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.
343 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 343
Get Smart
1965
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Lone Ranger
1949
The Wizard of Oz
1939
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Dumbo
1941
The Nutty Professor
1963
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
The Verdict
1946
Quiet Please!
1945
Hello, Dolly!
1969
The Chase
1966
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
The Lone Ranger
1938
Harlow
1965
I Married a Witch
1942
Get a Horse!
2013
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
1946
Thru the Mirror
1936
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Three Little Pigs
1933
Babes in Toyland
1934
Destry Rides Again
1939
Calamity Jane
1953
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
Morning Glory
1933
Pete Kelly's Blues
1959
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Road to Utopia
1946
Three Little Wolves
1936
Donald's Ostrich
1937
Satan Met a Lady
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
The Golden Touch
1935
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Modern Inventions
1937
I Love to Singa
1936
The Rainmakers
1935
Early to Bed
1936
Edison, the Man
1940
Night World
1932
Baby Puss
1943
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Deadline at Dawn
1946
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
Yankee Doodle Daffy
1943
Heavenly Puss
1949
Casanova Brown
1944
The Zoot Cat
1944
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
Stand by for Action
1942
Symphony Hour
1942
Double Wedding
1937
Down to Earth
1947
Monkey Business
1931
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
The Ape
1940
And the Angels Sing
1944
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
2003
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
The Worm Turns
1937
Wives Never Know
1936
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
Men with Wings
1938
Gallant Journey
1946
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
Gold Diggers of '49
1935
Melody Ranch
1940
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
Chatterbox
1943
Mickey's Service Station
1935
Next Week-End
1934
Solid Serenade
1946
The Autograph Hound
1939
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
The Bodyguard
1944
Donald Gets Drafted
1942
Joe Smith, American
1942
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Ye Olden Days
1933
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
The Devil Is Driving
1932
The New Neighbor
1953
A Knight for a Day
1946
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
The Vanishing Private
1942
Las Vegas Nights
1941
Farmyard Symphony
1938
The Practical Pig
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
Bridge Wives
1932
Timber
1941
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
By Whose Hand?
1932
True to Life
1943
Duck Pimples
1945
Two Gun Goofy
1952
Branded Men
1931
Little Boy Blue
1936
Officer Duck
1939
The Old Army Game
1943
Whistling in the Dark
1941
Diplomaniacs
1933
Tubby the Tuba
1947
One Hour of Love
1927
The Riveter
1940
Sky Trooper
1942
Lost in a Harem
1944
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
The Secret Witness
1931
Who Killed Who?
1943
Speaking of the Weather
1937
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
Alias St. Nick
1935
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Petunia Natural Park
1939
Divot Diggers
1936
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
1935
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
Dancing Sweeties
1930
Loose Ankles
1930
Building a Building
1933
Two-Gun Mickey
1934
The Mad Doctor
1933
Trader Hound
1931
The Hound and the Rabbit
1937
Cracked Nuts
1941
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
Crazy House
1943
Coronado
1935
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Canvas Back Duck
1953
The Lost City
1935
Pigs Is Pigs
1937
Pluto's Judgement Day
1935
Maid in Hollywood
1934
Mickey's Man Friday
1935
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
2004
Two Girls Wanted
1927
Robot Wrecks
1941
Now That Summer Is Gone
1938
Two-Fisted
1935
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
The Terrible People
1928
Home on the Range
1940
The Lone Chipmunks
1954
Incendiary Blonde
1945
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
Teacher's Beau
1935
The Robber Kitten
1935
I Haven't Got a Hat
1935
The First Round-Up
1934
Cleaning House
1938
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
Porky in Wackyland
1938
Playing the Ponies
1937
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
I Wanna Be a Sailor
1937
How to Be a Detective
1952
Moving Day
1936
Trombone Trouble
1944
Daredevil's Reward
1928
The Californian
1937
The Fella with a Fiddle
1937
Professor Beware
1938
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
The Truce Hurts
1948
Life Begins at Forty
1935
Soup to Nuts
1930
Runt Page
1932
Meet John Doughboy
1941
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
Porky's Duck Hunt
1937
A Day at the Beach
1938
Father Takes the Air
1951
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
2001
A Feud There Was
1938
Blue Monday
1938
Boss of Rawhide
1943
Dog Trouble
1942
Me and My Pal
1933
Seal Skinners
1939
Tom Turk and Daffy
1944
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Bear Raid Warden
1944
The Tin Man
1935
Buddy's Bearcats
1934
Porky's Romance
1937
Lash of the Penitentes
1936
Wide Open Spaces
1947
Pluto's Dream House
1940
Taxi Barons
1933
Old Sequoia
1945
The Dognapper
1934
What a Lion!
