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Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

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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

A Knight for a Day

A Knight for a Day

1946

Robot Wrecks

Robot Wrecks

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

Boy Meets Dog

Boy Meets Dog

1938

Dumbo

Dumbo

1941

The Pooch Parade

The Pooch Parade

1940

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1949

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

1937

Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

1936

Sioux Me

Sioux Me

1939

Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943

Sweet Sioux

Sweet Sioux

1937

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

1933

She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

1933

A Bear for Punishment

A Bear for Punishment

1951

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

Quiet Please!

Quiet Please!

1945

The Truce Hurts

The Truce Hurts

1948

The Zoot Cat

The Zoot Cat

1944

Turn to the Right

Turn to the Right

1922

The Man Hunter

The Man Hunter

1930

Daredevil's Reward

Daredevil's Reward

1928

Once Upon a Halloween

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

The Hound and the Rabbit

The Hound and the Rabbit

1937

The Cowboy Kid

The Cowboy Kid

1928

Music in Your Hair

Music in Your Hair

1934

The Lost City

The Lost City

1935

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1936

Sky Trooper

Sky Trooper

1942

The Old Army Game

The Old Army Game

1943

The Thrifty Pig

The Thrifty Pig

1941

The Vanishing Private

The Vanishing Private

1942

The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1933

Heavenly Puss

Heavenly Puss

1949

Solid Serenade

Solid Serenade

1946

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

1944

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

1940

Old Sequoia

Old Sequoia

1945

Pluto's Dream House

Pluto's Dream House

1940

Symphony Hour

Symphony Hour

1942

The New Neighbor

The New Neighbor

1953

Three Blind Mouseketeers

Three Blind Mouseketeers

1936

Trombone Trouble

Trombone Trouble

1944

Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces

1947

The Texas Ranger

The Texas Ranger

1931

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949

The Autograph Hound

The Autograph Hound

1939

Canvas Back Duck

Canvas Back Duck

1953

Donald Gets Drafted

Donald Gets Drafted

1942

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

1941

Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

I Love to Singa

I Love to Singa

1936

Duck Pimples

Duck Pimples

1945

Timber

Timber

1941

The Fella with a Fiddle

The Fella with a Fiddle

1937

Night World

Night World

1932

Officer Duck

Officer Duck

1939

Runt Page

Runt Page

1932

A Lady's Profession

A Lady's Profession

1933

Donald's Ostrich

Donald's Ostrich

1937

Modern Inventions

Modern Inventions

1937

The Golden Touch

The Golden Touch

1935

The Riveter

The Riveter

1940

The Lone Chipmunks

The Lone Chipmunks

1954

Hold’er Cowboy

Hold’er Cowboy

1928

Tom Turk and Daffy

Tom Turk and Daffy

1944

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Little Red Riding Rabbit

1944

Porky's Road Race

Porky's Road Race

1937

Rabbit Punch

Rabbit Punch

1948

Porky's Romance

Porky's Romance

1937

Speaking of the Weather

Speaking of the Weather

1937

I Haven't Got a Hat

I Haven't Got a Hat

1935

Pigs Is Pigs

Pigs Is Pigs

1937

Gas

Gas

1944

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

1944

Bridge Wives

Bridge Wives

1932

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

1933

Bear Feat

Bear Feat

1949

Mississippi Hare

Mississippi Hare

1949

Saps in Chaps

Saps in Chaps

1942

We, the Animals - Squeak!

We, the Animals - Squeak!

1941

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

1942

Bowery Bugs

Bowery Bugs

1949

Dog Daze

Dog Daze

1937

The Merry Old Soul

The Merry Old Soul

1935

Shanghaied Shipmates

Shanghaied Shipmates

1936

Boom Boom

Boom Boom

1936

Bingo Crosbyana

Bingo Crosbyana

1936

The Robber Kitten

The Robber Kitten

1935

Make Mine Freedom

Make Mine Freedom

1948

Egghead Rides Again

Egghead Rides Again

1937

I Wanna Be a Sailor

I Wanna Be a Sailor

1937

Porky in Wackyland

Porky in Wackyland

1938

Jane's Bashful Hero

Jane's Bashful Hero

1916

Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde

1945

You're an Education

You're an Education

1938

Balloon Land

Balloon Land

1935

The Boiling Point

The Boiling Point

1932

Swing Shift Cinderella

Swing Shift Cinderella

1945

The Vanishing Vault

The Vanishing Vault

1915

Now That Summer Is Gone

Now That Summer Is Gone

1938

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

1985

Milk and Money

Milk and Money

1936

Little Beau Porky

Little Beau Porky

1936

Gold Diggers of '49

Gold Diggers of '49

1935

Hide and Shriek

Hide and Shriek

1938

Shanghaied

Shanghaied

1934

A Cartoonist's Nightmare

A Cartoonist's Nightmare

1935

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

1937

Branded Men

Branded Men

1931

A Slip at the Switch

A Slip at the Switch

1932

Get a Horse!

Get a Horse!

