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Billy Bletcher
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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).âŚ
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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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BODY OF WORK
Billy Bletcher's Filmography
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Get a Horse!
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
No Poster
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Everybody Loves Donald
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
MGM Cartoon Christmas
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
No Poster
Disneyâs Coyote Tales
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Goofy's Guide to Success
as Pete (archive footage)
No Poster
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Here's Goofy!
as Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Hello, Dolly!
as Man (uncredited)
The Chase
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Harlow
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor
as Plumber (uncredited)
No Poster
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
as Mr. Abramowitz
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Pete (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
The Lone Chipmunks
as Pete (voice)
Canvas Back Duck
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
The New Neighbor
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Two Gun Goofy
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Father Takes the Air
as Haggarly
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Bear Feat
as Pa Bear
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Heavenly Puss
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Bowery Bugs
as Steve Brody
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare
as Col. Shuffle
The Truce Hurts
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch
as The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom
as Labor employee (voice)
What's Brewin', Bruin?
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear and the Bean
as Barney Bear (voice)
Pluto's Blue Note
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Wide Open Spaces
as Motel Proprietor (voice)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Western Character (uncredited)
Down to Earth
as Conductor (uncredited)
Tubby the Tuba
as Frog (voice)
The Verdict
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Solid Serenade
as Evil Laugh (archive voice) (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
as Narrator (voice)
Road to Utopia
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Old Sequoia
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
as Clown (uncredited)
Polar Pest
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
The Inside Story
as Officer
Casanova Brown
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden
as Barney Bear
The Bodyguard
as Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
Gas
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
True to Life
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Announcer (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide
as Jed Bones
The Old Army Game
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy House
as Policeman (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
as Waxer
No Poster
War Dogs
as Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Workman (Uncredited)
The Little Broadcast
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Chatterbox
as Black Jake
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
as Wedding Photographer (uncredited)
Hedda Hopperâs Hollywood No. 6
The Vanishing Private
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Even as IOU
as Seabasket - the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy's Southern Exposure
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
The Wild and Woozy West
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Dog Meets Dog
as Butch
Symphony Hour
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
as Irish Mouse (voice)
Robot Wrecks
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Meet John Doughboy
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
as Parachute Man
Las Vegas Nights
as Horse (voice)
Timber
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
as Pete
No Poster
Mouse Meets Lion
as Lion (voice)
Hit Parade of 1941
as Radio Actor
The Ape
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Melody Ranch
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Pluto's Dream House
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Pooch Parade
as Various
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Last Porter
Edison, the Man
as Reporter
Home on the Range
as Coyote Bark
The Riveter
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Don Del Oro (voice)
The Film Fan
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
as Pianist (uncredited)
Officer Duck
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me
as Indian chorus (voice)
The Autograph Hound
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
A Haunting We Will Go
as Ghost (voice)
The Wizard of Oz
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Movie Mystery
as Invisible Man
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
The Practical Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Tire Trouble
as Boss
Mama's New Hat
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Petunia Natural Park
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Christmas
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
California Frontier
as Bellhop
You're an Education
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Farmyard Symphony
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in Wackyland
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
The Mexicali Kid
as Stagecoach Driver
Old Smokey
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware
as Shoeshine Customer
Men with Wings
as Red Cross Man
What a Lion!