1938
Hide and Shriek
1938
Top Speed
1930
Shanghaied
1934
Kidding Katie
1923
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
1937
Cold Feet
1922
Rabbit Punch
1948
Pluto's Blue Note
1947
Punch Drunks
1934
Porky in the North Woods
1936
Make Mine Freedom
1948
Best Foot Forward
1943
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
The Texas Ranger
1931
The Dentist
1932
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
California Frontier
1938
Polar Pest
1944
Mama's New Hat
1939
The Boiling Point
1932
The Tabasco Kid
1932
Sneak Easily
1932
The Rummy
1933
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
A Bear for Punishment
1951
Canine Casanova
1945
Air Fright
1933
Egghead Rides Again
1937
Call the Wagon
1923
Balloon Land
1935
Bear Feat
1949
Gas
1944
The Mexicali Kid
1938
Dog Daze
1937
The Captain's Christmas
1938
Here's Goofy!
1987
The Noodle Nut
1921
Billboard Frolics
1935
MGM Cartoon Christmas
1993
Porky's Phoney Express
1938
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
1937
Three Chumps Ahead
1934
Poultry Pirates
1938
That's the Spirit
1924
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
1938
The Winning Ticket
1938
Ain't We Got Fun
1937
Little Beau Porky
1936
Porky's Railroad
1937
The Captain's Pup
1938
How to Vote
1936
The Merry Old Soul
1935
You're an Education
1938
One Track Minds
1933
Porky's Road Race
1937
Milk and Money
1936
Turn to the Right
1922
A Lady's Profession
1933
The Vanishing Vault
1915
The Inside Story
1944
One Too Many
1916
The Man Hunter
1930
Mama's Little Pirate
1934
Porky's Building
1937
The Thrifty Pig
1941
Getting Gertie's Goat
1924
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1941
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
1985
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
Don't Look Now
1936
Mississippi Hare
1949
Bedtime Worries
1933
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
1989
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
1949
The Lyin' Mouse
1937
One-Horse Farmers
1934
Mouse Meets Lion
1940
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
The Battle Royal
1916
Bingo Crosbyana
1936
Alpine Antics
1936
Sioux Me
1939
Old Smokey
1938
A Roman Scandal
1919
Taxi for Two
1932
Goofy Movies Number Two
1934
Porky's Tire Trouble
1939
Buddy's Garage
1934
The Film Fan
1939
The Little Broadcast
1943
New Shoes
1936
Billy Jim
1922
The Serenade
1916
Bowery Bugs
1949
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
1944
Picador Porky
1937
Keg o' My Heart
1933
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1962
An All American Toothache
1936
Shanghaied Shipmates
1936
The Lone Stranger and Porky
1939
What's Brewin', Bruin?
1948
War Dogs
1943
The Bear and the Bean
1948
Porky's Movie Mystery
1939
God's Country and the Man
1937
The Cowboy Kid
1928
Husbands' Reunion
1933
A Slip at the Switch
1932
Buddy of the Apes
1934
Music in Your Hair
1934
A Sunbonnet Blue
1937
Boy Meets Dog
1938
Mickey's Review
1937
Dry and Thirsty
1920
Jane's Bashful Hero
1916
Boom Boom
1936
A Haunting We Will Go
1939
Twin Triplets
1935
Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
Daffy's Southern Exposure
1942
Polar Pals
1939
Saps in Chaps
1942
A Bashful Bigamist
1920
Dick Whittington's Cat
1936
Little Dutch Plate
1935
The Pooch Parade
1940
The Fresh Lobster
1928
Sweet Sioux
1937
Call Her Sausage
1933
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
1938
The Fire Alarm
1936
The Dude Cowboy
1926
Hold’er Cowboy
1928
Dog Meets Dog
1942
