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:
- 222
- First Appeared:
- In the movie One Too Many 1916-02-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Get a Horse! 2013-11-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Get a Horse! | Peg-Leg Pete (voice) | 2013-11-27 |
| Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Man (uncredited) | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Chase | Mr. Vincent (uncredited) | 1966-02-18 |
| Movie | Harlow | Policeman | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | The Nutty Professor | Plumber (uncredited) | 1963-06-04 |
| Movie | This Is Your Life Donald Duck | Pete (voice) | 1960-03-11 |
| Series | The Bugs Bunny Show | 1960-10-11 | |
| Movie | Sleeping Beauty | Goons (voice) | 1959-02-17 |
| Movie | The Lone Chipmunks | Pete (voice) | 1954-04-07 |
| Movie | Calamity Jane | Prospector (uncredited) | 1953-11-04 |
| Movie | Canvas Back Duck | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1953-12-25 |
| Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
| Movie | The Chump Champ | Spike | 1950-11-04 |
| Movie | Pluto's Sweater | Dogs | 1949-04-29 |
| Movie | Mississippi Hare | Col. Shuffle | 1949-02-26 |
| Movie | Bowery Bugs | Steve Brody | 1949-06-04 |
| Movie | The Bee-Deviled Bruin | Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-05-14 |
| Movie | Heavenly Puss | Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-07-09 |
| Movie | Bear Feat | Pa Bear | 1949-12-10 |
| 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 | Rabbit Punch | The Champ (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-04-10 |
| Movie | What's Brewin', Bruin? | Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited) | 1948-02-27 |
| Movie | Down to Earth | Conductor (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
| Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | Pluto's Blue Note | Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-12-26 |
| Movie | Wide Open Spaces | Motel proprietor | 1947-09-12 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Bear (uncredited) (voice) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Solid Serenade | Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-08-31 |
| Movie | The Verdict | Gravedigger | 1946-11-23 |
| 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 | Quiet Please! | Spike (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-12-22 |
| Movie | Old Sequoia | Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | 1945-12-21 |
| Movie | And the Angels Sing | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1944-04-25 |
| 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 | Gas | Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-05-15 |
| Movie | The Zoot Cat | Bit Part (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
| Movie | Casanova Brown | Father in Waiting Room (uncredited) | 1944-08-23 |
| Movie | The Bodyguard | Spike / Tom (Voice) | 1944-07-22 |
| 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 | Bear Raid Warden | Barney Bear | 1944-08-08 |
| Movie | Who Killed Who? | Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-06-19 |
| Movie | Yankee Doodle Daffy | Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited) | 1943-05-15 |
| Movie | Der Fuehrer's Face | Nazi (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-01-01 |
| Movie | Swing Shift Maisie | Workman (Uncredited) | 1943-10-01 |
| Movie | Chatterbox | Black Jake | 1943-04-27 |
| Movie | Slightly Dangerous | Customer (uncredited) | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | True to Life | Radio Heavy (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
| Movie | Best Foot Forward | Waxer | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | Whistling in Brooklyn | Announcer (uncredited) | 1943-12-01 |
| Movie | Baby Puss | Butch (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-12-25 |
| Movie | Boss of Rawhide | Jed Bones | 1943-11-20 |
| Movie | Crazy House | Policeman | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | Symphony Hour | Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-03-20 |
| Movie | Joe Smith, American | Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-02-01 |
| Movie | Daffy's Southern Exposure | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
| Movie | Stand by for Action | Sailor (uncredited) | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Donald Gets Drafted | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
| Movie | I Married a Witch | 1942-10-30 | |
| Movie | Timber | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Parachute Man | 1941-07-02 |
| Movie | Meet John Doughboy | Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited) | 1941-07-05 |
| Movie | Dumbo | Clown (voice) | 1941-10-31 |
| Movie | Come Back, Miss Pipps | Froggy's Father (uncredited) | 1941-10-24 |
