
Billy Bletcher
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-09-23
Day of Death
1979-01-05 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Billy Bletcher
Biography
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
Acting
(2013)
Get a Horse!
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
(2007)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
(2005)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)
(2004)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
(2004)
(2003)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)
(2003)
(2002)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Al Muldoon
(2001)
Everybody Loves Mickey
as Short Ghost
(2001)
(1997)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
MGM Cartoon Christmas
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1991)
Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)
(1989)
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
as Pete(archive sound)
(1987)
Here's Goofy!
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
(1982)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
(1969)
Hello, Dolly!
as Man (uncredited)
(1966)
The Chase
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
(1965)
Harlow
as Policeman
(1963)
The Nutty Professor
as Plumber (uncredited)
(1962)
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
as Mr. Abramowitz
(1960)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Pete (voice)
(1956)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
(1954)
The Lone Chipmunks
as Pete (voice)
(1953)
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
(1953)
The New Neighbor
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1953)
Canvas Back Duck
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1952)
How to Be a Detective
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
(1952)
Two Gun Goofy
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
A Bear for Punishment
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Father Takes the Air
as Haggarly
(1949)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Headless Horseman (voice)
(1949)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
(1949)
Heavenly Puss
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Mississippi Hare
as Col. Shuffle
(1949)
Bear Feat
as Pa Bear
(1949)
Bowery Bugs
as Steve Brody
(1948)
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)
The Bear and the Bean
as Barney Bear (voice)
(1948)
Make Mine Freedom
as Labor employee (voice)
(1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Western Character (uncredited)
(1947)
Down to Earth
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1947)
Pluto's Blue Note
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Wide Open Spaces
as Motel proprietor
(1947)
Tubby the Tuba
as Frog (voice)
(1946)
A Knight for a Day
as Narrator (voice)
(1946)
The Verdict
as Gravedigger
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Bear (uncredited) (voice)
(1946)
Solid Serenade
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
(1945)
Old Sequoia
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Quiet Please!
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Incendiary Blonde
as Clown (uncredited)
(1945)
Duck Pimples
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Canine Casanova
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
(1945)
Swing Shift Cinderella
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1944)
Lost in a Harem
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
The Bodyguard
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
(1944)
The Zoot Cat
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
(1944)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Trombone Trouble
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Gas
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
Bear Raid Warden
as Barney Bear
(1944)
Polar Pest
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
(1944)
The Inside Story
as Officer
(1944)
Tom Turk and Daffy
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Crazy House
as Policeman
(1943)
Der Fuehrer's Face
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Best Foot Forward
as Waxer
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
(1943)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Announcer (uncredited)
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Workman (Uncredited)
(1943)
Boss of Rawhide
as Jed Bones
(1943)
Baby Puss
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
(1943)
Yankee Doodle Daffy
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Who Killed Who?