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Have You Got Any Castles
as Basso Man (voice) (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
as Captain
Hide and Shriek
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
No Poster
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Now That Summer Is Gone
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Pup
as Captain (voice)
Poultry Pirates
as Captain
No Poster
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Blue Monday
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Phoney Express
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Boy Meets Dog
as Voice
Cleaning House
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Lone Ranger (voice)
Lonesome Ghosts
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Donald's Ostrich
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Double Wedding
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Lyin' Mouse
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Playing the Ponies
as Announcer (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze
as St. Bernard (voice)
No Poster
Mickey's Review
as Dog Catcher (voice)
Speaking of the Weather
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
as Sandy Briggs
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Driver (voice) (uncredited)
A Sunbonnet Blue
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
The Californian
as Tax Collector
Egghead Rides Again
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Sweet Sioux
as Native American (voice)
Porky's Building
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Modern Inventions
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
The Hound and the Rabbit
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Ain't We Got Fun
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Duck Hunt
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance
as Time Munches On Narrator
The Fella with a Fiddle
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Picador Porky
as Bull (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
The Worm Turns
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
as John P. Smith Peachtree
Don't Look Now
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Porky
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Property Man
Milk and Money
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
as Captain Katt
Wives Never Know
as Drunk (uncredited)
New Shoes
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
How to Vote
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
as Wolf (voice)
Satan Met a Lady
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
I Love to Singa
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Rhythm on the Range
as Buck's Friend
Moving Day
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied Shipmates
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Early to Bed
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Bingo Crosbyana
as Spider (voice)
Dick Whittington's Cat
as Cook
Three Little Wolves
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes
as Narrating Missionary
The Fire Alarm
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Boom Boom
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Divot Diggers
as Golfer
No Poster
An All American Toothache
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Coronado
as Waiter (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Billboard Frolics
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
Gold Diggers of '49
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
as Townsman
Little Dutch Plate
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
as Merchant (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
as Cop
Balloon Land
as Pincushion Man (voice)
Pluto's Judgement Day
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
The Merry Old Soul
as Old King Cole (voice)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Beau
as Chairman of the Board
The Robber Kitten
as Dirty Bill
The Tin Man
as The Tin Man (voice)
The Golden Touch
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
as Hog Caller
The Lost City
as Gorzo
I Haven't Got a Hat
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Man Friday
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Two-Gun Mickey
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
The Dognapper
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mama's Little Pirate
as Voice of Giant
No Poster
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Buddy's Bearcats
as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Music in Your Hair
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Buddy of the Apes
as Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
The First Round-Up
as Wally's Father
The Big Bad Wolf
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy's Garage
as Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Next Week-End
Goofy Movies Number Two
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Shanghaied
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Air Fright
as Stunt Aviator
No Poster
Keg o' My Heart
as Meyer Schmaltz
No Poster
Rhapsody in Brew
as Meyer Schmaltz
Bedtime Worries
as Radio Voice
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
Husbands' Reunion
as Judge
No Poster
The Rummy
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
One Track Minds
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
No Poster
Call Her Sausage
as Meyer (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Taxi Barons
as Host - Jenna's Father
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
as Keyhole McKluskey
She Done Him Wrong
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Building a Building
as (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
The Dentist
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
No Poster
Taxi for Two
as The District Attorney
No Poster
The Hollywood Handicap
No Poster
A Slip at the Switch
as Feeny
The Boiling Point
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
By Whose Hand?
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Night World
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Runt Page
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
as Radio announcer
No Poster
Never the Twins Shall Meet
as Installment Man
The Tabasco Kid
as Susie (voice)
The Secret Witness
as Radio Announcer's Voice
Branded Men
as Half-A-Rod
Monkey Business
as Man in Deck Chair
The Texas Ranger
as Tubby
Trader Hound
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Moonlight and Monkey Business
as Honeymooner
Soup to Nuts
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Top Speed
as Ipps
Dancing Sweeties
as Bud (uncredited)
The Man Hunter
as Buggs
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Loose Ankles
as Mr. Berry from Logan
The Terrible People
as Proody
The Cowboy Kid
as Deputy Sheriff
No Poster
Holdâer Cowboy
Daredevil's Reward
as Slim
The Fresh Lobster
Two Girls Wanted
as Johnny
The Patent Leather Kid
as Fight Fan
One Hour of Love
as 'Half Pint' Walker
The Dude Cowboy
as Shorty O'Day
The Bar-C Mystery
No Poster
That's the Spirit
as The Crooked Scientist
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Mr Smith
No Poster
Call the Wagon
Kidding Katie
as The Butler
No Poster
Cold Feet
as Pride of the Mounted
Billy Jim
as Jimmy
Turn to the Right
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
The Noodle Nut
A Bashful Bigamist
as Mr. Smith
Dry and Thirsty
as Horace Radish
A Roman Scandal
as Stage Director
The Battle Royal
as Grandpa Runt
The Serenade
as Schmitte
One Too Many
as Unhappy Boarder
Jane's Bashful Hero
as Louie
No Poster