Billy Bletcher
Acting
🎂 1894-09-23
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.
Cast credits(334)
1965
Horseface
1949
Phony Warden
1951
Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Clown (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1997
Waiter
1951
Pa Bear
1949
Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
1966
Plumber (uncredited)
1963
Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
1933
Don Del Oro (voice)
1939
Man (uncredited)
1969
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Prospector (uncredited)
1953
Headless Horseman (voice)
1949
The District Attorney
1932
Policeman
1965
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
2005
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Western Character (uncredited)
1947
Fight Fan
1927
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1933
Lone Ranger (voice)
1938
Bull (uncredited)
1937
Spike / Tom (Voice)
1944
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
2003
Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
1932
Conductor (uncredited)
1947
Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Radio Actor
1940
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Father (voice)
1936
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Jed Bones
1943
1932
Shoeshine Customer
1938
1942
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
Military General (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Officer
1944
Pianist (uncredited)
1939
Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
1949
Pincushion Man (voice)
1935
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
2004
Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
1940
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Dog Catcher (voice)
1937
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Policeman
1943
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1937
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Club Patron (uncredited)
1944
Hog Caller
1935
Bear (uncredited) (voice)
1946
Radio Announcer's Voice
1931
Cop
1935
Sailor (uncredited)
1942
Col. Shuffle
1949
Man in Deck Chair
1931
Gravedigger
1946
Waxer
1943
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Red Cross Man
1938
Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
1944
The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
1939
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Various (voice)(uncredited)
1956
Half-A-Rod
1931
Timekeeper (uncredited)
1935
Haggarly
1951
King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Pete
1940
Buck's Friend
1936
Chief of Police (uncredited)
1934
Property Man
1936
Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
1991
1959
Mr. Abramowitz
1962
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Reporter
1940
Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Short Ghost
2001
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Butch (voice) (uncredited)
1943
1953
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Workman (Uncredited)
1943
Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
1941
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1945
2003
Captain (voice)
1938
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941
Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
1937
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Narrator (voice)
1946
Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
1936
Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
1938
Host - Jenna's Father
1933
Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Meyer (uncredited)
1933
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
1944
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Bellhop
1938
Mr. Smith
1920
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Tax Collector
1937
Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
2013
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
1934
Last Porter
1940
Radio Heavy (uncredited)
1943
Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Short Mustached Posse Man
1940
Susie (voice)
1932
King (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
1939
Horse (voice)
1941
Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Black Jake
1943
Drunk (uncredited)
1936
Announcer (uncredited)
1937
Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
1944
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
1936
Narrating Missionary
1936
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1932
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Announcer (uncredited)
1943
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Stubby - Kirk Hand
1932
(voice) (uncredited)
1933
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Golfer
1936
Captain Katt
1936
2001
Ipps
1930
Radio announcer
1932
Narrator (voice)
1987
Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
1942
The Tin Man (voice)
1935
Barney Bear
1944
Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Dirty Bill
1935
Revolutionary (uncredited)
1930
Man on Platform (uncredited)
1936
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Al Muldoon
2002
Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Keyhole McKluskey
1933
Stagecoach Driver
1938
Pete (voice)
1960
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1932
1942
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1937
Clown (uncredited)
1945
Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Parachute Man
1941
Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Radio Voice
1933
Pete(archive sound)
1989
Bud (uncredited)
1930
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
1933
Townsman
1935
Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Slim
1928
The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Radio dispatcher (voice)
1933
Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Tubby
1931
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Wally's Father
1934
Mr. Berry from Logan
1930
Frog (voice)
1947
Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Chairman of the Board
1935
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
1952
Sandy Briggs
1937
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
1939
1923
Boy's Shoes (voice)
1936
Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Johnny
1927
Information Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1941
1915
Deputy Sheriff
1928
Captain
1938
Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Buggs
1930
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
1934
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Dave Rub-Em-Off
1935
Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
1938
Voice of Giant
1934
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Boss
1939
2004
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Office Boy
1936
Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
1946
Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Stage Director
1919
John P. Smith Peachtree
1936
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Pride of the Mounted
1922
Motel proprietor
1947
Spider (voice)
1936
Pop (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Friday (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Native American (voice)
1937
Gorzo
1935
Judge
1933
Honeymooner
1930
Bully (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
1934
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007
Plumber #1 (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
1932
Mr Smith
1924
Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Captain
1938
Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Labor employee (voice)
1948
Simon Simon Legree (voice)
1937
Jimmy
1922
Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
1936
Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
1932
Ali-Mode, Commandant
1936
Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Irish Mouse (voice)
1941
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Indian chorus (voice)
1939
Wolf (voice)
1936
Time Munches On Narrator
1937
Public Enemy #1 / Judge
1937
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
1943
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Butch
1942
Lion (voice)
1940
Barney Bear (voice)
1948
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
The Butler
1923
Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
1938
Stunt Aviator
1933
Ghost (voice)
1939
Pete (voice)
1954
Feeny
1932
Coyote Bark
1940
Grandpa Runt
1916
St. Bernard (voice)
1937
Grandpa Mouse (voice)
1937
Old King Cole (voice)
1935
Shorty O'Day
1926
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Steve Brody
1949
Proody
1928
Various
1940
Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
1930
Meyer Schmaltz
1933
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
1936
Unhappy Boarder
1916
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
1928
Meyer Schmaltz
1933
Second Waiter (uncredited)
1934
Invisible Man
1939
1921
1985
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Louie
1916
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Merchant (uncredited)
1935
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1993
Cook
1936
Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
1938
Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
1931
The Crooked Scientist
1924
Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
1922
Schmitte
1916
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
1934
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
1933
Voice
1938
Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Horace Radish
1920
1928