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
The Old Army Game
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Chatterbox
as Black Jake
(1943)
The Little Broadcast
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
The Vanishing Private
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1942)
Dog Trouble
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Joe Smith, American
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Symphony Hour
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Donald Gets Drafted
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Sky Trooper
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Saps in Chaps
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
Daffy's Southern Exposure
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
The Wild and Woozy West
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
(1942)
Dog Meets Dog
as Butch
(1941)
Dumbo
as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
(1941)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
(1941)
Timber
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Meet John Doughboy
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Las Vegas Nights
as Horse (voice)
(1941)
Cracked Nuts
as Parachute Man
(1941)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
as Irish Mouse (voice)
(1941)
The Thrifty Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1941)
Robot Wrecks
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
(1941)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1940)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
as Pete
(1940)
The Riveter
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1940)
Pluto's Dream House
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Reporter
(1940)
Home on the Range
as Coyote Bark
(1940)
The Ape
as Short Mustached Posse Man
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
(1940)
Hit Parade of 1941
as Radio Actor
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Last Porter
(1940)
The Pooch Parade
as Various
(1940)
Mouse Meets Lion
as Lion (voice)
(1939)
The Wizard of Oz
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Pianist (uncredited)
(1939)
Officer Duck
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Don Del Oro (voice)
(1939)
The Practical Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
(1939)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
The Autograph Hound
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Porky's Movie Mystery
as Invisible Man
(1939)
Petunia Natural Park
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Sioux Me
as Indian chorus (voice)
(1939)
Polar Pals
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
A Haunting We Will Go
as Ghost (voice)
(1939)
The Film Fan
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
(1939)
Seal Skinners
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Porky's Tire Trouble
as Boss
(1939)
Mama's New Hat
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Red Cross Man
(1938)
The Captain's Christmas
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Shoeshine Customer
(1938)
The Mexicali Kid
as Stagecoach Driver
(1938)
Porky's Phoney Express
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
as Lone Ranger (voice)
(1938)
Porky in Wackyland
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Farmyard Symphony
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Hide and Shriek
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
(1938)
A Feud There Was
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
(1938)
Poultry Pirates
as Captain
(1938)
Now That Summer Is Gone
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Blue Monday
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
California Frontier
as Bellhop
(1938)
The Captain's Pup
as Captain (voice)
(1938)
What a Lion!
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
The Winning Ticket
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
You're an Education
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
(1938)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
(1938)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Cleaning House
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Boy Meets Dog
as Voice
(1938)
Old Smokey
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
A Day at the Beach
as Captain
(1937)
Lonesome Ghosts
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1937)
Modern Inventions
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
as Big bad wolf (voice)
(1937)
Donald's Ostrich
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Worm Turns
as Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Californian
as Tax Collector
(1937)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
(1937)
Picador Porky
as Bull (uncredited)
(1937)
Dog Daze
as St. Bernard (voice)
(1937)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
God's Country and the Man
as Sandy Briggs
(1937)
Pigs Is Pigs
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Hound and the Rabbit
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Porky's Duck Hunt
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Speaking of the Weather
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge
(1937)
The Lyin' Mouse
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Porky's Road Race
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Porky's Romance
as Time Munches On Narrator
(1937)
Porky's Building
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Ain't We Got Fun
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Playing the Ponies
as Announcer (uncredited)
(1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
The Fella with a Fiddle
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
(1937)
Egghead Rides Again
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Sweet Sioux
as Native American (voice)
(1937)
Porky's Railroad
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
A Sunbonnet Blue
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1937)
Mickey's Review
as Dog Catcher (voice)
(1936)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
as Captain Katt
(1936)
Three Little Wolves
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Moving Day
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Thru the Mirror
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
I Love to Singa
as Father (voice)
(1936)
Lash of the Penitentes
as Narrating Missionary
(1936)
Don't Look Now
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Rhythm on the Range
as Buck's Friend
(1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Property Man
(1936)
Satan Met a Lady
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
(1936)
Can This Be Dixie?
