Billy Bletcher profile
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Billy Bletcher

23rd September 1894 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

336 Movies 7 TV Shows 343 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Chase poster
The Chase 18th February 1966 as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Harlow poster
Harlow 23rd June 1965 as Policeman
Old Sequoia poster
Old Sequoia 21st December 1945 as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples poster
Duck Pimples 10th August 1945 as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pest poster
Polar Pest 30th December 1944 as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Gas poster
Gas 15th May 1944 as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat poster
The Zoot Cat 26th February 1944 as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss poster
Baby Puss 25th December 1943 as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
War Dogs poster
War Dogs 8th October 1943 as Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Trooper poster
Sky Trooper 6th November 1942 as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour poster
Symphony Hour 20th March 1942 as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo poster
Dumbo 31st October 1941 as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Timber poster
Timber 10th January 1941 as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Ape poster
The Ape 30th September 1940 as Short Mustached Posse Man
The Film Fan poster
The Film Fan 16th December 1939 as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck poster
Officer Duck 10th October 1939 as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me poster
Sioux Me 8th September 1939 as Indian chorus (voice)
The Wizard of Oz poster
The Wizard of Oz 15th August 1939 as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals poster
Polar Pals 3rd June 1939 as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was poster
A Feud There Was 23rd September 1938 as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Old Smokey poster
Old Smokey 3rd September 1938 as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday poster
Blue Monday 2nd April 1938 as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Donald's Ostrich poster
Donald's Ostrich 10th December 1937 as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze poster
Dog Daze 18th September 1937 as St. Bernard (voice)
Pigs Is Pigs poster
Pigs Is Pigs 8th January 1937 as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
New Shoes poster
New Shoes 5th September 1936 as Boy's Shoes (voice)
How to Vote poster
How to Vote 4th September 1936 as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Moving Day poster
Moving Day 20th June 1936 as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Boom Boom poster
Boom Boom 28th February 1936 as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Coronado poster
Coronado 27th November 1935 as Waiter (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick poster
Alias St. Nick 16th November 1935 as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy's Bearcats poster
Buddy's Bearcats 22nd June 1934 as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied poster
Shanghaied 13th January 1934 as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Rummy poster
The Rummy 9th June 1933 as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs poster
Diplomaniacs 28th April 1933 as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Me and My Pal poster
Me and My Pal 22nd April 1933 as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily poster
Sneak Easily 10th December 1932 as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Dentist poster
The Dentist 9th December 1932 as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
By Whose Hand? poster
By Whose Hand? 6th July 1932 as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Runt Page poster
Runt Page 11th April 1932 as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Trader Hound poster
Trader Hound 8th April 1931 as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)