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

Narrator (voice)

A Knight for a Day

Froggy's Father (uncredited)

Robot Wrecks

Froggy's Father (uncredited)

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Voice

Boy Meets Dog

Clown (voice) (uncredited)

Dumbo

Various

The Pooch Parade

Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Simon Simon Legree (voice)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)

Don't Look Now

Indian chorus (voice)

Sioux Me

Nazi (voice) (uncredited)

Der Fuehrer's Face

Native American (voice)

Sweet Sioux

Big Bad Wolf (voice)

Three Little Pigs

Singing Waiter (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

A Bear for Punishment

Western Character (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Quiet Please!

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

The Truce Hurts

Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)

The Zoot Cat

Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)

Turn to the Right

Buggs

The Man Hunter

Slim

Daredevil's Reward

Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)

Once Upon a Halloween

Fox (voice) (uncredited)

The Hound and the Rabbit

Deputy Sheriff

The Cowboy Kid

Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor

Music in Your Hair

Gorzo

The Lost City

Wolf (voice)

Little Boy Blue

Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Sky Trooper

Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

The Old Army Game

Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

The Thrifty Pig

Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

The Vanishing Private

Radio dispatcher (voice)

The Midnight Patrol

Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Heavenly Puss

Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Solid Serenade

Spike / Tom (Voice)

The Bodyguard

Pete

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)

Old Sequoia

Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)

Pluto's Dream House

Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)

Symphony Hour

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

The New Neighbor

Captain Katt

Three Blind Mouseketeers

Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Trombone Trouble

Motel proprietor

Wide Open Spaces

Tubby

The Texas Ranger

Headless Horseman (voice)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)

The Autograph Hound

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Canvas Back Duck

Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Donald Gets Drafted

Radio Effects Man (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark

Announcer (uncredited)

Whistling in Brooklyn

Father (voice)

I Love to Singa

Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)

Duck Pimples

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Timber

Grandpa Mouse (voice)

The Fella with a Fiddle

Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)

Officer Duck

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Night World

Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)

Runt Page

Keyhole McKluskey

A Lady's Profession

Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Donald's Ostrich

Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)

Modern Inventions

King Midas (voice) (uncredited)

The Golden Touch

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

The Riveter

Pete (voice)

The Lone Chipmunks

Hold’er Cowboy

Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)

Tom Turk and Daffy

Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)

I Haven't Got a Hat

Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)

Pigs Is Pigs

Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)

Porky's Road Race

Time Munches On Narrator

Porky's Romance

The Champ (voice) (uncredited)

Rabbit Punch

Public Enemy #1 / Judge

Speaking of the Weather

Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)

Gas

Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)

The Mad Doctor

Radio announcer

Bridge Wives

Col. Shuffle

Mississippi Hare

Pa Bear

Bear Feat

Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Saps in Chaps

Irish Mouse (voice)

We, the Animals - Squeak!

Sailor (uncredited)

Stand by for Action

Steve Brody

Bowery Bugs

Old King Cole (voice)

The Merry Old Soul

General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)

Boom Boom

Spider (voice)

Bingo Crosbyana

St. Bernard (voice)

Dog Daze

Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)

Shanghaied Shipmates

Dirty Bill

The Robber Kitten

Labor employee (voice)

Make Mine Freedom

Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)

Egghead Rides Again

Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)

I Wanna Be a Sailor

Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)

Porky in Wackyland

Louie

Jane's Bashful Hero

Clown (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)

You're an Education

Pincushion Man (voice)

Balloon Land

Stubby - Kirk Hand

The Boiling Point

Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Swing Shift Cinderella

The Vanishing Vault

Pop (voice) (uncredited)

Now That Summer Is Gone

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)

Milk and Money

Ali-Mode, Commandant

Little Beau Porky

Beans (voice) (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of '49

Haunted House Ghouls (voice)

Hide and Shriek

Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Shanghaied

Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)

A Cartoonist's Nightmare

Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

Half-A-Rod

Branded Men

Feeny

A Slip at the Switch

Peg-Leg Pete (voice)

Get a Horse!

