Billy Bletcher
Acting
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.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Age 55 (now 84)
Three Little Wolves
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 112 (now 84)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Age 111 (now 84)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Age 109 (now 84)
Everybody Loves Donald
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 109 (now 84)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 108 (now 84)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 108 (now 84)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 107 (now 84)
Everybody Loves Mickey
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 107 (now 84)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 102 (now 84)
MGM Cartoon Christmas
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 99 (now 84)Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 97 (now 84)Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 95 (now 84)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age 90 (now 84)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Age 88 (now 84)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Pete (voice)
Age 65 (now 84)
A Bear for Punishment
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Age 57 (now 84)
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Age 55 (now 84)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Age 55 (now 84)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Age 55 (now 84)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Age 54 (now 84)
What's Brewin', Bruin?
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 84)
Pluto's Blue Note
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 84)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Western Character (uncredited)
Age 52 (now 84)
Swing Shift Cinderella
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Age 50 (now 84)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Age 49 (now 84)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 84)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 84)
The Little Broadcast
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 84)
Yankee Doodle Daffy
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
Age 48 (now 84)
The Vanishing Private
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Age 48 (now 84)
Donald Gets Drafted
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)
Daffy's Southern Exposure
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)The Wild and Woozy West
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)
Symphony Hour
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)
Joe Smith, American
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)Red Riding Hood Rides Again
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Age 47 (now 84)
Whistling in the Dark
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Age 46 (now 84)
Meet John Doughboy
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Age 46 (now 84)
The Autograph Hound
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Age 44 (now 84)
The Wizard of Oz
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Age 44 (now 84)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
Age 44 (now 84)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Age 44 (now 84)
Petunia Natural Park
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Age 44 (now 84)
The Captain's Christmas
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Age 44 (now 84)
You're an Education
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Age 44 (now 84)
A Feud There Was
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Age 43 (now 84)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
Now That Summer Is Gone
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Age 43 (now 84)
Porky's Phoney Express
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
Donald's Ostrich
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 84)
Porky's Railroad
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
Egghead Rides Again
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
The Hound and the Rabbit
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Age 42 (now 84)
Ain't We Got Fun
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
Porky's Duck Hunt
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
Porky in the North Woods
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
Shanghaied Shipmates
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Age 41 (now 84)
Three Little Wolves
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
An All American Toothache
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
Alias St. Nick
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
Little Dutch Plate
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
Pluto's Judgement Day
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Age 41 (now 84)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 84)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 84)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 84)
Mickey's Service Station
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 84)
Buddy's Bearcats
as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Age 39 (now 84)
Goofy Movies Number Two
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Age 39 (now 84)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Age 38 (now 84)
The Devil Is Driving
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Age 38 (now 84)
By Whose Hand?
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Age 37 (now 84)
Never the Twins Shall Meet
as Installment Man
Age 37 (now 84)
Trader Hound
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 84)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Age 35 (now 84)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Waiter
Age 56 (now 84)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Billie Bletcher, William Bletcher, Billy Fletcher, William Fletcher, Sid Smith
IMDB
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