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.
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Movies (44)
Get a Horse!
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
2013
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007
Once Upon a Halloween
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
2004
Everybody Loves Donald
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2003
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2002
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2001
Everybody Loves Mickey
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2001
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
MGM Cartoon Christmas
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1993
Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1991
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1989
Here's Goofy!
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1985
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
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Pete (voice)
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
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
1950
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
