Billy Bletcher
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.
Acted in
Get a Horse!
2013
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Spike
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
2004
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
as Al Muldoon
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
2001
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
as Short Ghost
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MGM Cartoon Christmas
1993
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
1989
as Pete(archive sound)
Here's Goofy!
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
1985
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Man (uncredited)
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965
Harlow
1965
as Policeman
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Plumber (uncredited)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1962
as Mr. Abramowitz
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
as Pete (voice)
Pete Kelly's Blues
1959
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
The Lone Chipmunks
1954
as Pete (voice)
Canvas Back Duck
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (uncredited)
The New Neighbor
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
1952
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Two Gun Goofy
1952
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
1951
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Father Takes the Air
1951
as Haggarly
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Waiter
Bear Feat
1949
as Pa Bear
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Heavenly Puss
1949
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Bowery Bugs
1949
as Steve Brody
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
1949
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare
1949
as Col. Shuffle
The Truce Hurts
1948
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch
1948
as The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
What's Brewin', Bruin?
1948
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom
1948
as Labor employee (voice)
The Bear and the Bean
1948
as Barney Bear (voice)
Pluto's Blue Note
1947
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Wide Open Spaces
1947
as Motel proprietor
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Down to Earth
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946
as Gravedigger
Solid Serenade
1946
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
1946
as Narrator (voice)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Bear (uncredited) (voice)
Quiet Please!
1945
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Old Sequoia
1945
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
1945
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
1945
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Clown (uncredited)
Polar Pest
1944
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden
1944
as Barney Bear
The Bodyguard
1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Gas
1944
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
1944
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
1944
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
1944
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
1944
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss
1943
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
True to Life
1943
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Announcer (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide
1943
as Jed Bones
The Old Army Game
1943
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Waxer
Crazy House
1943
as Policeman
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Workman (Uncredited)
The Little Broadcast
1943
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Daffy
1943
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Chatterbox
1943
as Black Jake
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Customer (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
1942
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Vanishing Private
1942
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
1942
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy's Southern Exposure
1942
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
1942
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
1942
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Meets Dog
1942
as Butch
Symphony Hour
1942
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1941
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
1941
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
1941
as Clown (voice)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
as Irish Mouse (voice)
Robot Wrecks
1941
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Meet John Doughboy
1941
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Parachute Man
Timber
1941
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
as Pete
Mouse Meets Lion
1940
as Lion (voice)
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
as Radio Actor
The Ape
1940
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Melody Ranch
1940
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Pluto's Dream House
1940
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Pooch Parade
1940
as Various
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Last Porter
Edison, the Man
1940
as Reporter
The Riveter
1940
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Don Del Oro (voice)
The Film Fan
1939
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Pianist (uncredited)
Officer Duck
1939
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me
1939
as Indian chorus (voice)
The Autograph Hound
1939
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
A Haunting We Will Go
1939
as Ghost (voice)
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals
1939
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Movie Mystery
1939
as Invisible Man
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
The Practical Pig
1939
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Tire Trouble
1939
as Boss
Mama's New Hat
1939
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
1939
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
1939
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Petunia Natural Park
1939
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Christmas
1938
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
California Frontier
1938
as Bellhop
You're an Education
1938
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Farmyard Symphony
1938
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
1938
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in Wackyland
1938
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
1938
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
The Mexicali Kid
1938
as Stagecoach Driver
Old Smokey
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware
1938
as Shoeshine Customer
Men with Wings
1938
as Red Cross Man
What a Lion!
