Billy Bletcher
Known for Acting · 342 credits
- Born
- 1894-09-23
- Died
- 1979-01-05
- Place of birth
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Billie Bletcher · William Bletcher · Billy Fletcher · William Fletcher · Sid Smith
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (336)
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Dumbo
1941
as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946
as Gravedigger
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Plumber (uncredited)
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Melody Ranch
1940
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Man (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)
Get a Horse!
2013
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
Crazy House
1943
as Policeman (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
1932
as Radio announcer
Divot Diggers
1936
as Golfer
Thru the Mirror
1936
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930
as Ipps
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Parachute Man
Quiet Please!
1945
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs
1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
1934
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Harlow
1965
as Policeman
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
Baby Puss
1943
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Pianist (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Down to Earth
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Terrible People
1928
as Proody
The Practical Pig
1939
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
1937
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
1946
as Narrator (voice)
Pluto's Dream House
1940
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
1942
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Three Little Wolves
1936
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as Reporter
The Bodyguard
1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
1936
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Early to Bed
1936
as Office Boy (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
1935
as Townsman
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
1935
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
1952
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Property Man
Men with Wings
1938
as Red Cross Man
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Customer (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931
as Man in Deck Chair
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Double Wedding
1937
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
1935
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss
1949
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Lone Ranger (voice)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Workman (Uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
1937
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance
1937
as Time Munches On Narrator
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
2004
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Here's Goofy!
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Speaking of the Weather
1937
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge
Ye Olden Days
1933
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Night World
1932
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chatterbox
1943
as Black Jake
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
as Pete (voice)
Solid Serenade
1946
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Texas Ranger
1931
as Tubby
Shanghaied
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
as Pete
Polar Pals
1939
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
The New Neighbor
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Now That Summer Is Gone
1938
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
1939
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Announcer (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
1944
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
1932
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
1951
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Timber
1941
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware
1938
as Shoeshine Customer
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self (archive footage)
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Club Patron (uncredited)
True to Life
1943
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Branded Men
1931
as Half-A-Rod
How to Vote
1936
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
as Captain Katt
The Robber Kitten
1935
as Dirty Bill
Building a Building
1933
as (voice) (uncredited)
Loose Ankles
1930
as Mr. Berry from Logan
The Mad Doctor
1933
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of '49
1935
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
as Radio Actor
Tubby the Tuba
1947
as Frog (voice)
The Riveter
1940
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Farmyard Symphony
1938
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
About 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… With 342 credits spanning from 1915 to 2013, Billy Bletcher has appeared in 336 films and 6 TV shows.
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- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
- Dumbo (1941) — as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
- The Verdict (1946) — as Gravedigger
- The Nutty Professor (1963) — as Plumber (uncredited)
- The Chase (1966) — as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
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