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)
Melody Ranch
1940
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
as Headless Horseman (voice)
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Man (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (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)
Divot Diggers
1936
as Golfer
Punch Drunks
1934
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
1932
as Radio announcer
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Parachute Man
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Harlow
1965
as Policeman
Quiet Please!
1945
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror
1936
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
1935
as Townsman
Three Little Pigs
1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
Alpine Antics
1936
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss
1943
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Pianist (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Practical Pig
1939
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
1935
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Down to Earth
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Terrible People
1928
as Proody
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
1937
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930
as Ipps
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as Reporter
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Property Man
The Bodyguard
1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Customer (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931
as Man in Deck Chair
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
1942
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Dream House
1940
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Chatterbox
1943
as Black Jake
Loose Ankles
1930
as Mr. Berry from Logan
Early to Bed
1936
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss
1949
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves
1936
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Soup to Nuts
1930
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of '49
1935
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
1935
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Men with Wings
1938
as Red Cross Man
Night World
1932
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Workman (Uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
2004
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
1933
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
as Captain Katt
Playing the Ponies
1937
as Announcer (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
1932
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
1946
as Narrator (voice)
True to Life
1943
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Solid Serenade
1946
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Building a Building
1933
as (voice) (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Don Del Oro (voice)
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
as Pete
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
as Radio Actor
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware
1938
as Shoeshine Customer
Officer Duck
1939
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
The New Neighbor
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
I Love to Singa
1936
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Shanghaied
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Coronado
1935
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Trombone Trouble
1944
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
1952
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
The Texas Ranger
1931
as Tubby
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Clown (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
1933
as King (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Blue Monday
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Kidding Katie
1923
as The Butler
Boss of Rawhide
1943
as Jed Bones
Call the Wagon
1923
The Old Army Game
1943
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Announcer (uncredited)
Timber
1941
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
1936
as Drunk (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
1937
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Lone Ranger (voice)
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)
- Melody Ranch (1940) — as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
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