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.

Known For

The Wizard of Oz
Dumbo
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Nutty Professor
Three Little Pigs
Get Smart
Birth Location Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Born 1894-09-23
Died 1979-01-05

Movies

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

Movies

1925
The Wild Girl Director
1925
1920