Billy Bletcher

Birthday: 1894-09-23
Deathday: 1979-01-05
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2013-11-27 Get a Horse! Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
2007-05-15 Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Spike
2005-09-26 Once Upon a Halloween Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
2004-10-19 Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004-05-31 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
2003-11-03 Everybody Loves Donald
2003-09-15 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
2002-12-03 Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy Al Muldoon
2001-12-04 Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
2001-11-17 Everybody Loves Mickey Short Ghost
1993-12-23 MGM Cartoon Christmas
1991-11-11 Disney’s Coyote Tales Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
1989-12-31 Rootin' Tootin' Roundup Pete(archive sound)
1985-08-31 Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
1969-12-12 Hello, Dolly! Man (uncredited)
1966-02-18 The Chase Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
1965-06-23 Harlow Policeman
1963-06-04 The Nutty Professor Plumber (uncredited)
1962-02-04 Chun King Chow Mein Hour Mr. Abramowitz
1960-03-11 This Is Your Life Donald Duck Pete (voice)
1956-09-13 Trailblazer Magoo Various (voice)(uncredited)
1954-04-07 The Lone Chipmunks Pete (voice)
1953-12-25 Canvas Back Duck Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1953-11-04 Calamity Jane Prospector (uncredited)
1953-08-01 The New Neighbor Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1952-12-12 How to Be a Detective Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
1952-05-16 Two Gun Goofy Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1951-10-20 A Bear for Punishment Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951-06-17 Father Takes the Air Haggarly
1949-12-10 Bear Feat Pa Bear
1949-10-08 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
1949-10-05 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad Headless Horseman (voice)
1949-07-09 Heavenly Puss Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1949-06-04 Bowery Bugs Steve Brody
1949-05-14 The Bee-Deviled Bruin Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949-02-26 Mississippi Hare Col. Shuffle
1948-07-17 The Truce Hurts Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1948-04-10 Rabbit Punch The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
1948-02-27 What's Brewin', Bruin? Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948-02-25 Make Mine Freedom Labor employee (voice)
1948-01-31 The Bear and the Bean Barney Bear (voice)
1947-12-26 Pluto's Blue Note Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1947-09-12 Wide Open Spaces Motel proprietor
1947-09-01 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Western Character (uncredited)
1947-08-21 Down to Earth Conductor (uncredited)
1947-07-11 Tubby the Tuba Frog (voice)
1946-11-23 The Verdict Gravedigger
1946-08-31 Solid Serenade Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1946-03-18 Deadline at Dawn Waiter (uncredited)
1946-02-27 Road to Utopia Bear (uncredited) (voice)
1945-12-22 Quiet Please! Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1945-12-21 Old Sequoia Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
1945-08-25 Swing Shift Cinderella Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1945-08-10 Duck Pimples Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
1945-07-27 Canine Casanova Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1945-07-25 Incendiary Blonde Clown (uncredited)
1944-12-30 Polar Pest Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944-12-01 Lost in a Harem Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
1944-11-05 The Inside Story Officer
1944-08-23 Casanova Brown Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
1944-08-15 Maisie Goes to Reno Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
1944-08-08 Bear Raid Warden Barney Bear
1944-07-22 The Bodyguard Spike / Tom (Voice)
1944-05-15 Gas Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
1944-04-25 And the Angels Sing Club Patron (uncredited)
1944-03-15 Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
1944-02-26 The Zoot Cat Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
1944-02-18 Trombone Trouble Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1944-02-12 Tom Turk and Daffy Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
1944-01-04 Little Red Riding Rabbit Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1943-12-25 Baby Puss Butch (voice) (uncredited)
1943-12-24 True to Life Radio Heavy (uncredited)
1943-12-01 Whistling in Brooklyn Announcer (uncredited)
1943-11-20 Boss of Rawhide Jed Bones
