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 Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
as Headless Horseman (voice)
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Plumber (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Man (uncredited)
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946
as Gravedigger
Melody Ranch
1940
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)
Get a Horse!
2013
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1945
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Crazy House
1943
as Policeman (uncredited)
Harlow
1965
as Policeman
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931
as Man in Deck Chair
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Three Little Pigs
1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Divot Diggers
1936
as Golfer
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Thru the Mirror
1936
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Parachute Man
Punch Drunks
1934
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Baby Puss
1943
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
1937
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Property Man
Bridge Wives
1932
as Radio announcer
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
1935
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
1936
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Pianist (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930
as Ipps
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
The Terrible People
1928
as Proody
The Bodyguard
1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
The Rainmakers
1935
as Townsman
The Practical Pig
1939
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Customer (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
1946
as Narrator (voice)
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
1943
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves
1936
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as Reporter
Mickey's Service Station
1935
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto's Dream House
1940
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
1942
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Down to Earth
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Solid Serenade
1946
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide
1943
as Jed Bones
Polar Pals
1939
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
You're an Education
1938
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Ye Olden Days
1933
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Bear Feat
1949
as Pa Bear
Early to Bed
1936
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Building a Building
1933
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Lone Ranger (voice)
True to Life
1943
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Men with Wings
1938
as Red Cross Man
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Last Porter
Chatterbox
1943
as Black Jake
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Workman (Uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
1937
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Clown (uncredited)
Professor Beware
1938
as Shoeshine Customer
The Boiling Point
1932
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
Heavenly Puss
1949
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Porky
1936
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
2004
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Shanghaied
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Texas Ranger
1931
as Tubby
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
as Captain Katt
I Love to Singa
1936
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
The New Neighbor
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
1951
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
1939
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Man Friday
1935
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
1944
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
1944
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
1952
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Tubby the Tuba
1947
as Frog (voice)
Blue Monday
1938
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Robber Kitten
1935
as Dirty Bill
The Ape
1940
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Night World
1932
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Announcer (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes
1936
as Narrating Missionary
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
1946
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
as Pete (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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Most Popular Billy Bletcher Movies
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
- Dumbo (1941) — as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) — as Headless Horseman (voice)
- The Nutty Professor (1963) — as Plumber (uncredited)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969) — as Man (uncredited)
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