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.
Movie | Get a Horse! | Peg-Leg Pete (voice) | 2013-11-27 |
Movie | Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films - Three Little Pigs | Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
Movie | Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection | Spike | 2007-05-15 |
Movie | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 | Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound) | 2004-05-31 |
Movie | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 | Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound) | 2003-09-15 |
Movie | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.2 | Bull (Farmyard Symphony) | 2003-04-07 |
Movie | Everybody Loves Donald | 2003-11-03 | |
Movie | Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy | Al Muldoon | 2002-12-03 |
Movie | Everybody Loves Mickey | Short Ghost | 2001-11-17 |
Movie | The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Mickey & Company | Pete (voice) | 1991-09-12 |
Movie | Here's Goofy! | Narrator (voice) | 1987-05-19 |
Movie | Mickey's Golden Jubilee | Short Ghost (voice) | 1985-08-26 |
Movie | Disney's Halloween Treat | Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage) | 1982-10-30 |
Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Man (uncredited) | 1969-12-12 |
Movie | The Chase | Mr. Vincent (uncredited) | 1966-02-18 |
Movie | Harlow | Policeman | 1965-06-23 |
Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Movie | This Is Your Life Donald Duck | Pete (voice) | 1960-03-11 |
Series | Pete Kelly's Blues | Unknown | 1959-04-05 |
Movie | Sleeping Beauty | Goons (voice) | 1959-02-17 |
Series | Dennis the Menace | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | The Lone Chipmunks | Pete (voice) | 1954-04-07 |
Movie | The New Neighbor | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-08-01 |
Movie | Calamity Jane | Prospector (uncredited) | 1953-11-04 |
Movie | Canvas Back Duck | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-12-25 |
Movie | Two-Gun Goofy | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1952-05-16 |
Movie | How to Be a Detective | Pete - Al Muldoon (voice) | 1952-12-12 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Dude Duck | Rover Boy | 1951-03-02 |
Movie | A Bear for Punishment | Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-10-20 |
Movie | The Chump Champ | Spike | 1950-11-04 |
Movie | Pluto's Sweater | Dogs | 1949-04-29 |
Movie | Heavenly Puss | Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-07-09 |
Movie | Mississippi Hare | Col. Shuffle | 1949-02-26 |
Movie | Bowery Bugs | Steve Brody | 1949-06-04 |
Movie | Bear Feat | Pa Bear | 1949-12-10 |
Movie | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Headless Horseman Laugh (voice) | 1949-10-08 |
Movie | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Headless Horseman (voice) | 1949-10-05 |
Movie | Make Mine Freedom | Labor employee (voice) | 1948-02-25 |
Movie | The Truce Hurts | Spike | 1948-07-17 |
Movie | Rabbit Punch | The Champ (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-04-10 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Down to Earth | Conductor (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
Movie | Wide Open Spaces | Motel proprietor | 1947-09-12 |
Movie | Pluto's Blue Note | Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-12-26 |
Movie | Road to Utopia | Bear (uncredited) (voice) | 1946-02-27 |
Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
Movie | The Verdict | Gravedigger | 1946-11-23 |
Movie | Solid Serenade | Evil Laugh (voice) | 1946-08-31 |
Movie | Incendiary Blonde | Clown (uncredited) | 1945-07-25 |
Movie | The Mouse Comes to Dinner | 1945-05-05 | |
Movie | Duck Pimples | Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-08-10 |
Movie | Swing Shift Cinderella | Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-08-25 |
Movie | Old Sequoia | Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-12-21 |
Movie | Quiet Please! | Spike (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-12-22 |
Movie | The Zoot Cat | Bit Part (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
Movie | Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike | Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-03-15 |
Movie | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-04 |
Movie | And the Angels Sing | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1944-04-25 |
Movie | Trombone Trouble | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-02-18 |
Movie | Gas | Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-05-15 |
Movie | Casanova Brown | Father in Waiting Room (uncredited) | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Maisie Goes to Reno | Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) | 1944-08-15 |
