Billy Bletcher
AKA: Billie Bletcher
Birthday: 1894-09-23
Died: 1979-01-05
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Character: Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Character: Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Western Character (uncredited)
Character: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Radio dispatcher (voice)
Character: Spike / Tom (Voice)
Character: Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Motel proprietor
Character: Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Character: Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Character: Father (voice)
Character: Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Keyhole McKluskey
Character: Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Character: King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Time Munches On Narrator
Character: The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Public Enemy #1 / Judge
Character: Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Radio announcer
Character: Labor employee (voice)
Character: Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Clown (uncredited)
Character: Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Character: Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Character: Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Ali-Mode, Commandant
Character: Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Character: Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Character: Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Character: Bud (uncredited)
Character: I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Lone Ranger (voice)
Character: Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Character: Stage Director
Character: Unhappy Boarder
Character: Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Character: Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Character: Narrating Missionary
Character: Man on Platform (uncredited)
Character: Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The Tin Man (voice)
Character: Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Stagecoach Driver
Character: Second Waiter (uncredited)
Character: Merchant (uncredited)
Character: Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
Character: Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Character: Information Clerk (uncredited)
Character: Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Character: Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
Character: Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Radio Announcer's Voice
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Don Del Oro (voice)
Character: (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Shoeshine Customer
Character: Pianist (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Character: Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Chief of Police (uncredited)
Character: Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Big bad wolf (voice)
Character: Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Character: Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pincushion Man (voice)
Character: Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Character: Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Dave Rub-Em-Off
Character: Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Character: Meyer (uncredited)
Character: Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Character: Short Mustached Posse Man
Character: Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Character: Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Meyer Schmaltz
Character: Meyer Schmaltz
Character: Host - Jenna's Father
Character: Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Character: Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Character: Timekeeper (uncredited)
Character: Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Character: Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Character: The Crooked Scientist
Character: Captain (voice)
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Character: Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Wally's Father
Character: Revolutionary (uncredited)
Character: Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Prospector (uncredited)
Character: Boy's Shoes (voice)
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Character: Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Character: Porky's boss (voice)
Character: Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Barney Bear (voice)
Character: Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Berry from Logan
Character: Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
Character: The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Various (voice)(uncredited)
Character: Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The District Attorney
Character: Bear (uncredited) (voice)
Character: Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Character: Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Character: The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Man in Deck Chair
Character: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Character: Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
Character: Workman (Uncredited)
Character: Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Character: Bull (uncredited)
Character: Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Character: John P. Smith Peachtree
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Character: Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Character: Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Character: Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Indian chorus (voice)
Character: Native American (voice)
Character: Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
Character: Deputy Sheriff
Character: Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Character: Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Character: Irish Mouse (voice)
Character: Old King Cole (voice)
Character: General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Character: Spider (voice)
Character: St. Bernard (voice)
Character: Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Character: Stubby - Kirk Hand
Character: Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Character: Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Character: Man (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Pride of the Mounted
Character: King (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Character: Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Character: Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
Character: Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Headless Horseman (voice)
Character: Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Character: Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Character: Plumber (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Abramowitz
Character: Pete(archive sound)