1943-11-05 The Old Army Game Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1943-10-08 Best Foot Forward Waxer
1943-10-08 Crazy House Policeman
1943-10-01 Swing Shift Maisie Workman (Uncredited)
1943-09-25 The Little Broadcast Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
1943-06-19 Who Killed Who? Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1943-05-15 Yankee Doodle Daffy Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
1943-04-27 Chatterbox Black Jake
1943-04-01 Slightly Dangerous Customer (uncredited)
1943-01-01 Der Fuehrer's Face Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
1942-12-31 Stand by for Action Sailor (uncredited)
1942-11-06 Sky Trooper Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942-10-30 I Married a Witch
1942-10-05 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942-09-25 The Vanishing Private Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942-05-01 Donald Gets Drafted Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942-05-01 Daffy's Southern Exposure Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1942-04-29 The Wild and Woozy West Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
1942-04-18 Dog Trouble Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1942-04-10 Saps in Chaps Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942-03-26 Dog Meets Dog Butch
1942-03-20 Symphony Hour Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
1942-02-01 Joe Smith, American Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1941-12-25 Red Riding Hood Rides Again Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941-11-19 The Thrifty Pig Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941-10-31 Dumbo Clown (voice) (uncredited)
1941-10-24 Come Back, Miss Pipps Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941-08-08 Whistling in the Dark Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
1941-08-08 We, the Animals - Squeak! Irish Mouse (voice)
1941-07-12 Robot Wrecks Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941-07-05 Meet John Doughboy Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
1941-07-02 Cracked Nuts Parachute Man
1941-01-10 Timber Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1940-11-01 Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Pete
1940-10-25 Mouse Meets Lion Lion (voice)
1940-10-14 Hit Parade of 1941 Radio Actor
1940-09-30 The Ape Short Mustached Posse Man
1940-09-15 Melody Ranch Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
1940-08-30 Pluto's Dream House Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
1940-07-19 The Pooch Parade Various
1940-05-31 Buck Benny Rides Again Last Porter
1940-05-10 Edison, the Man Reporter
1940-03-23 Home on the Range Coyote Bark
1940-03-15 The Riveter Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1939-12-16 Zorro's Fighting Legion Don Del Oro (voice)
1939-11-30 Destry Rides Again Pianist (uncredited)
1939-10-10 Officer Duck Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1939-09-29 Dancing Co-Ed Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
1939-09-08 Sioux Me Indian chorus (voice)
1939-09-01 The Autograph Hound Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
1939-08-27 A Haunting We Will Go Ghost (voice)
1939-08-15 The Wizard of Oz Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
1939-06-03 Polar Pals I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
1939-03-10 Porky's Movie Mystery Invisible Man
1939-02-25 The Lone Ranger Rides Again The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
1939-02-24 The Practical Pig Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1939-02-17 Porky's Tire Trouble Boss
1939-02-10 Mama's New Hat Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939-01-28 Seal Skinners Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939-01-03 Petunia Natural Park The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-12-17 The Captain's Christmas The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-12-15 California Frontier Bellhop
1938-11-04 You're an Education Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
1938-10-14 Farmyard Symphony Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1938-10-01 The Winning Ticket The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-09-24 Porky in Wackyland Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
1938-09-23 A Feud There Was Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
1938-09-13 The Mexicali Kid Stagecoach Driver
1938-09-03 Old Smokey Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-07-29 Professor Beware Shoeshine Customer
1938-07-16 Men with Wings Red Cross Man
1938-07-06 What a Lion! Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-06-24 A Day at the Beach Captain
1938-06-18 Hide and Shriek Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