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
1938
as Captain
Hide and Shriek
1938
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
1938
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Now That Summer Is Gone
1938
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Pup
1938
as Captain (voice)
Poultry Pirates
1938
as Captain
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
1938
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Blue Monday
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Phoney Express
1938
as Porky's boss (voice)
Boy Meets Dog
1938
as Voice
Cleaning House
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Lone Ranger (voice)
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Donald's Ostrich
1937
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
The Lyin' Mouse
1937
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Playing the Ponies
1937
as Announcer (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
1937
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze
1937
as St. Bernard (voice)
Speaking of the Weather
1937
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge
God's Country and the Man
1937
as Sandy Briggs
A Sunbonnet Blue
1937
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
1937
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
The Californian
1937
as Tax Collector
Egghead Rides Again
1937
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Sweet Sioux
1937
as Native American (voice)
Porky's Building
1937
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
1937
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Modern Inventions
1937
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
The Hound and the Rabbit
1937
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
1937
as Big bad wolf (voice)
Ain't We Got Fun
1937
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Duck Hunt
1937
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance
1937
as Time Munches On Narrator
The Fella with a Fiddle
1937
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Picador Porky
1937
as Bull (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
1937
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
1937
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
The Worm Turns
1937
as Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods
1936
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as John P. Smith Peachtree
Don't Look Now
1936
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Porky
1936
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Property Man
Milk and Money
1936
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
as Captain Katt
New Shoes
1936
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
How to Vote
1936
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
1936
as Wolf (voice)
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
I Love to Singa
1936
as Father (voice)
Rhythm on the Range
1936
as Buck's Friend
Moving Day
1936
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied Shipmates
1936
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Early to Bed
1936
as Office Boy
Dick Whittington's Cat
1936
as Cook
Thru the Mirror
1936
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Bingo Crosbyana
1936
as Spider (voice)
Three Little Wolves
1936
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes
1936
as Narrating Missionary
The Fire Alarm
1936
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Boom Boom
1936
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
An All American Toothache
1936
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
1936
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Coronado
1935
as Waiter (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick
1935
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Billboard Frolics
1935
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
Gold Diggers of '49
1935
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
1935
as Townsman
Little Dutch Plate
1935
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
1935
as Merchant (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
1935
as Cop
Balloon Land
1935
as Pincushion Man (voice)
Pluto's Judgement Day
1935
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
1935
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
The Merry Old Soul
1935
as Old King Cole (voice)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
The Robber Kitten
1935
as Dirty Bill
The Tin Man
1935
as The Tin Man (voice)
The Golden Touch
1935
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Hog Caller
The Lost City
1935
as Gorzo
I Haven't Got a Hat
1935
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
1935
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Man Friday
1935
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Two-Gun Mickey
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
The Dognapper
1934
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
1934
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead
1934
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
1934
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Music in Your Hair
1934
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
The First Round-Up
1934
as Wally's Father
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy Movies Number Two
1934
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Shanghaied
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Air Fright
1933
as Stunt Aviator
Keg o' My Heart
1933
as Meyer Schmaltz
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
as Meyer Schmaltz
Bedtime Worries
1933
as Radio Voice
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
Husbands' Reunion
1933
as Judge
The Rummy
1933
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs
1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
One Track Minds
1933
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
Call Her Sausage
1933
as Meyer (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
1933
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
1933
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi Barons
1933
as Host - Jenna's Father
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
1933
as Keyhole McKluskey
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
1933
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Building a Building
1933
as (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
1932
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Dentist
1932
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Taxi for Two
1932
as The District Attorney
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Feeny
The Boiling Point
1932
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
By Whose Hand?
1932
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Night World
1932
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Runt Page
1932
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
1932
as Radio announcer
The Tabasco Kid
1932
as Susie (voice)
The Secret Witness
1931
as Radio Announcer's Voice
Branded Men
1931
as Half-A-Rod
Monkey Business
1931
as Man in Deck Chair
The Texas Ranger
1931
as Tubby
Trader Hound
1931
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
as Honeymooner
Soup to Nuts
1930
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930
as Ipps
Dancing Sweeties
1930
as Bud (uncredited)
The Man Hunter
1930
as Buggs
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Loose Ankles
1930
as Mr. Berry from Logan
The Cowboy Kid
1928
as Deputy Sheriff
Hold’er Cowboy
1928
Daredevil's Reward
1928
as Slim
The Fresh Lobster
1928
Two Girls Wanted
1927
as Johnny
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
as Fight Fan
The Dude Cowboy
1926
as Shorty O'Day
That's the Spirit
1924
as The Crooked Scientist
Getting Gertie's Goat
1924
as Mr Smith
Call the Wagon
1923
Kidding Katie
1923
as The Butler
Cold Feet
1922
as Pride of the Mounted
Billy Jim
1922
as Jimmy
Turn to the Right
1922
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
The Noodle Nut
1921
A Bashful Bigamist
1920
as Mr. Smith
Dry and Thirsty
1920
as Horace Radish
A Roman Scandal
1919
as Stage Director
The Battle Royal
1916
as Grandpa Runt
The Serenade
1916
as Schmitte
One Too Many
1916
as Unhappy Boarder
Jane's Bashful Hero
1916
as Louie
The Vanishing Vault
1915