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