Movie | Lost in a Harem | Bobo (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-12-01 |
Movie | The Bodyguard | Spike / Tom (Voice) | 1944-07-22 |
Movie | Swing Shift Maisie | Workman (Uncredited) | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | Who Killed Who? | Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-06-19 |
Movie | Der Fuehrer's Face | Nazi (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | Crazy House | Policeman | 1943-10-08 |
Movie | Slightly Dangerous | Customer (uncredited) | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle Daffy | Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited) | 1943-05-15 |
Movie | Best Foot Forward | Waxer | 1943-10-08 |
Movie | Boss of Rawhide | Jed Bones | 1943-11-20 |
Movie | Whistling in Brooklyn | Announcer (uncredited) | 1943-12-01 |
Movie | The Old Army Game | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-11-05 |
Movie | True to Life | Radio Heavy (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | Dog Trouble | Spike (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-04-18 |
Movie | Joe Smith, American | Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-02-01 |
Movie | Donald Gets Drafted | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
Movie | Symphony Hour | Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-03-20 |
Movie | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | 1942-10-05 | |
Movie | The Vanishing Private | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Stand by for Action | Sailor (uncredited) | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | Sky Trooper | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-11-06 |
Movie | Meet John Doughboy | Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-07-05 |
Movie | Robot Wrecks | Froggy's Father (uncredited) | 1941-07-12 |
Movie | Timber | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | Cracked Nuts | Parachute Man | 1941-07-02 |
Movie | Whistling in the Dark | Radio Effects Man (uncredited) | 1941-08-08 |
Movie | The Thrifty Pig | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-11-19 |
Movie | Dumbo | Clown (voice) | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Come Back, Miss Pipps | Froggy's Father (uncredited) | 1941-10-24 |
Movie | Boobs in the Woods | Music Shop Employee (lifts shade in opening) (uncredited) | 1940-05-31 |
Movie | Edison, the Man | Reporter | 1940-05-10 |
Movie | The Riveter | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Pluto's Dream House | Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
Movie | Buck Benny Rides Again | Last Porter | 1940-05-31 |
Movie | Hit Parade of 1941 | Radio Actor | 1940-10-14 |
Movie | Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip | Pete | 1940-11-01 |
Movie | The Ape | Short Mustached Posse Man | 1940-09-30 |
Movie | Melody Ranch | Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | The Masked Lone Ranger (voice) | 1939-02-25 |
Movie | Porky's Movie Mystery | Invisible Man | 1939-03-10 |
Movie | Seal Skinners | Captain (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-01-28 |
Movie | Polar Pals | I. Killem (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-06-03 |
Movie | Mama's New Hat | Captain (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | The Practical Pig | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | Dancing Co-Ed | Radio Man (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Don Del Oro (voice) | 1939-12-16 |
Movie | The Wizard of Oz | Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-08-15 |
Movie | Officer Duck | Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-10-10 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Pianist (uncredited) | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | The Autograph Hound | Security Guard (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | A Haunting We Will Go | Ghost (voice) | 1939-08-27 |
Movie | Hide and Shriek | Haunted House Ghouls (voice) | 1938-06-18 |
Movie | A Day at the Beach | Captain | 1938-06-24 |
Movie | Men with Wings | Red Cross Man | 1938-07-16 |
Movie | The Lone Ranger | Lone Ranger (voice) | 1938-02-13 |
Movie | Boy Meets Dog | Voice | 1938-03-10 |
Movie | Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands | Rudolf Ratbone (voice) | 1938-04-11 |
Movie | Poultry Pirates | Captain | 1938-04-15 |
Movie | Now That Summer Is Gone | Pop (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-05-14 |
Movie | The Captain's Christmas | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-12-17 |
