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Billy Bletcher

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.

Aliases
  • Billie Bletcher
  • William Bletcher
  • Billy Fletcher
  • William Fletcher
  • Sid Smith
English
Filmography

Dumbo

1941
as Clown (voice)

Looney Tunes

1929
as Papa Bear, Spike, various others

Disney Animated Shorts

1921
as Pete / Big Bad Wolf / various others

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949
as Headless Horseman (voice)

Lash of the Penitentes

1936
as Narrating Missionary

I Love to Singa

1936
as Father (voice)

Divot Diggers

1936
as Bill - Third Golfer

The Mad Doctor

1933
as Dr. XXX

The Wild and Woozy West

1942
as Wolf Bandit

Two in Revolt

1936
as Algie

Balloon Land

1935
as Pincushion Man

Just Another Murder

1935
as Ricardo Drake aka Mr. Wing

Spike and Tyke

1957
as Spike

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

1937
as Lawyer Goodwill

Pluto's Judgement Day

1935
as Cat Prosecutor

Officer Duck

1939
as Tiny Tom (voice)

Wolf Chases Pigs

1942
as Wolf

Symphony Hour

1942
as Pete / Sylvester Macaroni

Porky's Romance

1937
as Time Munches On Narrator

Two Girls Wanted

1927
as Johnny

Pluto's Blue Note

1947
as Music Store Proprietor

Rhapsody in Brew

1933
as Meyer Schmaltz

Boss of Rawhide

1943
as Jed Bones

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939
as The Lone Ranger (voice)

Mickey's Service Station

1935
as Pete

The Lone Chipmunks

1954
as Black Pete (voice)

The Chump Champ

1950
as Spike

Modern Inventions

1937
as Robot Butler

Men with Wings

1938
as Red Cross Man

Song of the Eagle

1933
as Home Brewer

The Truce Hurts

1948
as Butch

Wide Open Spaces

1947
as Motel proprietor

The Battle Royal

1916
as Grandpa Runt

Poultry Pirates

1938
as Captain

The Bodyguard

1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)

Three Chumps Ahead

1934
as Second Waiter

Las Vegas Nights

1941
as Horse

Barney Bear

1939

The Rummy

1933
as Taxicab Company Mechanic

Canvas Back Duck

1953
as Peewee Pete

Porky's Building

1937
as Dirty Diggs (voice)

The Lone Stranger and Porky

1939
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)

Can This Be Dixie?

1936
as John P. Smith Peachtree

The First Round-Up

1934
as Billy, Wally's father

The Thrifty Pig

1941
as Big Bad Wolf

Never the Twins Shall Meet

1932
as Installment Man

Heavenly Puss

1949
as Devil Dog

Gay Blades

1946
as Lumberjack

Old Sequoia

1945
as Donald's Boss

Bowery Bugs

1949
as Steve Brody

Moving Day

1936
as Pete

Billy Jim

1922
as Jimmy

Little Boy Blue

1936
as Wolf

A Day at the Beach

1938
as Captain

Porky's Railroad

1937
as Silver Fish Engineer

The Man Hunter

1930
as Buggs

Pluto's Dream House

1940
as Magic Lamp

Desert Gold

1936
as Bob - a Wedding Guest

Mickey's Man Friday

1935
as Friday

Reno or Bust

1924
as The Chauffeur

Now That Summer Is Gone

1938
as Father (voice)

Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

1989
as Wolf

The Vanishing Private

1942
as Sgt. Pete

The Serenade

1916

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons

1937
as Big bad wolf (voice)

New Shoes

1936
as Boy's Shoes

The Tabasco Kid

1932
as Susie (voice)

Lonesome Ghosts

1937
as Short Ghost

Who Killed Cock Robin?

1935
as Judge Oliver Owl

Three Blind Mouseketeers

1936
as Captain Katt

Mississippi Hare

1949
as Col. Shuffle

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

1933
as Horace Horsecollar

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935
as Timekeeper

Tom Turk and Daffy

1944
as Tom Turk

Taxi for Two

1932
as The District Attorney

You're an Education

1938
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)

California Frontier

1938
as Bellhop

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

2007
as Spike

The Mouse Comes to Dinner

1945

True to Life

1943
as Radio Heavy

Calamity Jane

1953
as Prospector

Farmyard Symphony

1938
as bull

Three Little Wolves

1936
as Big Bad Wolf

Dancing Sweeties

1930
as Bud

How to Be a Detective

1952
as Al Muldoon

Quiet Please!

1945
as Spike

Walt Disney's 50th Anniversary Show

1973
as Captain Katt

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943
as Nazi

Bridge Wives

1932
as Radio announcer

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6

1942
as Self

Disney's Halloween Treat

1982
as Cat Prosecutor

The Ape

1940
as Short Mustached Posse Man

The Purple Vigilantes

1938
as Leader of the Purple Vigilantes

The Golden Touch

1935
as King Midas

Get a Horse!

