Billy Bletcher
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 23, 1894
Day of Death: January 5, 1979 (84 years old)
Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Actor Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Actor Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss
Actor Headless Horseman (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Actor Col. Shuffle
Mississippi Hare
Actor Pa Bear
Bear Feat
Actor Steve Brody
Bowery Bugs
Actor Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
1948
1947
1946
1945
Actor Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
Actor Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Old Sequoia
Actor Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
Actor Clown (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
Actor Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
Actor Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
1944
Actor Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
Actor Spike / Tom (Voice)
The Bodyguard
Actor Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
Actor Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
Actor Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Actor Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Gas
Actor Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Actor Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
Actor Club Patron (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Actor Barney Bear
Bear Raid Warden
Actor Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pest
Actor Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
Actor Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
Actor Officer
The Inside Story
1943
Actor Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
Actor Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Old Army Game
Actor Announcer (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
Actor Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
Actor Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Actor Jed Bones
Boss of Rawhide
Actor Black Jake
Chatterbox
Actor Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
The Little Broadcast
Actor Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss
Actor Customer (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Actor Waxer
Best Foot Forward
Actor Policeman
Crazy House
Actor Radio Heavy (uncredited)
True to Life
Actor Workman (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1942
Actor Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
Actor Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Vanishing Private
Actor Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
Actor Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
Actor Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
Actor Sailor (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
Actor Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
Actor
I Married a Witch
Actor Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy's Southern Exposure
Actor
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Actor Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Actor Butch
Dog Meets Dog
Actor Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
1941
Actor Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Robot Wrecks
Actor Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Actor Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
Actor Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
Actor Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Actor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Timber
Actor Irish Mouse (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Actor Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Meet John Doughboy
Actor Parachute Man
Cracked Nuts
Actor Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1940
Actor Various
The Pooch Parade
Actor Pete
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Actor Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Dream House
Actor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Riveter
Actor Reporter
Edison, the Man
Actor Last Porter
Buck Benny Rides Again
Actor Short Mustached Posse Man
The Ape
Actor Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Melody Ranch
Actor Radio Actor
Hit Parade of 1941
Actor Lion (voice)
Mouse Meets Lion
1939
Actor Indian chorus (voice)
Sioux Me
Actor Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound
Actor Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
Actor I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals
Actor Boss
Porky's Tire Trouble
Actor Ghost (voice)
A Haunting We Will Go
Actor The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Mama's New Hat
Actor Don Del Oro (voice)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
Actor Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Practical Pig
Actor Pianist (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Actor Invisible Man
Porky's Movie Mystery
Actor Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Actor Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
The Film Fan
Actor Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
Actor The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Petunia Natural Park
Actor Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
The Wizard of Oz
1938
Actor Voice
Boy Meets Dog
Actor Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in Wackyland
Actor Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
You're an Education
Actor Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Now That Summer Is Gone
Actor Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Hide and Shriek
Actor The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
Actor Lone Ranger (voice)
The Lone Ranger
Actor Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
A Feud There Was
Actor Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
Actor Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
Actor Stagecoach Driver
The Mexicali Kid
Actor Red Cross Man
Men with Wings
Actor Captain
A Day at the Beach
Actor Captain
Poultry Pirates
Actor Shoeshine Customer
Professor Beware
Actor Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Farmyard Symphony
Actor Captain (voice)
The Captain's Pup
Actor The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Christmas
Actor Porky's boss (voice)
Porky's Phoney Express
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
What a Lion!
