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(331)
Waiter
1951
1965
1953
Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
1939
1959
Clown (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Short Mustached Posse Man
1940
Headless Horseman (voice)
1949
Western Character (uncredited)
1947
Man (uncredited)
1969
Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
1966
Plumber (uncredited)
1963
Chief of Police (uncredited)
1934
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1933
Prospector (uncredited)
1953
Short Ghost
2001
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
1949
Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Pianist (uncredited)
1939
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1939
1942
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
1946
Policeman
1965
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
2013
King (voice) (uncredited)
1933
John P. Smith Peachtree
1936
Actor (uncredited)
1933
(voice) (uncredited)
1933
Drunk (uncredited)
1936
Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Captain Katt
1936
King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Self (archive footage)
1997
Policeman
1943
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Pete
1940
Mr. Berry from Logan
1930
Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
1944
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1937
Man in Deck Chair
1931
Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Narrating Missionary
1936
Club Patron (uncredited)
1944
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Reporter
1940
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
2005
Gravedigger
1946
Sailor (uncredited)
1942
2003
Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
1943
Workman (Uncredited)
1943
Stagecoach Driver
1938
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
1944
Radio Heavy (uncredited)
1943
Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Don Del Oro (voice)
1939
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
2004
Buck's Friend
1936
Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Barney Bear (voice)
1948
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Waxer
1943
Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
1940
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
1930
Father (voice)
1936
Jed Bones
1943
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1932
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Radio Actor
1940
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Narrator (voice)
1946
Al Muldoon
2002
The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
1939
Bear (uncredited) (voice)
1946
Conductor (uncredited)
1947
Announcer (uncredited)
1943
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Butch (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Horace Radish
1920
Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Revolutionary (uncredited)
1930
Radio dispatcher (voice)
1933
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Shoeshine Customer
1938
Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
1932
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
1936
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
1934
Lion (voice)
1940
Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Timekeeper (uncredited)
1935
Fight Fan
1927
Voice of Giant
1934
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1952
Townsman
1935
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
1942
1932
Lone Ranger (voice)
1938
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Stubby - Kirk Hand
1932
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Dirty Bill
1935
Red Cross Man
1938
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
1933
The District Attorney
1932
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Spike / Tom (Voice)
1944
Stunt Aviator
1933
Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
1941
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Big bad wolf (voice)
1937
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1932
Property Man
1936
Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
1934
Stage Director
1919
Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Pop (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Various (voice)(uncredited)
1956
Johnny
1927
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941
2004
Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
Clown (uncredited)
1945
Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Hog Caller
1935
Susie (voice)
1932
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Half-A-Rod
1931
Bull (uncredited)
1937
Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Motel proprietor
1947
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1940
Invisible Man
1939
Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
2003
Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
1952
Last Porter
1940
Black Jake
1943
Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
1940
I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Friday (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Sandy Briggs
1937
Labor employee (voice)
1948
Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
1936
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
1921
Cop
1935
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Tax Collector
1937
Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Pincushion Man (voice)
1935
Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Frog (voice)
1947
Keyhole McKluskey
1933
Parachute Man
1941
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Bully (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Wally's Father
1934
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007
Horse (voice)
1941
Ali-Mode, Commandant
1936
Pete(archive sound)
1989
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Coyote Bark
1940
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Simon Simon Legree (voice)
1937
Grandpa Mouse (voice)
1937
2001
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Judge
1933
Information Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Pete (voice)
1960
Barney Bear
1944
Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Pa Bear
1949
Radio Voice
1933
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Radio Announcer's Voice
1931
Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Meyer Schmaltz
1933
Pride of the Mounted
1922
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
1933
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
1939
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
1941
Golfer
1936
Ghost (voice)
1939
Plumber #1 (uncredited)
1936
St. Bernard (voice)
1937
Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Wolf (voice)
1936
Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Captain
1938
Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Ipps
1930
Dog Catcher (voice)
1937
Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
1932
The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
1991
Indian chorus (voice)
1939
Host - Jenna's Father
1933
Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
1938
Radio announcer
1932
The Tin Man (voice)
1935
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Abramowitz
1962
Shorty O'Day
1926
Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Chairman of the Board
1935
Office Boy
1936
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
1934
Bud (uncredited)
1930
Various
1940
Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
1932
Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Gorzo
1935
Mr. Smith
1920
The Butler
1923
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Col. Shuffle
1949
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Boss
1939
Announcer (uncredited)
1937
Unhappy Boarder
1916
Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
1943
1985
Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
1939
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1993
Cook
1936
Pete (voice)
1954
Second Waiter (uncredited)
1934
Slim
1928
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Steve Brody
1949
Captain
1938
Time Munches On Narrator
1937
Merchant (uncredited)
1935
Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
1942
Irish Mouse (voice)
1941
Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
1934
1942
Haggarly
1951
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Deputy Sheriff
1928
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
1938
Spider (voice)
1936
Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
1933
1923
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Public Enemy #1 / Judge
1937
Butch
1942
Grandpa Runt
1916
Native American (voice)
1937
Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Buggs
1930
General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
1936
Bellhop
1938
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Man on Platform (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
1936
Captain (voice)
1938
Old King Cole (voice)
1935
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Voice
1938
Louie
1916
Feeny
1932
Jimmy
1922
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
1938
1915
Narrator (voice)
1987
Mr Smith
1924
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1941
1928
Dave Rub-Em-Off
1935
Boy's Shoes (voice)
1936
Officer
1944
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
1935
Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
1938
Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
1938
Meyer Schmaltz
1933
Honeymooner
1930
Schmitte
1916
Meyer (uncredited)
1933
1928
Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
1922
Proody
1928
Tubby
1931
The Crooked Scientist
1924