Movie | Professor Beware | Shoeshine Customer | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | Farmyard Symphony | Bull (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | You're an Education | Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice) | 1938-11-04 |
Movie | The Winning Ticket | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-10-01 |
Movie | Porky in Wackyland | Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-09-24 |
Movie | The Mexicali Kid | Stagecoach Driver | 1938-09-13 |
Movie | Mickey's Amateurs | Clarabelle Cow | 1937-04-17 |
Movie | Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue | Big bad wolf (voice) | 1937-05-18 |
Movie | Modern Inventions | Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
Movie | Uncle Tom's Bungalow | Simon Simon Legree (voice) | 1937-06-05 |
Movie | Porky's Duck Hunt | The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-04-17 |
Movie | The Worm Turns | Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-01-02 |
Movie | The Californian | Tax Collector | 1937-07-18 |
Movie | Pigs Is Pigs | Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | Porky's Road Race | Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-02-07 |
Movie | Porky's Romance | Time Munches On Narrator | 1937-04-03 |
Movie | Egghead Rides Again | Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-07-17 |
Movie | The Lyin' Mouse | Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
Movie | Playing the Ponies | Announcer (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
Movie | The Case of the Stuttering Pig | Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-10-30 |
Movie | Lonesome Ghosts | Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-12-24 |
Movie | Double Wedding | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
Movie | Donald's Ostrich | Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-12-10 |
Movie | I Wanna Be a Sailor | Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-09-25 |
Movie | A Sunbonnet Blue | Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-08-21 |
Movie | Porky's Railroad | Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | Speaking of the Weather | Public Enemy #1 / Judge | 1937-09-04 |
Movie | Dick Whittington's Cat | Cook | 1936-05-30 |
Movie | Thru the Mirror | Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-05-30 |
Movie | Early to Bed | Office Boy | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | Three Little Wolves | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-04-18 |
Movie | Moving Day | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-06-20 |
Movie | An All American Toothache | Plumber #1 (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Buck's Friend | 1936-07-01 |
Movie | Alpine Antics | Bully (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-01-18 |
Movie | Boom Boom | General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice) | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | The Penitentes Murder Case | Narrating Missionary | 1936-04-12 |
Movie | Porky in the North Woods | Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-12-19 |
Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Property Man | 1936-10-05 |
Movie | Little Beau Porky | Ali-Mode, Commandant | 1936-10-14 |
Movie | I Love to Singa | Father (voice) | 1936-07-18 |
Movie | Milk and Money | Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited) | 1936-10-03 |
Movie | Can This Be Dixie? | John P. Smith Peachtree | 1936-11-13 |
Movie | Three Blind Mouseketeers | Captain Katt | 1936-09-26 |
Movie | Little Boy Blue | Wolf (voice) | 1936-07-30 |
Movie | Satan Met a Lady | Father of Sextuplets (uncredited) | 1936-07-22 |
Movie | How to Vote | Man on Platform (uncredited) | 1936-09-04 |
Movie | The Tin Man | The Tin Man (voice) | 1935-03-30 |
Movie | The Robber Kitten | Dirty Bill | 1935-04-12 |
Movie | Who Killed Cock Robin? | Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-06-25 |
Movie | The Golden Touch | King Midas (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | I Haven't Got a Hat | Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-03-02 |
Movie | Mickey's Man Friday | Friday (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-01-19 |
Movie | Mickey's Service Station | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-02-23 |
Movie | The Lost City | Gorzo | 1935-03-06 |
Movie | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Timekeeper (uncredited) | 1935-08-03 |
Movie | Life Begins at Forty | Hog Caller | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | Gold Diggers of '49 | Beans (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-11-02 |
Movie | Coronado | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935-11-27 |
Movie | The Fire Alarm | Beans (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-12-23 |
