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.
Filmography (342 titles)
7.6MovieGet a Horse!
Peg-Leg Pete (voice) · 2013
9.2MovieTex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2007
6.2MovieOnce Upon a Halloween
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound) · 2005
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
7.6MovieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound) · 2004
7.2MovieEverybody Loves Donald
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2003
8.6MovieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2003
7.5MovieWalt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2002
7.0MovieWalt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2001
5.9MovieEverybody Loves Mickey
Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2001
7.3MovieThe Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self (archive footage) · 1997
MovieMGM Cartoon Christmas
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1993
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1991
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1989
6.7MovieHere's Goofy!
Narrator (voice) · 1987
9.0MovieWalt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) · 1985
6.5MovieDisney's Halloween Treat
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage) · 1982
7.0MovieHello, Dolly!
Man (uncredited) · 1969
7.1MovieThe Chase
Mr. Vincent (uncredited) · 1966
7.9ShowGet Smart
Frank Ogg · 1965
5.6MovieHarlow
Policeman · 1965
6.5MovieThe Nutty Professor
Plumber (uncredited) · 1963
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
Mr. Abramowitz · 1962
6.2MovieThis Is Your Life Donald Duck
Pete (voice) · 1960
Pete Kelly's Blues
1959
8.0MovieTrailblazer Magoo
Various (voice)(uncredited) · 1956
6.8MovieThe Lone Chipmunks
Pete (voice) · 1954
6.3MovieCanvas Back Duck
Pete (voice) (uncredited) · 1953
7.0MovieCalamity Jane
Prospector (uncredited) · 1953
6.9MovieThe New Neighbor
Pete (voice) (uncredited) · 1953