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Billy Bletcher
Actor

Billy Bletcher

23 Sep 1894Born
5 Jan 1979Died
84Age at death
344Credits

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.

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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.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 344 credits.

  1. 2013Get a Horse!Film: Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
  2. 2007Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical CollectionFilm: Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  3. 2005Once Upon a HalloweenFilm: Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
  4. 2004Tom & Jerry: Spotlight CollectionFilm
  5. 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5Film: Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
  6. 2003Everybody Loves DonaldFilm: (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  7. 2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3Film: Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  8. 2002Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete GoofyFilm: Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  9. 2001Walt Disney Treasures - Silly SymphoniesFilm: (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  10. 2001Everybody Loves MickeyFilm: Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  11. 1993MGM Cartoon ChristmasFilm: (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  12. 1991Disney’s Coyote TalesFilm: Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  13. 1990Goofy's Guide to SuccessFilm: Pete (archive footage)
  14. 1989Rootin' Tootin' RoundupFilm: Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  15. 1987Here's Goofy!Film: Narrator (voice)
  16. 1985Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a DuckFilm: (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  17. 1982Disney's Halloween TreatFilm: Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
  18. 1969Hello, Dolly!Film: Man (uncredited)
  19. 1966The ChaseFilm: Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
  20. 1965Get SmartSeries: Frank Ogg (1 episode)
  21. 1965HarlowFilm: Policeman (uncredited)
  22. 1963The Nutty ProfessorFilm: Plumber (uncredited)
  23. 1962Chun King Chow Mein HourFilm: Mr. Abramowitz
  24. 1960This Is Your Life Donald DuckFilm: Pete (voice)
  25. 1959Pete Kelly's BluesSeries (1 episode)
  26. 1956Trailblazer MagooFilm: Various (voice)(uncredited)
  27. 1954The Lone ChipmunksFilm: Pete (voice)
  28. 1953Canvas Back DuckFilm: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
  29. 1953Calamity JaneFilm: Prospector (uncredited)
  30. 1953The New NeighborFilm: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
  31. 1953Revlon Mirror TheatreSeries (1 episode)
  32. 1952How to Be a DetectiveFilm: Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
  33. 1952Two Gun GoofyFilm: Pete (voice) (uncredited)
  34. 1951A Bear for PunishmentFilm: Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
  35. 1951Father Takes the AirFilm: Haggarly
  36. 1951The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries: Waiter (1 episode)
  37. 1950The Next Voice You Hear...Film: Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
  38. 1949Bear FeatFilm: Pa Bear
  39. 1949The Legend of Sleepy HollowFilm: Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
  40. 1949The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadFilm: Headless Horseman (voice)
  41. 1949The Lone RangerSeries: Horseface (1 episode)
  42. 1949Heavenly PussFilm: Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
  43. 1949Bowery BugsFilm: Steve Brody
  44. 1949The Bee-Deviled BruinFilm: Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
  45. 1949Mississippi HareFilm: Col. Shuffle
  46. 1948The Truce HurtsFilm: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
  47. 1948Rabbit PunchFilm: The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
  48. 1948Make Mine FreedomFilm: Labor employee (voice)
  49. 1948What's Brewin', Bruin?Film: Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
  50. 1948The Bear and the BeanFilm: Barney Bear (voice)
  51. 1947Pluto's Blue NoteFilm: Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
  52. 1947Wide Open SpacesFilm: Motel Proprietor (voice)
  53. 1947The Secret Life of Walter MittyFilm: Western Character (uncredited)
  54. 1947Down to EarthFilm: Conductor (uncredited)
  55. 1947Tubby the TubaFilm: Frog (voice)
  56. 1946The VerdictFilm: Gravedigger (uncredited)
  57. 1946Gallant JourneyFilm: Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
  58. 1946Solid SerenadeFilm: Evil Laugh (archive voice) (uncredited)
  59. 1946Deadline at DawnFilm: Waiter (uncredited)
  60. 1946A Knight for a DayFilm: Narrator (voice)
  61. 1946Road to UtopiaFilm: Bear (voice) (uncredited)
  62. 1945Quiet Please!Film: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
  63. 1945Old SequoiaFilm: Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
  64. 1945Swing Shift CinderellaFilm: Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
  65. 1945Duck PimplesFilm: Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
  66. 1945Canine CasanovaFilm: Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
  67. 1945Incendiary BlondeFilm: Clown (uncredited)
  68. 1944Polar PestFilm: Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
  69. 1944Lost in a HaremFilm: Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
  70. 1944The Inside StoryFilm: Officer
  71. 1944Casanova BrownFilm: Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
  72. 1944Maisie Goes to RenoFilm: Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
  73. 1944Bear Raid WardenFilm: Barney Bear
  74. 1944The BodyguardFilm: Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
  75. 1944GasFilm: Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
  76. 1944And the Angels SingFilm: Club Patron (uncredited)
  77. 1944Private Snafu vs. Malaria MikeFilm: Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
  78. 1944Trombone TroubleFilm: Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
  79. 1944Tom Turk and DaffyFilm: Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
  80. 1944Little Red Riding RabbitFilm: Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

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