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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
327
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-09-23
Place of Birth
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Billie Bletcher