| Movie | Whistling in the Dark | Radio Effects Man (uncredited) | 1941-08-08 |
| Movie | Edison, the Man | Reporter | 1940-05-10 |
| Movie | The Riveter | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | Buck Benny Rides Again | Last Porter | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | Boobs in the Woods | Music Shop Employee (lifts shade in opening) (uncredited) | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | Pluto's Dream House | Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited) | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Hit Parade of 1941 | Radio Actor | 1940-10-14 |
| Movie | The Ape | Short Mustached Posse Man | 1940-09-30 |
| Movie | Melody Ranch | Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor | 1940-09-15 |
| Movie | Porky's Movie Mystery | Invisible Man | 1939-03-10 |
| Movie | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | The Masked Lone Ranger (voice) | 1939-02-25 |
| 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 | The Autograph Hound | Security Guard (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-01 |
| 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 | Destry Rides Again | Pianist (uncredited) | 1939-11-30 |
| Movie | The Film Fan | Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-12-16 |
| Movie | Dancing Co-Ed | Radio Man (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | A Haunting We Will Go | Ghost (voice) | 1939-08-27 |
| Movie | The Captain's Pup | Captain (voice) | 1938-04-29 |
| Movie | Now That Summer Is Gone | Pop (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-05-14 |
| Movie | Boy Meets Dog | Voice | 1938-03-10 |
| Movie | A Day at the Beach | Captain | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | The Lone Ranger | Lone Ranger (voice) | 1938-02-13 |
| Movie | Poultry Pirates | Captain | 1938-04-15 |
| Movie | Hide and Shriek | Haunted House Ghouls (voice) | 1938-06-18 |
| Movie | You're an Education | Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice) | 1938-11-04 |
| Movie | Men with Wings | Red Cross Man | 1938-07-16 |
| Movie | The Winning Ticket | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-10-01 |
| Movie | Farmyard Symphony | Bull (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Porky in Wackyland | Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-09-24 |
| Movie | The Mexicali Kid | Stagecoach Driver | 1938-09-13 |
| Movie | Professor Beware | Shoeshine Customer | 1938-07-29 |
| 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 | Egghead Rides Again | Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-07-17 |
| Movie | Mickey's Amateurs | Clarabelle Cow | 1937-04-17 |
| Movie | The Worm Turns | Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-01-02 |
| 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 | The Californian | Tax Collector | 1937-07-18 |
| Movie | The Lyin' Mouse | Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | The Case of the Stuttering Pig | Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | Donald's Ostrich | Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-12-10 |
| Movie | Lonesome Ghosts | Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-12-24 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
| 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 | I Wanna Be a Sailor | Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited) | 1937-09-25 |
| Movie | Playing the Ponies | Announcer (uncredited) | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | Thru the Mirror | Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | Moving Day | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-06-20 |
| Movie | Dick Whittington's Cat | Cook | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | Early to Bed | Office Boy | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | The Fire Alarm | Beans (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-03-09 |
| Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Buck's Friend | 1936-07-01 |
| Movie | An All American Toothache | Plumber #1 (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
| Movie | Lash of the Penitentes | Narrating Missionary | 1936-04-13 |
| Movie | Three Little Wolves | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-04-18 |
| Movie | Alpine Antics | Bully (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-01-18 |
| Movie | Milk and Money | Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited) | 1936-10-03 |
| 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 | Three Blind Mouseketeers | Captain Katt | 1936-09-26 |
| Movie | Porky in the North Woods | Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited) | 1936-12-19 |
| Movie | Satan Met a Lady | Father of Sextuplets (uncredited) | 1936-07-22 |
| Movie | New Shoes | Boy's Shoes (voice) | 1936-09-05 |
| Movie | Little Boy Blue | Wolf (voice) | 1936-07-30 |
| Movie | How to Vote | Man on Platform (uncredited) | 1936-09-04 |
| Movie | The Tin Man | The Tin Man (voice) | 1935-03-30 |
| Movie | Teacher's Beau | Chairman of the Board | 1935-04-27 |
| Movie | Life Begins at Forty | Hog Caller | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | The Robber Kitten | Dirty Bill | 1935-04-12 |
| Movie | I Haven't Got a Hat | Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | Who Killed Cock Robin? | Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-06-25 |
| 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 | The Golden Touch | King Midas (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | Pluto's Judgement Day | Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-09-27 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of '49 | Beans (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-11-02 |
| Movie | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Timekeeper (uncredited) | 1935-08-03 |
| Movie | Alias St. Nick | Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-11-16 |
| Movie | Coronado | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935-11-27 |
| Movie | The Rainmakers | Townsman | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Billboard Frolics | Dave Rub-Em-Off | 1935-11-09 |
| Movie | Twin Triplets | Merchant (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | Balloon Land | Pincushion Man (voice) | 1935-09-30 |
| Movie | A Cartoonist's Nightmare | Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited) | 1935-09-21 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted | Cop | 1935-10-03 |
| Movie | The First Round-Up | Wally's Father | 1934-05-05 |
| Movie | Maid in Hollywood | Information Clerk (uncredited) | 1934-05-19 |
| Movie | Punch Drunks | Fight Announcer (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
| Movie | Shanghaied | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-01-13 |
| Movie | Goofy Movies Number Two | Christopher Columbus (uncredited) | 1934-02-24 |
| Movie | The Big Bad Wolf | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-04-14 |
| Movie | Mama's Little Pirate | Voice of Giant | 1934-11-02 |
| Movie | Two-Gun Mickey | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-12-15 |
| Movie | The Old-Fashioned Way | Tomato Thrower (uncredited) | 1934-07-13 |
| Movie | The Dognapper | Pete (voice) (uncredited) | 1934-11-17 |
| Movie | Babes in Toyland | Chief of Police (uncredited) | 1934-12-14 |
| Movie | One-Horse Farmers | Subway Passenger (uncredited) | 1934-08-01 |
| 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 | Me and My Pal | Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-04-22 |
| Movie | Mickey's Mellerdrammer | Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-03-17 |
| Movie | Building a Building | (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-01-07 |
| Movie | Diplomaniacs | Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited) | 1933-04-28 |
| Movie | The Mad Doctor | Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited) | 1933-01-21 |
| Movie | She Done Him Wrong | Singing Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | A Lady's Profession | Keyhole McKluskey | 1933-03-03 |
| Movie | One Track Minds | Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited) | 1933-05-20 |
| Movie | Rhapsody in Brew | Meyer Schmaltz | 1933-09-29 |
| Movie | Keg o' My Heart | Meyer Schmaltz | 1933-11-11 |
| Movie | Air Fright | Stunt Aviator | 1933-12-23 |
| Movie | Call Her Sausage | Meyer (uncredited) | 1933-05-12 |
| Movie | Bedtime Worries | Radio Voice | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | The Midnight Patrol | Radio dispatcher (voice) | 1933-08-03 |
| Movie | Three Little Pigs | Big Bad Wolf (voice) | 1933-05-27 |
| Movie | The Rummy | Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited) | 1933-06-09 |
| Movie | Bridge Wives | Radio announcer | 1932-02-21 |
| Movie | Runt Page | Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited) | 1932-04-11 |
| Movie | The Tabasco Kid | Susie (voice) | 1932-01-30 |
| Movie | Sneak Easily | Police Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1932-12-10 |
| Movie | Night World | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1932-05-04 |
| Movie | The Dentist | Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient | 1932-12-09 |
| 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 | Dancing Sweeties | Bud (uncredited) | 1930-07-19 |
| Movie | Loose Ankles | Mr. Berry from Logan | 1930-02-02 |
| Movie | Soup to Nuts | Revolutionary (uncredited) | 1930-09-28 |
| Movie | Top Speed | Ipps | 1930-08-24 |
| Movie | The Karnival Kid | Singer | 1929-07-30 |
| Movie | The Patent Leather Kid | Fight Fan | 1927-09-01 |
| Movie | The Dude Cowboy | Shorty O'Day | 1926-10-30 |
| Movie | That's the Spirit | The Crooked Scientist | 1924-09-01 |
| Movie | Call the Wagon | 1923-12-30 | |
| 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 |