Billy Bletcher
from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
from 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.
Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
(Unknown)
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Pete (archive footage)
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Man (uncredited)
Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Plumber (uncredited)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
Mr. Abramowitz
Pete (voice)
Various (voice)(uncredited)
Pete (voice)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Prospector (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Haggarly
Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Col. Shuffle
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Steve Brody
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Headless Horseman (voice)
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Pa Bear
Barney Bear (voice)
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Labor employee (voice)
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Frog (voice)
Conductor (uncredited)
Western Character (uncredited)
Motel Proprietor (voice)
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
Waiter (uncredited)
Evil Laugh (archive voice) (uncredited)
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Gravedigger (uncredited)
Clown (uncredited)
Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
Barney Bear
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
The Inside Story
Officer
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Customer (uncredited)
Black Jake
Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Workman (Uncredited)
War Dogs
Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Waxer
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Jed Bones
Announcer (uncredited)
Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Meets Dog
Butch
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Seabasket - the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(Unknown)
Wedding Photographer (uncredited)
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Horse (voice)
Parachute Man
Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Irish Mouse (voice)
Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Coyote Bark
Reporter
Last Porter
Various
Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Short Mustached Posse Man
Radio Actor
Mouse Meets Lion
Lion (voice)
Pete
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Boss
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
Invisible Man
I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Ghost (voice)
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Indian chorus (voice)
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Pianist (uncredited)
Don Del Oro (voice)
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Lone Ranger (voice)
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Voice
Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Captain
Captain (voice)
Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Captain
Basso Man (voice) (uncredited)
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Red Cross Man
Shoeshine Customer
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Stagecoach Driver
Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Bellhop
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Bull (uncredited)
Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Time Munches On Narrator
The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Native American (voice)
Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Tax Collector
Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Sandy Briggs
Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Review
Dog Catcher (voice)
St. Bernard (voice)
Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Announcer (uncredited)
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Bully (voice) (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Golfer
General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Narrating Missionary
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Spider (voice)
Cook
Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Office Boy (uncredited)
Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Buck's Friend
Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Wolf (voice)
Man on Platform (uncredited)
Boy's Shoes (voice)
Drunk (uncredited)
Captain Katt
Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Property Man
Ali-Mode, Commandant
Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
John P. Smith Peachtree
Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
(Unknown)
Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Gorzo
Hog Caller
King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
The Tin Man (voice)
Dirty Bill
Chairman of the Board
Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Timekeeper (uncredited)
Old King Cole (voice)
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Pincushion Man (voice)
Cop
Merchant (uncredited)
Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Townsman
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Dave Rub-Em-Off
Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Next Week-End
(Unknown)
Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Wally's Father
Information Clerk (uncredited)
Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Music in Your Hair
Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Second Waiter (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Voice of Giant
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Chief of Police (uncredited)
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(voice) (uncredited)
Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Keyhole McKluskey
Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Host - Jenna's Father
King (voice) (uncredited)
Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Call Her Sausage
Meyer (uncredited)
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Rummy
Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Judge
Radio dispatcher (voice)
Actor (uncredited)
Radio Voice
Rhapsody in Brew
Meyer Schmaltz
Keg o' My Heart
Meyer Schmaltz
Stunt Aviator
Susie (voice)
Never the Twins Shall Meet
Installment Man
Radio announcer
Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Stubby - Kirk Hand
A Slip at the Switch
Feeny
The Hollywood Handicap
(Unknown)
Taxi for Two
The District Attorney
Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Tubby
Man in Deck Chair
Half-A-Rod
Radio Announcer's Voice
Mr. Berry from Logan
Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Buggs
Bud (uncredited)
Ipps
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Moonlight and Monkey Business
Honeymooner
Slim
Hold’er Cowboy
(Unknown)
Deputy Sheriff
Proody
'Half Pint' Walker
Fight Fan
Johnny
(Unknown)
Shorty O'Day
Director
Director
Mr Smith
That's the Spirit
The Crooked Scientist
The Butler
Call the Wagon
(Unknown)
Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
Jimmy
Cold Feet
Pride of the Mounted
(Unknown)
Horace Radish
Mr. Smith
Stage Director
Louie
Unhappy Boarder
Schmitte
Grandpa Runt
The Vanishing Vault
(Unknown)