1938-06-06 Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
1938-05-14 Now That Summer Is Gone Pop (voice) (uncredited)
1938-04-29 The Captain's Pup Captain (voice)
1938-04-15 Poultry Pirates Captain
1938-04-11 Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
1938-04-02 Blue Monday Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-03-18 Porky's Phoney Express Porky's boss (voice)
1938-03-10 Boy Meets Dog Voice
1938-02-19 Cleaning House Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938-02-13 The Lone Ranger Lone Ranger (voice)
1937-12-24 Lonesome Ghosts Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1937-12-10 Donald's Ostrich Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1937-10-30 The Case of the Stuttering Pig Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
1937-10-15 The Lyin' Mouse Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
1937-10-15 Playing the Ponies Announcer (uncredited)
1937-10-15 Double Wedding Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1937-09-25 I Wanna Be a Sailor Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
1937-09-18 Dog Daze St. Bernard (voice)
1937-09-15 Mickey's Review Dog Catcher (voice)
1937-09-04 Speaking of the Weather Public Enemy #1 / Judge
1937-09-02 God's Country and the Man Sandy Briggs
1937-08-21 A Sunbonnet Blue Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1937-08-06 Porky's Railroad Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
1937-07-18 The Californian Tax Collector
1937-07-17 Egghead Rides Again Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
1937-06-25 Sweet Sioux Native American (voice)
1937-06-18 Porky's Building Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
1937-06-05 Uncle Tom's Bungalow Simon Simon Legree (voice)
1937-05-29 The Hound and the Rabbit Fox (voice) (uncredited)
1937-05-29 Modern Inventions Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
1937-05-18 Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue Big bad wolf (voice)
1937-05-01 Ain't We Got Fun Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
1937-04-17 Porky's Duck Hunt The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
1937-03-26 The Fella with a Fiddle Grandpa Mouse (voice)
1937-02-26 Picador Porky Bull (uncredited)
1937-02-07 Porky's Road Race Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
1937-01-08 Pigs Is Pigs Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
1937-01-02 The Worm Turns Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
1936-12-19 Porky in the North Woods Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
1936-11-13 Can This Be Dixie? John P. Smith Peachtree
1936-11-07 Don't Look Now Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
1936-10-14 Little Beau Porky Ali-Mode, Commandant
1936-10-05 The Big Broadcast of 1937 Property Man
1936-10-03 Milk and Money Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
1936-09-26 Three Blind Mouseketeers Captain Katt
1936-09-18 Wives Never Know Drunk (uncredited)
1936-09-05 New Shoes Boy's Shoes (voice)
1936-09-04 How to Vote Man on Platform (uncredited)
1936-07-30 Little Boy Blue Wolf (voice)
1936-07-22 Satan Met a Lady Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
1936-07-18 I Love to Singa Father (voice)
1936-07-01 Rhythm on the Range Buck's Friend
1936-06-20 Moving Day Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1936-06-19 Shanghaied Shipmates Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
1936-06-05 Early to Bed Office Boy
1936-05-30 Bingo Crosbyana Spider (voice)
1936-05-30 Dick Whittington's Cat Cook
1936-05-30 Thru the Mirror Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1936-04-18 Three Little Wolves Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1936-04-13 Lash of the Penitentes Narrating Missionary
1936-03-09 The Fire Alarm Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1936-02-28 Boom Boom General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
1936-02-08 Divot Diggers Golfer
1936-01-25 An All American Toothache Plumber #1 (uncredited)
1936-01-18 Alpine Antics Bully (voice) (uncredited)
1935-11-27 Coronado Waiter (uncredited)
1935-11-16 Alias St. Nick Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1935-11-09 Billboard Frolics Dave Rub-Em-Off
1935-11-02 Gold Diggers of '49 Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1935-10-25 The Rainmakers Townsman
1935-10-18 Little Dutch Plate Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
1935-10-12 Twin Triplets Merchant (uncredited)
1935-10-03 Two-Fisted Cop
1935-09-30 Balloon Land Pincushion Man (voice)
1935-09-27 Pluto's Judgement Day Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
1935-09-21 A Cartoonist's Nightmare Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
1935-08-16 The Merry Old Soul Old King Cole (voice)
