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)
Bridge Wives
1932
as Radio announcer
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Man (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor
1963
as Plumber (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
1953
as Prospector (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1945
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
1942
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Bodyguard
1944
as Spike / Tom (Voice)
Thru the Mirror
1936
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
1937
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Dog Daze
1937
as St. Bernard (voice)
Three Little Pigs
1933
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Polar Pest
1944
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
Taxi Barons
1933
as Host - Jenna's Father
Symphony Hour
1942
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
1939
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Down to Earth
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
Baby Puss
1943
as Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
1944
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Heavenly Puss
1949
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied
1934
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
1945
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
1937
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves
1936
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Dancing Sweeties
1930
as Bud (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
1935
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
Kidding Katie
1923
as The Butler
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Donald's Ostrich
1937
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
1936
as Captain Katt
A Lady's Profession
1933
as Keyhole McKluskey
Gas
1944
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
The Serenade
1916
as Schmitte
The Zoot Cat
1944
as Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
as Pete
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Pianist (uncredited)
The New Neighbor
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Clown (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts
1937
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Polar Pals
1939
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Trader Hound
1931
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
1946
as Narrator (voice)
Everybody Loves Donald
2003
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
The Film Fan
1939
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Picador Porky
1937
as Bull (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
1933
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Solid Serenade
1946
as Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
The Terrible People
1928
as Proody
How to Be a Detective
1952
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Get a Horse!
2013
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
The Practical Pig
1939
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931
as Man in Deck Chair
Stand by for Action
1942
as Sailor (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Property Man
The Autograph Hound
1939
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
The Riveter
1940
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Poultry Pirates
1938
as Captain
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
1944
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Mama's Little Pirate
1934
as Voice of Giant
Harlow
1965
as Policeman
Billboard Frolics
1935
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
The Robber Kitten
1935
as Dirty Bill
Sweet Sioux
1937
as Native American (voice)
Canvas Back Duck
1953
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Feeny
Sioux Me
1939
as Indian chorus (voice)
The Rummy
1933
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Pluto's Judgement Day
1935
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Egghead Rides Again
1937
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
as Pete (voice)
The Lone Chipmunks
1954
as Pete (voice)
Next Week-End
1934
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
The Truce Hurts
1948
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
1941
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Make Mine Freedom
1948
as Labor employee (voice)
I Haven't Got a Hat
1935
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Daffy
1943
as Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
1935
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Last Porter
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
as Meyer Schmaltz
The Ape
1940
as Short Mustached Posse Man
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
1939
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't We Got Fun
1937
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
By Whose Hand?
1932
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Bear Raid Warden
1944
as Barney Bear
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Farmyard Symphony
1938
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946
as Gravedigger
How to Vote
1936
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
as Irish Mouse (voice)
A Feud There Was
1938
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (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)
- Bridge Wives (1932) — as Radio announcer
- Hello, Dolly! (1969) — as Man (uncredited)
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