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Billy Bletcher

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.


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Born:
Sep 24, 1894 In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
251
First Appeared:
In the movie One Too Many 1916-02-16
Latest Project:
Movie Get a Horse! 2013-11-27
Known For
Poster of Solid Serenade
Poster of I Wanna Be a Sailor
Poster of Egghead Rides Again
Poster of Balloon Land
Filmography
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