Al Muldoon

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

Bud (uncredited)

Dancing Sweeties

Cop

Two-Fisted

I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)

Polar Pals

Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)

Meet John Doughboy

(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

MGM Cartoon Christmas

Horace Radish

Dry and Thirsty

Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)

Porky's Railroad

The Captain (voice) (uncredited)

The Winning Ticket

Judge

Husbands' Reunion

Boss

Porky's Tire Trouble

Lone Ranger (voice)

The Lone Ranger

Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Casanova Brown

Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)

A Feud There Was

Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)

Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter

Rudolf Ratbone (voice)

Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands

Club Patron (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing

Stage Director

A Roman Scandal

Unhappy Boarder

One Too Many

Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors

Show Girl in Hollywood

Conductor (uncredited)

Down to Earth

Mr. Smith

A Bashful Bigamist

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

One-Horse Farmers

Honeymooner

Moonlight and Monkey Business

Everybody Loves Donald

Narrating Missionary

Lash of the Penitentes

Cook

Dick Whittington's Cat

Man on Platform (uncredited)

How to Vote

Ipps

Top Speed

Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient

The Dentist

Man (uncredited)

Hello, Dolly!

Bully (voice) (uncredited)

Alpine Antics

Self (archive footage)

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)

Porky in the North Woods

The Tin Man (voice)

The Tin Man

Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Two-Gun Mickey

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Moving Day

Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)

The Worm Turns

Ghost (voice)

A Haunting We Will Go

Stagecoach Driver

The Mexicali Kid

Pride of the Mounted

Cold Feet

Merchant (uncredited)

Twin Triplets

Second Waiter (uncredited)

Three Chumps Ahead

Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Sneak Easily

Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)

One Track Minds

Information Clerk (uncredited)

Maid in Hollywood

Plumber #1 (uncredited)

An All American Toothache

Stunt Aviator

Air Fright

Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

Lonesome Ghosts

The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Radio Announcer's Voice

The Secret Witness

Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)

Trader Hound

Red Cross Man

Men with Wings

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Mama's New Hat

Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Me and My Pal

Don Del Oro (voice)

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Seal Skinners

(voice) (uncredited)

Building a Building

Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

The Practical Pig

Captain

A Day at the Beach

Captain

Poultry Pirates

Shoeshine Customer

Professor Beware

Pianist (uncredited)

Destry Rides Again

Invisible Man

Porky's Movie Mystery

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

The Dognapper

Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)

Dancing Co-Ed

Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)

The Wild and Woozy West

Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)

Pluto's Judgement Day

Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Three Little Wolves

Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)

Who Killed Cock Robin?

King (voice) (uncredited)

Ye Olden Days

Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

The Big Bad Wolf

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey's Service Station

Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)

Pluto's Blue Note

I Married a Witch

Plumber (uncredited)

The Nutty Professor

Mr. Vincent (uncredited)

The Chase

Call the Wagon

Bull (voice) (uncredited)

Farmyard Symphony

Waiter (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Babes in Toyland

Mr. Abramowitz

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)

How to Be a Detective

Big bad wolf (voice)

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue

Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

Who Killed Who?

Reporter

Edison, the Man

Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Daffy

Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

What's Brewin', Bruin?

Christopher Columbus (uncredited)

Goofy Movies Number Two

Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Daffy's Southern Exposure

Pete(archive sound)

Disneys Desperados

Dave Rub-Em-Off

Billboard Frolics

Last Porter

Buck Benny Rides Again

Tax Collector

The Californian

Shorty O'Day

The Dude Cowboy

Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection

Meyer Schmaltz

Rhapsody in Brew

Meyer (uncredited)

Call Her Sausage

Waiter (uncredited)

Coronado

Host - Jenna's Father

Taxi Barons

Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)

The Rummy

Fight Announcer (uncredited)

Punch Drunks

Meyer Schmaltz

Keg o' My Heart

Short Mustached Posse Man

The Ape

Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor

Melody Ranch

Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)

