
Trader Hound (1931)
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily (1932)
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch (1948)
as The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy's Bearcats (1934)
as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Keg o' My Heart (1933)
as Meyer Schmaltz
Poultry Pirates (1938)
as Captain
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup (1989)
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Vanishing Private (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Handicap (1932)
Actor
One-Horse Farmers (1934)
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Don't Look Now (1936)
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Call Her Sausage (1933)
as Meyer (uncredited)
I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods (1936)
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man (1937)
as Sandy Briggs
Little Beau Porky (1936)
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
Father Takes the Air (1951)
as Haggarly
California Frontier (1938)
as Bellhop
The Merry Old Soul (1935)
as Old King Cole (voice)
The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939)
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
The Tabasco Kid (1932)
as Susie (voice)
Now That Summer Is Gone (1938)
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
The Pooch Parade (1940)
as Various
Rhapsody in Brew (1933)
as Meyer Schmaltz
The Dude Cowboy (1926)
as Shorty O'Day
Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Billy Jim (1922)
as Jimmy
Porky's Phoney Express (1938)
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Hide and Shriek (1938)
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
A Haunting We Will Go (1939)
as Ghost (voice)
The Lyin' Mouse (1937)
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Air Fright (1933)
as Stunt Aviator
Mickey's Review (1937)
as Dog Catcher (voice)
The Boiling Point (1932)
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
Dog Meets Dog (1942)
as Butch
Mickey's Man Friday (1935)
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Wide Open Spaces (1947)
as Motel Proprietor (voice)
Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)
as Invisible Man
The Inside Story (1944)
as Officer
Mama's New Hat (1939)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Husbands' Reunion (1933)
as Judge
The Captain's Christmas (1938)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy's Guide to Success (1990)
as Pete (archive footage)
An All American Toothache (1936)
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Runt Page (1932)
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
You're an Education (1938)
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Turn to the Right (1922)
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
Bowery Bugs (1949)
as Steve Brody
Playing the Ponies (1937)
as Announcer (uncredited)
Divot Diggers (1936)
as Golfer
The Bear and the Bean (1948)
as Barney Bear (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo (1956)
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
as Spider (voice)
Boom Boom (1936)
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
One Too Many (1916)
as Unhappy Boarder
The Man Hunter (1930)
as Buggs
Chatterbox (1943)
as Black Jake
Twin Triplets (1935)
as Merchant (uncredited)
Jane's Bashful Hero (1916)
as Louie
A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom (1948)
as Labor employee (voice)
Billboard Frolics (1935)
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
Mouse Meets Lion (1940)
as Lion (voice)
The First Round-Up (1934)
as Wally's Father
Punch Drunks (1934)
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps (1942)
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Californian (1937)
as Tax Collector
The Winning Ticket (1938)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West (1942)
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Seal Skinners (1939)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Texas Ranger (1931)
as Tubby
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck (1985)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cleaning House (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
MGM Cartoon Christmas (1993)
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
How to Vote (1936)
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Blue Monday (1938)
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Battle Royal (1916)
as Grandpa Runt
Alpine Antics (1936)
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
The Vanishing Vault (1915)
Actor
Alias St. Nick (1935)
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
The Fresh Lobster (1928)
Actor
Porky's Building (1937)
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Little Dutch Plate (1935)
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Petunia Natural Park (1939)
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied Shipmates (1936)
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Goofy Movies Number Two (1934)
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
The Little Broadcast (1943)
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941)
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Cold Feet (1922)
as Pride of the Mounted
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands (1938)
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Three Chumps Ahead (1934)
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach (1938)
as Captain
That's the Spirit (1924)
as The Crooked Scientist
The Fire Alarm (1936)
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Hold’er Cowboy (1928)
Actor
Dick Whittington's Cat (1936)
as Cook
Porky's Tire Trouble (1939)
as Boss
Top Speed (1930)
as Ipps
Dry and Thirsty (1920)
as Horace Radish
Boy Meets Dog (1938)
as Voice
Getting Gertie's Goat (1924)
as Mr Smith
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter (1938)
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
The Noodle Nut (1921)
Actor
The Captain's Pup (1938)
as Captain (voice)
Music in Your Hair (1934)
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor