Billy Bletcher
Biography
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
Acting
1946
asNarrator (voice)
1941
asFroggy's Father (uncredited)
1941
asFroggy's Father (uncredited)
1938
asVoice
1941
asClown (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asVarious
1949
asHeadless Horseman Laugh (voice)
1937
asSimon Simon Legree (voice)
1936
asDevil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asIndian chorus (voice)
1943
asNazi (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asNative American (voice)
1933
asBig Bad Wolf (voice)
1933
asSinging Waiter (uncredited)
1951
asPa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1947
asWestern Character (uncredited)
1945
asSpike (voice) (uncredited)
1948
asSpike (voice) (uncredited)
1944
asBit Part (voice) (uncredited)
1922
asSammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
1930
asBuggs
1928
asSlim
2005
asTiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
1937
asFox (voice) (uncredited)
1928
asDeputy Sheriff
1934
asSchmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
1935
asGorzo
1936
asWolf (voice)
1942
asSergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1943
asSergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1941
asBig Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1942
asSergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asRadio dispatcher (voice)
1949
asDevil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1946
asEvil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1944
asSpike / Tom (Voice)
1940
asPete
1945
asDonald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asMagic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
1942
asPete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
1953
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1936
asCaptain Katt
1944
asPegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1947
asMotel proprietor
1931
asTubby
1949
asHeadless Horseman (voice)
1939
asSecurity Guard (voice) (uncredited)
1953
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
asSergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1941
asRadio Effects Man (uncredited)
1943
asAnnouncer (uncredited)
1936
asFather (voice)
1945
asDetective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
1941
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asGrandpa Mouse (voice)
1939
asTiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1932
asNightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
asBears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asKeyhole McKluskey
1937
asBass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asRobot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asKing Midas (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1954
asPete (voice)
1928
as
1944
asTom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asBeans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
1944
asWolf (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asEvil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asBorax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asTime Munches On Narrator
1948
asThe Champ (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asPublic Enemy #1 / Judge
1944
asGas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
1944
asMalaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asDr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
1932
asRadio announcer
1949
asCol. Shuffle
1949
asPa Bear
1942
asCactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1941
asIrish Mouse (voice)
1942
asSailor (uncredited)
1949
asSteve Brody
1935
asOld King Cole (voice)
1936
asGeneral Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
1936
asSpider (voice)
1937
asSt. Bernard (voice)
1936
asShip's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
1935
asDirty Bill
1948
asLabor employee (voice)
1937
asBoarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asPapa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asRoaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
1916
asLouie
1945
asClown (uncredited)
1938
asSinging Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
1935
asPincushion Man (voice)
1932
asStubby - Kirk Hand
1945
asWolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1915
as
1938
asPop (voice) (uncredited)
1985
as
1936
asMr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
1936
asAli-Mode, Commandant
1935
asBeans (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asHaunted House Ghouls (voice)
1934
asPegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asDemon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asLawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
1931
asHalf-A-Rod
1932
asFeeny
2013
asPeg-Leg Pete (voice)
2002
asAl Muldoon
1930
asBud (uncredited)
1935
asCop
1939
asI. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
1941
asShort Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
1993
as(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1920
asHorace Radish
1937
asSilver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asThe Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asJudge
1939
asBoss
1938
asLone Ranger (voice)
1944
asFather in Waiting Room (uncredited)
1938
asWeaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
1938
asVocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asRudolf Ratbone (voice)
1944
asClub Patron (uncredited)
1919
asStage Director
1916
asUnhappy Boarder
1930
asSign Man Scraping Names off Doors
1947
asConductor (uncredited)
1920
asMr. Smith
1934
asSubway Passenger (uncredited)
1930
asHoneymooner
2003
as
1936
asNarrating Missionary
1936
asCook
1936
asMan on Platform (uncredited)
1930
asIpps
1932
asMr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
1969
asMan (uncredited)
1936
asBully (voice) (uncredited)
1997
asSelf (archive footage)
1936
asJean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asThe Tin Man (voice)
1934
asPegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1936
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asPete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asGhost (voice)
1938
asStagecoach Driver
1922
asPride of the Mounted
1935
asMerchant (uncredited)
1934
asSecond Waiter (uncredited)
1932
asPolice Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1933
asPassenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
1934
asInformation Clerk (uncredited)
1936
asPlumber #1 (uncredited)
1933
asStunt Aviator
1937
asShort Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asThe Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
1933
asHorace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
1931
asRadio Announcer's Voice
1931
asTrader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asRed Cross Man
1939
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asPolice Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asDon Del Oro (voice)
1939
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1933
as(voice) (uncredited)
1939
asBig Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asCaptain
1938
asCaptain
1938
asShoeshine Customer
1939
asPianist (uncredited)
1939
asInvisible Man
1934
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asRadio Man (voice) (uncredited)
1942
asAngel Face Wolf (uncredited)
1935
asCat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
1936
asBig Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asJudge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1933
asKing (voice) (uncredited)
1934
asBig Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1947
asMusic Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1942
as
1963
asPlumber (uncredited)
1966
asMr. Vincent (uncredited)
1923
as
1938
asBull (voice) (uncredited)
1946
asWaiter (uncredited)
1934
asChief of Police (uncredited)
1962
asMr. Abramowitz
1952
asPete - Al Muldoon (voice)
1937
asBig bad wolf (voice)
1943
asDetective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asReporter
1943
asSleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
1949
asHenry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948
asPapa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1934
asChristopher Columbus (uncredited)
1942
asWolf (voice) (uncredited)
1989
asPete(archive sound)
1935
asDave Rub-Em-Off
1940
asLast Porter
1937
asTax Collector
1926
asShorty O'Day
2004
as1933
asMeyer Schmaltz
1933
asMeyer (uncredited)
1935
asWaiter (uncredited)
1933
asHost - Jenna's Father
1933
asTaxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
1934
asFight Announcer (uncredited)
1933
asMeyer Schmaltz
1940
asShort Mustached Posse Man
1940
asScarlet Shadow Radio Actor
1933
asSchmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
1936
asBuck's Friend
1965
asPoliceman
1936
asProperty Man
1934
asTomato Thrower (uncredited)
1935
asTimekeeper (uncredited)
1960
asPete (voice)
1935
asHog Caller
1916
asSchmitte
1937
asLion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asNarrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
1936
asFather of Sextuplets (uncredited)
1924
asThe Crooked Scientist
1941
asParachute Man
1932
asSusie (voice)
1943
asJed Bones
1938
asCaptain (voice)
1937
asAnnouncer (uncredited)
1933
asRadio Voice
1934
asWally's Father
1946
asGravedigger
1936
asOffice Boy
1930
asRevolutionary (uncredited)
1943
asBlack Jake
1944
asBarney Bear
1935
asFriday (voice) (uncredited)
1943
asMaster of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
1943
asButch (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asThe Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1936
asBoy's Shoes (voice)
1953
asProspector (uncredited)
1943
asCustomer (uncredited)
1937
asDirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
1916
asGrandpa Runt
1928
as
2001
as
1938
asPorky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asNarrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
1942
as
1942
asPolice Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
2007
asSpike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1935
asCat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1948
asBarney Bear (voice)
1944
asBarney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1943
asWaxer
1938
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asTownsman
1943
asPoliceman
1930
asMr. Berry from Logan
1943
asRadio Heavy (uncredited)
1951
asHaggarly
2001
asShort Ghost
2003
asRobot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
1939
asThe Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1956
asVarious (voice)(uncredited)
1922
asJimmy
1927
asJohnny
1987
asNarrator (voice)
2004
asBig Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
1938
asCaptain (voice) (uncredited)
1932
asThe District Attorney
1946
asBear (uncredited) (voice)
1944
asBobo (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asWedding Guest (uncredited)
1937
asMouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
1945
asDogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1937
asThe Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
1931
asMan in Deck Chair
1921
as
1927
asFight Fan
1952
asPete (voice) (uncredited)
1939
asMayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
1935
asVinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
1982
asCat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
1941
asWolf (voice) (uncredited)
1938
asBellhop
1937
asSandy Briggs
1936
asBeans (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asRadio Actor
1991
asYoung Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
1944
asPublic Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
1937
asBull (uncredited)
1943
asWorkman (Uncredited)
1940
asLion (voice)
1942
asButch
1923
asThe Butler
1937
asVillain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1942
asSpike (voice) (uncredited)
1924
asMr Smith
1936
asRadio (voice) (uncredited)
1932
asPolice Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1936
asJohn P. Smith Peachtree
1934
asVoice of Giant
1935
asChairman of the Board
1936
asGolfer
1928
asProody
1944
asOfficer
1940
asCoyote Bark
1947
asFrog (voice)
1933
asActor (uncredited)
1937
asDog Catcher (voice)
1936
asDrunk (uncredited)
1946
asMahoney's Valet (uncredited)
1941
asHorse (voice)
1932
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