Diplomaniacs

Buck's Friend

Rhythm on the Range

Policeman

Harlow

Property Man

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Tomato Thrower (uncredited)

The Old-Fashioned Way

Timekeeper (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Pete (voice)

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

Hog Caller

Life Begins at Forty

Schmitte

The Serenade

Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)

The Lyin' Mouse

Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)

The Film Fan

Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)

Satan Met a Lady

The Crooked Scientist

That's the Spirit

Parachute Man

Cracked Nuts

Susie (voice)

The Tabasco Kid

Jed Bones

Boss of Rawhide

Captain (voice)

The Captain's Pup

Announcer (uncredited)

Playing the Ponies

Radio Voice

Bedtime Worries

Wally's Father

The First Round-Up

Gravedigger

The Verdict

Office Boy

Early to Bed

Revolutionary (uncredited)

Soup to Nuts

Black Jake

Chatterbox

Barney Bear

Bear Raid Warden

Friday (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey's Man Friday

Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)

The Little Broadcast

Butch (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Puss

The Captain (voice) (uncredited)

The Captain's Christmas

Boy's Shoes (voice)

New Shoes

Prospector (uncredited)

Calamity Jane

Customer (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)

Porky's Building

Grandpa Runt

The Battle Royal

The Fresh Lobster

Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies

Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)

Porky's Phoney Express

Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)

The Lone Stranger and Porky

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)

Alias St. Nick

Barney Bear (voice)

The Bear and the Bean

Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Polar Pest

Waxer

Best Foot Forward

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

What a Lion!

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Blue Monday

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Cleaning House

Townsman

The Rainmakers

Policeman

Crazy House

Mr. Berry from Logan

Loose Ankles

Radio Heavy (uncredited)

True to Life

Haggarly

Father Takes the Air

Short Ghost

Everybody Loves Mickey

Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

The Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Petunia Natural Park

Various (voice)(uncredited)

Trailblazer Magoo

Jimmy

Billy Jim

Johnny

Two Girls Wanted

Narrator (voice)

Here's Goofy!

Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Old Smokey

The District Attorney

Taxi for Two

Bear (uncredited) (voice)

Road to Utopia

Bobo (voice) (uncredited)

Lost in a Harem

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Double Wedding

Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)

Ain't We Got Fun

Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Canine Casanova

The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)

Porky's Duck Hunt

Man in Deck Chair

Monkey Business

The Noodle Nut

Fight Fan

The Patent Leather Kid

Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Two Gun Goofy

Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)

The Wizard of Oz

Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)

Little Dutch Plate

Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)

Disney's Halloween Treat

Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Red Riding Hood Rides Again

Bellhop

California Frontier

Sandy Briggs

God's Country and the Man

Beans (voice) (uncredited)

The Fire Alarm

Radio Actor

Hit Parade of 1941

Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)

Disney’s Coyote Tales

Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)

Maisie Goes to Reno

Bull (uncredited)

Picador Porky

Workman (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Lion (voice)

Mouse Meets Lion

Butch

Dog Meets Dog

The Butler

Kidding Katie

Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

A Sunbonnet Blue

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Dog Trouble

Mr Smith

Getting Gertie's Goat

Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Thru the Mirror

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

By Whose Hand?

John P. Smith Peachtree

Can This Be Dixie?

Voice of Giant

Mama's Little Pirate

Chairman of the Board

Teacher's Beau

Golfer

Divot Diggers

Proody

The Terrible People

Officer

The Inside Story

Coyote Bark

Home on the Range

Frog (voice)

Tubby the Tuba

Actor (uncredited)

Morning Glory

Dog Catcher (voice)

Mickey's Review

Drunk (uncredited)

Wives Never Know

Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)

Gallant Journey

Horse (voice)

Las Vegas Nights

The Hollywood Handicap

Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)

The Devil Is Driving

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

327

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-09-23

Place of Birth

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Billie Bletcher