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Cleaning House
Actor Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Old Smokey
Actor Bellhop
California Frontier
1937
Actor Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Actor Native American (voice)
Sweet Sioux
Actor Fox (voice) (uncredited)
The Hound and the Rabbit
Actor Grandpa Mouse (voice)
The Fella with a Fiddle
Actor Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Donald's Ostrich
Actor Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
Actor Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
Actor Time Munches On Narrator
Porky's Romance
Actor Public Enemy #1 / Judge
Speaking of the Weather
Actor Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
Actor St. Bernard (voice)
Dog Daze
Actor Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Egghead Rides Again
Actor Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
Actor Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Actor Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
Actor Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
The Worm Turns
Actor Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts
Actor Big bad wolf (voice)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Actor Tax Collector
The Californian
Actor Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
The Lyin' Mouse
Actor Announcer (uncredited)
Playing the Ponies
Actor Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Building
Actor Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Double Wedding
Actor Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't We Got Fun
Actor The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Duck Hunt
Actor Sandy Briggs
God's Country and the Man
Actor Bull (uncredited)
Picador Porky
Actor Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
A Sunbonnet Blue
1936
Actor Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Look Now
Actor Wolf (voice)
Little Boy Blue
Actor Captain Katt
Three Blind Mouseketeers
Actor Father (voice)
I Love to Singa
Actor Spider (voice)
Bingo Crosbyana
Actor Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Shanghaied Shipmates
Actor General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Boom Boom
Actor Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Milk and Money
Actor Ali-Mode, Commandant
Little Beau Porky
Actor Narrating Missionary
Lash of the Penitentes
Actor Cook
Dick Whittington's Cat
Actor Man on Platform (uncredited)
How to Vote
Actor Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
Actor Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods
Actor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Moving Day
Actor Plumber #1 (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
Actor Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves
Actor Buck's Friend
Rhythm on the Range
Actor Property Man
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Actor Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady
Actor Office Boy
Early to Bed
Actor Boy's Shoes (voice)
New Shoes
Actor Beans (voice) (uncredited)
The Fire Alarm
Actor Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror
Actor John P. Smith Peachtree
Can This Be Dixie?
Actor Golfer
Divot Diggers
1935
Actor Gorzo
The Lost City
Actor King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
Actor Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
I Haven't Got a Hat
Actor Old King Cole (voice)
The Merry Old Soul
Actor Dirty Bill
The Robber Kitten
Actor Pincushion Man (voice)
Balloon Land
Actor Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of '49
Actor Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Actor Cop
Two-Fisted
Actor The Tin Man (voice)
The Tin Man
Actor Merchant (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
Actor Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Judgement Day
Actor Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Actor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
Actor Dave Rub-Em-Off
Billboard Frolics
Actor Waiter (uncredited)
Coronado
Actor Timekeeper (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Actor Hog Caller
Life Begins at Forty
Actor Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Man Friday
Actor Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick
Actor Townsman
The Rainmakers
Actor Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Little Dutch Plate
Actor Chairman of the Board
Teacher's Beau
1934
Actor Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Music in Your Hair
Actor Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied
Actor Subway Passenger (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
Actor Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Two-Gun Mickey
Actor Second Waiter (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead
Actor Information Clerk (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
Actor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Dognapper
Actor Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
Actor Chief of Police (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Actor Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Goofy Movies Number Two
Actor Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
Actor Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Actor Wally's Father
The First Round-Up
Actor Voice of Giant
Mama's Little Pirate
1933
Actor Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Three Little Pigs
Actor Singing Waiter (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Actor Radio dispatcher (voice)
The Midnight Patrol
Actor Keyhole McKluskey
A Lady's Profession
Actor Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Actor Judge
Husbands' Reunion
Actor Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
One Track Minds
Actor Stunt Aviator
Air Fright
Actor Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Actor Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
Actor (voice) (uncredited)
Building a Building
Actor King (voice) (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
Actor Meyer Schmaltz
Rhapsody in Brew
Actor Meyer (uncredited)
Call Her Sausage
Actor Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
The Rummy
Actor Host - Jenna's Father
Taxi Barons
Actor Meyer Schmaltz
Keg o' My Heart
Actor Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
Actor Radio Voice
Bedtime Worries
1932
Actor Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Night World
Actor Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Runt Page
Actor Radio announcer
Bridge Wives
Actor Stubby - Kirk Hand
The Boiling Point
Actor Feeny
A Slip at the Switch
Actor Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
The Dentist
Actor Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
Actor Susie (voice)
The Tabasco Kid
Actor The District Attorney
Taxi for Two
Actor Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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