1935-08-03 Man on the Flying Trapeze Timekeeper (uncredited)
1935-06-25 Who Killed Cock Robin? Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1935-04-27 Teacher's Beau Chairman of the Board
1935-04-12 The Robber Kitten Dirty Bill
1935-03-30 The Tin Man The Tin Man (voice)
1935-03-22 The Golden Touch King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
1935-03-22 Life Begins at Forty Hog Caller
1935-03-06 The Lost City Gorzo
1935-03-02 I Haven't Got a Hat Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
1935-02-23 Mickey's Service Station Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1935-01-19 Mickey's Man Friday Friday (voice) (uncredited)
1934-12-15 Two-Gun Mickey Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934-12-14 Babes in Toyland Chief of Police
1934-11-17 The Dognapper Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934-11-02 Mama's Little Pirate Voice of Giant
1934-08-01 One-Horse Farmers Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934-07-14 Three Chumps Ahead Second Waiter (uncredited)
1934-07-13 Punch Drunks Fight Announcer (uncredited)
1934-07-13 The Old-Fashioned Way Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
1934-06-02 Music in Your Hair Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
1934-05-19 Maid in Hollywood Information Clerk (uncredited)
1934-05-05 The First Round-Up Wally's Father
1934-04-14 The Big Bad Wolf Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1934-02-24 Goofy Movies Number Two Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
1934-01-13 Shanghaied Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1933-12-23 Air Fright Stunt Aviator
1933-11-11 Keg o' My Heart Meyer Schmaltz
1933-09-29 Rhapsody in Brew Meyer Schmaltz
1933-09-08 Bedtime Worries Radio Voice
1933-08-18 Morning Glory Actor (uncredited)
1933-08-03 The Midnight Patrol Radio dispatcher (voice)
1933-07-07 Husbands' Reunion Judge
1933-06-09 The Rummy Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
1933-05-27 Three Little Pigs Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1933-05-20 One Track Minds Passenger with Whiskers
1933-05-12 Call Her Sausage Meyer (uncredited)
1933-04-28 Diplomaniacs Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
1933-04-22 Me and My Pal Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1933-04-08 Ye Olden Days King (voice) (uncredited)
1933-03-31 Taxi Barons Host - Jenna's Father
1933-03-17 Mickey's Mellerdrammer Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
1933-03-03 A Lady's Profession Keyhole McKluskey
1933-02-09 She Done Him Wrong Singing Waiter (uncredited)
1933-01-21 The Mad Doctor Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
1933-01-07 Building a Building (voice) (uncredited)
1932-12-10 Sneak Easily Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1932-12-09 The Dentist Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
1932-12-03 Taxi for Two The District Attorney
1932-08-08 A Slip at the Switch Feeny
1932-07-15 The Boiling Point Stubby - Kirk Hand
1932-07-06 By Whose Hand? Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1932-05-04 Night World Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932-04-11 Runt Page Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
1932-02-21 Bridge Wives Radio announcer
1932-01-30 The Tabasco Kid Susie (voice)
1931-12-12 The Secret Witness Radio Announcer's Voice
1931-11-07 Branded Men Half-A-Rod
1931-09-19 Monkey Business Man in Deck Chair
1931-05-10 The Texas Ranger Tubby
1931-04-08 Trader Hound Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
1930-11-15 Moonlight and Monkey Business Honeymooner
1930-09-28 Soup to Nuts Revolutionary (uncredited)
1930-08-24 Top Speed Ipps
1930-07-19 Dancing Sweeties Bud (uncredited)
1930-05-02 The Man Hunter Buggs
1930-04-20 Show Girl in Hollywood Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
1930-02-02 Loose Ankles Mr. Berry from Logan
1928-08-05 The Terrible People Proody
1928-07-14 The Cowboy Kid Deputy Sheriff
1928-06-02 Hold’er Cowboy
1928-01-15 Daredevil's Reward Slim
1928-01-01 The Fresh Lobster
1927-09-11 Two Girls Wanted Johnny
1927-09-01 The Patent Leather Kid Fight Fan
1926-10-30 The Dude Cowboy Shorty O'Day
1924-09-01 That's the Spirit The Crooked Scientist
1924-03-09 Getting Gertie's Goat Mr Smith
1923-12-30 Call the Wagon
1923-12-02 Kidding Katie The Butler
1922-05-21 Cold Feet Pride of the Mounted
1922-01-29 Billy Jim Jimmy
1922-01-23 Turn to the Right Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
1921-01-01 The Noodle Nut
1920-07-15 A Bashful Bigamist Mr. Smith
1920-02-15 Dry and Thirsty Horace Radish
1919-11-30 A Roman Scandal Stage Director
1916-04-12 The Battle Royal Grandpa Runt
1916-03-02 The Serenade Schmitte
1916-02-16 One Too Many Unhappy Boarder
1916-01-31 Jane's Bashful Hero Louie
1915-05-07 The Vanishing Vault