2013
as Peg-Leg Pete (archive sound)

Teacher's Beau

1935
as Chairman of the Board

The Tin Man

1935
as The Tin Man (voice)

Melody Ranch

1940
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor

The Worm Turns

1937
as Dog Catcher

Professor Beware

1938
as Shoeshine Customer

Air Fright

1933
as Stunt Aviator

Three Little Pigs

1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)

The Valley of Vanishing Men

1942
as Jericho

Bedtime Worries

1933
as Radio Voice

Pigs Is Pigs

1937
as Evil Scientist (voice)

Turn to the Right

1922
as Sammy Martin

Dick Whittington's Cat

1936
as Cook

The Bear and the Bean

1948
as Barney Bear (voice)

The Dentist

1932
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient

Punch Drunks

1934
as Fight Announcer

Down Memory Lane

1949
as Man in waiting room

A Bear for Punishment

1951
as Pa Bear

The Practical Pig

1939
as Big Bad Wolf

Seal Skinners

1939
as Captain

The New Neighbor

1953
as Pete

Best Foot Forward

1943
as Waxer

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

1940
as Pete

The Big Bad Wolf

1934
as Big Bad Wolf

Porky in Wackyland

1938
as Roaring Goon (voice)

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors

Timber

1941
as Pierre (voice)

Hide and Shriek

1938
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)

Dry and Thirsty

1920
as Horace Radish

Duck Pimples

1945
as Detective Hennessey

The Texas Ranger

1931
as Tubby

The Zoot Cat

1944
as Bit Part

Father Takes the Air

1951
as Haggarly

Speaking of the Weather

1937
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge

Make Mine Freedom

1948
as Labor employee (voice)

Mama's New Hat

1939
as Captain

Building a Building

1933

The Midnight Patrol

1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)

The Verdict

1946
as Gravedigger

The Mexicali Kid

1938
as Stagecoach Driver

Taxi Barons

1933
as Host - Jenna's Father

The Riveter

1940
as Pegleg Pete

Tight Shoes

1941
as Little Man

I Wanna Be a Sailor

1937
as Papa Parrot

The Californian

1937
as Tax Collector (as William Bletcher)

Cracked Nuts

1941
as Parachute Man

A Lady Lion

1928
as Billy

Wives Never Know

1936
as Drunk

The Autograph Hound

1939
as Security Guard

Donald Gets Drafted

1942
as Sgt. Pete

Polar Pals

1939
as I. Killem

Destry Rides Again

1939
as Pianist

Incendiary Blonde

1945
as Clown

Loose Ankles

1930
as Mr. Berry from Logan

Trombone Trouble

1944
as Pegleg Pete (voice)

One-Horse Farmers

1934
as Subway Passenger

The Dognapper

1934
as Pete

Life Begins at Forty

1935
as Hog Caller

Satan Met a Lady

1936
as Father of Sextuplets

Twin Triplets

1935
as Merchant

Good Morning, Judge

1943
as Radio Announcer

The Dude Cowboy

1926
as Shorty O'Day

Billboard Frolics

1935
as Dave Rub-Em-Off

The Robber Kitten

1935
as Dirty Bill

Little Beau Porky

1936
as Ali-Mode, Commandant

Little Red Riding Rabbit

1944
as Wolf

The Old Army Game

1943
as Sgt. Pete

Sky Trooper

1942
as Sgt. Pete

The Devil's Gift

1985
as Pincushion Man

Donald's Ostrich

1937
as Bass Singer

Donald's Ostrich

1937
as Villain on Radio

The Fresh Lobster

1928
as (as Billie Bletcher)

Solid Serenade

1946
as Evil Laugh

Bear Feat

1949
as Pa Bear

The Cowboy Kid

1928
as Deputy Sheriff

Edison, the Man

1940
as Reporter

Baby Puss

1943
as Butch (voice)

Director

Episode Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over 		1980
Episode Looney Tunes
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special 		1980
Episode Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports 		1989
Episode Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster 		1991
Episode Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny's Creature Features 		1992
Episode Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court 		1978

Guest Star

Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Canvas Back Duck 		1953
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Timber 		1941
Episode Get Smart
Moonlighting Becomes You 		1970
Episode The Three Stooges
Pardon My Scotch 		1935
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Symphony Hour 		1942
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Officer Duck 		1939
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Riveter 		1940
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Ye Olden Days 		1933
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Donald Gets Drafted 		1942
Episode Tom and Jerry
The Mouse Comes To Dinner 		1945
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 		1940
Episode The Three Stooges
Punch Drunks 		1934
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Modern Inventions 		1937
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Thru the Mirror 		1936
Episode Dennis the Menace
Dennis and the Open House 		1960
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Donald's Ostrich 		1937
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Der Fuehrer's Face 		1943
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Lone Chipmunks 		1954
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Two Gun Goofy 		1952
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
How to Be a Detective 		1952
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Duck Pimples 		1945
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Vanishing Private 		1942
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Sky Trooper 		1942
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Old Army Game 		1943
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Trombone Trouble 		1944
Episode The Lone Ranger
Gold Train 		1950
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Old Sequoia 		1945
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The New Neighbor 		1953
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Autograph Hound 		1939
Episode Tom and Jerry
The Zoot Cat 		1944
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Wide Open Spaces 		1947
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Three Little Pigs 		1933
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
Lonesome Ghosts 		1937