Billy Bletcher
Born September 23, 1894 (Age: 131)
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 102
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Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
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as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Age: 97
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Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
1989
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as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Age: 95
Hello, Dolly!
1969
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as Man (uncredited)
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Age: 75
The Chase
1966
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as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
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Age: 71
Harlow
1965
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as Policeman
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Age: 70
The Nutty Professor
1963
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as Plumber (uncredited)
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Age: 68
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Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1962
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as Mr. Abramowitz
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Age: 67
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
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as Pete (voice)
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Age: 65
Trailblazer Magoo
1956
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as Various (voice)(uncredited)
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Age: 61
The Lone Chipmunks
1954
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as Pete (voice)
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Age: 59
Canvas Back Duck
1953
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as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Calamity Jane
1953
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as Prospector (uncredited)
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Age: 59
The New Neighbor
1953
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as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
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as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Quiet Please!
1945
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as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Old Sequoia
1945
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as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
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as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Duck Pimples
1945
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as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Canine Casanova
1945
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as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Incendiary Blonde
1945
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as Clown (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Stand by for Action
1942
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as Sailor (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Sky Trooper
1942
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as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 48
I Married a Witch
1942
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as
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Age: 48
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
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as
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Age: 48
The Vanishing Private
1942
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as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Daffy's Southern Exposure
1942
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as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Donald Gets Drafted
1942
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as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
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The Wild and Woozy West
1942
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as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Dog Trouble
1942
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as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Saps in Chaps
1942
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as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
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Dog Meets Dog
1942
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as Butch
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Age: 47
Symphony Hour
1942
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as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Joe Smith, American
1942
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as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
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Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1941
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as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
The Thrifty Pig
1941
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as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Dumbo
1941
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as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
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as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Whistling in the Dark
1941
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as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
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Age: 46
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
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as Irish Mouse (voice)
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Age: 46
Robot Wrecks
1941
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as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Meet John Doughboy
1941
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as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Cracked Nuts
1941
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as Parachute Man
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Age: 46
Las Vegas Nights
1941
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as Horse (voice)
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Age: 46
Timber
1941
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as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Sneak Easily
1932
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as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Dentist
1932
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as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
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Age: 38
The Devil Is Driving
1932
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as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
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Age: 38
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Taxi for Two
1932
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as The District Attorney
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Age: 38
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The Hollywood Handicap
1932
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as
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Age: 37
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A Slip at the Switch
1932
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as Feeny
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Age: 37
The Boiling Point
1932
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as Stubby - Kirk Hand
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Age: 37
By Whose Hand?
1932
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as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Age: 37
Night World
1932
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as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Runt Page
1932
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as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Bridge Wives
1932
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as Radio announcer
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Age: 37
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Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
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as Installment Man
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Age: 37
The Tabasco Kid
1932
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as Susie (voice)
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Age: 37
The Secret Witness
1931
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as Radio Announcer's Voice
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Age: 37
Branded Men
1931
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as Half-A-Rod
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Age: 37
Monkey Business
1931
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as Man in Deck Chair
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Age: 36
The Texas Ranger
1931
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as Tubby
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Age: 36
Trader Hound
1931
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as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 36
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Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
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as Honeymooner
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Age: 36
Soup to Nuts
1930
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as Revolutionary (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Top Speed
1930
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as Ipps
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Age: 35
Dancing Sweeties
1930
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as Bud (uncredited)
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Age: 35
The Man Hunter
1930
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as Buggs
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Age: 35
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
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as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
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Age: 35
Loose Ankles
1930
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as Mr. Berry from Logan
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Age: 35