Movie | A Cartoonist's Nightmare | Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-09-21 |
Movie | The Rainmakers | Townsman | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Alias St. Nick | Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-11-16 |
Movie | Twin Triplets | Merchant (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
Movie | Balloon Land | Pincushion Man (voice) | 1935-09-30 |
Movie | Pluto's Judgement Day | Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-09-27 |
Movie | Two-Fisted | Cop | 1935-10-03 |
Movie | Maid in Hollywood | Information Clerk (uncredited) | 1934-05-19 |
Movie | The First Round-Up | Wally's Father | 1934-05-05 |
Movie | Shanghaied | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-01-13 |
Movie | The Old-Fashioned Way | Tomato Thrower (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
Movie | The Big Bad Wolf | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-04-14 |
Movie | One-Horse Farmers | Subway Passenger (uncredited) | 1934-08-01 |
Movie | Punch Drunks | Fight Announcer (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
Movie | Two-Gun Mickey | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-12-15 |
Movie | Babes in Toyland | Chief of Police (uncredited) | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | The Dognapper | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-11-17 |
Movie | Three Chumps Ahead | Second Waiter (uncredited) | 1934-07-14 |
Movie | Taxi Barons | Host - Jenna's Father | 1933-03-31 |
Movie | Ye Olden Days | King (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-04-08 |
Movie | Mickey's Mellerdrammer | Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-03-17 |
Movie | Building a Building | (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-01-07 |
Movie | Me and My Pal | Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-04-22 |
Movie | The Mad Doctor | Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-01-21 |
Movie | A Lady's Profession | Keyhole McKluskey | 1933-03-03 |
Movie | She Done Him Wrong | Singing Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | Bedtime Worries | Radio Voice | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | Air Fright | Stunt Aviator | 1933-12-23 |
Movie | Diplomaniacs | Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited) | 1933-04-28 |
Movie | The Rummy | Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited) | 1933-06-09 |
Movie | The Midnight Patrol | Radio dispatcher (voice) | 1933-08-03 |
Movie | One Track Minds | Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited) | 1933-05-20 |
Movie | Call Her Sausage | Meyer (uncredited) | 1933-05-12 |
Movie | Three Little Pigs | Big Bad Wolf (voice) | 1933-05-27 |
Movie | Runt Page | Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited) | 1932-04-11 |
Movie | Bridge Wives | Radio announcer | 1932-02-21 |
Movie | The Tabasco Kid | Susie (voice) | 1932-01-30 |
Movie | Night World | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
Movie | By Whose Hand? | Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | 1932-07-06 |
Movie | Sneak Easily | Police Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1932-12-10 |
Movie | The Dentist | Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient | 1932-12-09 |
Movie | A Slip at the Switch | Feeny | 1932-08-08 |
Movie | Trader Hound | Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited) | 1931-04-08 |
Movie | Monkey Business | Man in Deck Chair | 1931-09-19 |
Movie | Branded Men | Half-A-Rod | 1931-11-07 |
Movie | The Secret Witness | Radio Announcer's Voice | 1931-12-12 |
Movie | Show Girl in Hollywood | Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors | 1930-04-20 |
Movie | Loose Ankles | Mr. Berry from Logan | 1930-02-02 |
Movie | The Man Hunter | Buggs | 1930-05-02 |
Movie | Soup to Nuts | Revolutionary (uncredited) | 1930-09-28 |
Movie | Dancing Sweeties | Bud (uncredited) | 1930-07-19 |
Movie | Top Speed | Ipps | 1930-08-24 |
Movie | The Karnival Kid | Singer | 1929-07-30 |
Movie | The Fresh Lobster | 1928-01-01 | |
Movie | The Cowboy Kid | Deputy Sheriff | 1928-07-14 |
Movie | The Patent Leather Kid | Fight Fan | 1927-09-01 |
Movie | Two Girls Wanted | Johnny | 1927-09-11 |
Movie | The Dude Cowboy | Shorty O'Day | 1926-10-30 |
Movie | Getting Gertie's Goat | Mr Smith | 1924-03-09 |
Movie | That's the Spirit | The Crooked Scientist | 1924-09-01 |
Movie | Cold Feet | Pride of the Mounted | 1922-05-21 |
Movie | Dry and Thirsty | Horace Radish | 1920-02-15 |
Movie | A Bashful Bigamist | Mr. Smith | 1920-07-15 |
Movie | A Roman Scandal | Stage Director | 1919-11-30 |
Movie | One Too Many | Unhappy Boarder | 1916-02-16 |
Movie | The Serenade | Schmitte | 1916-03-02 |
Movie | The Battle Royal | Grandpa Runt | 1916-04-12 |