as John P. Smith Peachtree
(1936)
Early to Bed
as Office Boy
(1936)
Milk and Money
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
(1936)
Porky in the North Woods
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
An All American Toothache
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
(1936)
How to Vote
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
(1936)
Dick Whittington's Cat
as Cook
(1936)
Bingo Crosbyana
as Spider (voice)
(1936)
The Fire Alarm
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Alpine Antics
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
(1936)
Little Boy Blue
as Wolf (voice)
(1936)
Divot Diggers
as Golfer
(1936)
Boom Boom
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
(1936)
Little Beau Porky
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
(1936)
New Shoes
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1936)
Shanghaied Shipmates
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
(1935)
The Golden Touch
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
(1935)
Pluto's Judgement Day
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Hog Caller
(1935)
Two-Fisted
as Cop
(1935)
I Haven't Got a Hat
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Mickey's Man Friday
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Coronado
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1935)
The Lost City
as Gorzo
(1935)
Mickey's Service Station
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Tin Man
as The Tin Man (voice)
(1935)
Balloon Land
as Pincushion Man (voice)
(1935)
Gold Diggers of '49
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Rainmakers
as Townsman
(1935)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
The Robber Kitten
as Dirty Bill
(1935)
Alias St. Nick
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Twin Triplets
as Merchant (uncredited)
(1935)
The Merry Old Soul
as Old King Cole (voice)
(1935)
Little Dutch Plate
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
(1935)
Billboard Frolics
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
(1935)
Teacher's Beau
as Chairman of the Board
(1934)
The Big Bad Wolf
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Babes in Toyland
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
(1934)
Goofy Movies Number Two
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
(1934)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
(1934)
Two-Gun Mickey
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
(1934)
The Dognapper
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
Maid in Hollywood
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
(1934)
Mama's Little Pirate
as Voice of Giant
(1934)
Shanghaied
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
(1934)
The First Round-Up
as Wally's Father
(1934)
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
(1934)
Three Chumps Ahead
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
(1934)
Music in Your Hair
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
(1933)
Three Little Pigs
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
(1933)
Building a Building
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Ye Olden Days
as King (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Diplomaniacs
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
(1933)
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Taxi Barons
as Host - Jenna's Father
(1933)
Me and My Pal
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
(1933)
Call Her Sausage
as Meyer (uncredited)
(1933)
Husbands' Reunion
as Judge
(1933)
Air Fright
as Stunt Aviator
(1933)
A Lady's Profession
as Keyhole McKluskey
(1933)
Rhapsody in Brew
as Meyer Schmaltz
(1933)
The Rummy
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
(1933)
Keg o' My Heart
as Meyer Schmaltz
(1933)
Bedtime Worries
as Radio Voice
(1933)
One Track Minds
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
(1932)
The Dentist
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
(1932)
(1932)
The Devil Is Driving
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
(1932)
By Whose Hand?
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1932)
Taxi for Two
as The District Attorney
(1932)
Night World
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
(1932)
Runt Page
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
(1932)
Sneak Easily
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1932)
Bridge Wives
as Radio announcer
(1932)
A Slip at the Switch
as Feeny
(1932)
The Tabasco Kid
as Susie (voice)
(1931)
Monkey Business
as Man in Deck Chair
(1931)
Trader Hound
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
(1931)
Branded Men
as Half-A-Rod
(1931)
The Secret Witness
as Radio Announcer's Voice
(1931)
The Texas Ranger
as Tubby
(1930)
Soup to Nuts
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
(1930)
Loose Ankles
as Mr. Berry from Logan
(1930)
Moonlight and Monkey Business
as Honeymooner
(1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
(1930)
Top Speed
as Ipps
(1930)
The Man Hunter
as Buggs
(1930)
Dancing Sweeties
as Bud (uncredited)
(1928)
The Terrible People
as Proody
(1928)
Daredevil's Reward
as Slim
(1928)
The Cowboy Kid
as Deputy Sheriff
(1928)
(1928)
(1927)
The Patent Leather Kid
as Fight Fan
(1927)
Two Girls Wanted
as Johnny
(1926)
The Dude Cowboy
as Shorty O'Day
(1924)
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Mr Smith
(1924)
That's the Spirit
as The Crooked Scientist
(1923)
Kidding Katie
as The Butler
(1923)
(1922)
Billy Jim
as Jimmy
(1922)
Cold Feet
as Pride of the Mounted
(1922)
Turn to the Right
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
(1921)
(1920)
A Bashful Bigamist
as Mr. Smith
(1920)
Dry and Thirsty
as Horace Radish
(1919)
A Roman Scandal
as Stage Director
(1916)
One Too Many
as Unhappy Boarder
(1916)
The Battle Royal
as Grandpa Runt
(1916)
Jane's Bashful Hero
as Louie
(1916)
The Serenade
as Schmitte
(1915)
Crew
(1925)
The Silent Guardian
Director
(1925)
The Wild Girl
Director
(1920)
Dry and Thirsty
Writer