2013

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

2002

Dancing Sweeties

Dancing Sweeties

1930

Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted

1935

Polar Pals

Polar Pals

1939

Meet John Doughboy

Meet John Doughboy

1941

MGM Cartoon Christmas

MGM Cartoon Christmas

1993

Dry and Thirsty

Dry and Thirsty

1920

Porky's Railroad

Porky's Railroad

1937

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket

1938

Husbands' Reunion

Husbands' Reunion

1933

Porky's Tire Trouble

Porky's Tire Trouble

1939

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown

1944

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1938

A Feud There Was

A Feud There Was

1938

Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands

Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands

1938

Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter

Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter

1938

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944

A Roman Scandal

A Roman Scandal

1919

One Too Many

One Too Many

1916

Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947

A Bashful Bigamist

A Bashful Bigamist

1920

One-Horse Farmers

One-Horse Farmers

1934

Moonlight and Monkey Business

Moonlight and Monkey Business

1930

Everybody Loves Donald

Everybody Loves Donald

2003

Lash of the Penitentes

Lash of the Penitentes

1936

Dick Whittington's Cat

Dick Whittington's Cat

1936

How to Vote

How to Vote

1936

Top Speed

Top Speed

1930

The Dentist

The Dentist

1932

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

1969

Alpine Antics

Alpine Antics

1936

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

1997

Porky in the North Woods

Porky in the North Woods

1936

The Tin Man

The Tin Man

1935

Two-Gun Mickey

Two-Gun Mickey

1934

Moving Day

Moving Day

1936

The Worm Turns

The Worm Turns

1937

A Haunting We Will Go

A Haunting We Will Go

1939

The Mexicali Kid

The Mexicali Kid

1938

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

1922

Twin Triplets

Twin Triplets

1935

Three Chumps Ahead

Three Chumps Ahead

1934

Sneak Easily

Sneak Easily

1932

Air Fright

Air Fright

1933

One Track Minds

One Track Minds

1933

Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

1934

An All American Toothache

An All American Toothache

1936

Lonesome Ghosts

Lonesome Ghosts

1937

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

1933

The Secret Witness

The Secret Witness

1931

Trader Hound

Trader Hound

1931

Men with Wings

Men with Wings

1938

Mama's New Hat

Mama's New Hat

1939

Me and My Pal

Me and My Pal

1933

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939

Seal Skinners

Seal Skinners

1939

Building a Building

Building a Building

1933

The Practical Pig

The Practical Pig

1939

A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach

1938

Poultry Pirates

Poultry Pirates

1938

Professor Beware

Professor Beware

1938

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939

Porky's Movie Mystery

Porky's Movie Mystery

1939

The Dognapper

The Dognapper

1934

Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed

1939

The Wild and Woozy West

The Wild and Woozy West

1942

Pluto's Judgement Day

Pluto's Judgement Day

1935

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Who Killed Cock Robin?

1935

Three Little Wolves

Three Little Wolves

1936

Ye Olden Days

Ye Olden Days

1933

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

1934

Mickey's Service Station

Mickey's Service Station

1935

Pluto's Blue Note

Pluto's Blue Note

1947

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

1963

The Chase

The Chase

1966

Call the Wagon

Call the Wagon

1923

Farmyard Symphony

Farmyard Symphony

1938

Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1934

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

1962

How to Be a Detective

How to Be a Detective

1952

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue

1937

Who Killed Who?

Who Killed Who?

1943

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940

Yankee Doodle Daffy

Yankee Doodle Daffy

1943

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

1949

What's Brewin', Bruin?

What's Brewin', Bruin?

1948

Goofy Movies Number Two

Goofy Movies Number Two

1934

Daffy's Southern Exposure

Daffy's Southern Exposure

1942

Rootin' Tootin' Roundup

Rootin' Tootin' Roundup

1989

Billboard Frolics

Billboard Frolics

1935

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

The Californian

The Californian

1937

The Dude Cowboy

The Dude Cowboy

1926

Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection

Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection

2004

Rhapsody in Brew

Rhapsody in Brew

1933

Call Her Sausage

Call Her Sausage

1933

Coronado

Coronado

1935

Taxi Barons

Taxi Barons

1933

The Rummy

The Rummy

1933

Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks

1934

Keg o' My Heart

Keg o' My Heart

1933

The Ape

The Ape

1940

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch

1940

Diplomaniacs

Diplomaniacs

1933

Rhythm on the Range

Rhythm on the Range

1936

Harlow

Harlow

1965

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

1960

Life Begins at Forty

Life Begins at Forty

1935

The Serenade

The Serenade

1916

The Lyin' Mouse

The Lyin' Mouse

1937

The Film Fan

The Film Fan

1939

Satan Met a Lady

Satan Met a Lady

1936

That's the Spirit

That's the Spirit

1924

Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

1941

The Tabasco Kid

The Tabasco Kid

1932

Boss of Rawhide

Boss of Rawhide

1943

The Captain's Pup

The Captain's Pup

1938

Playing the Ponies

Playing the Ponies

1937

Bedtime Worries

Bedtime Worries

1933

The First Round-Up

The First Round-Up

1934

The Verdict

The Verdict

1946

Early to Bed

Early to Bed

1936

Soup to Nuts

Soup to Nuts

1930

Chatterbox

Chatterbox

1943

Bear Raid Warden

Bear Raid Warden

1944

Mickey's Man Friday

Mickey's Man Friday

1935

The Little Broadcast

The Little Broadcast

1943

Baby Puss

Baby Puss

1943

The Captain's Christmas

The Captain's Christmas

1938

New Shoes

New Shoes

1936

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

1953

Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

1943

Porky's Building

Porky's Building

1937

The Battle Royal

The Battle Royal

1916

The Fresh Lobster

The Fresh Lobster

1928

Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies

Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies

2001

Porky's Phoney Express

Porky's Phoney Express

1938

The Lone Stranger and Porky

The Lone Stranger and Porky

1939

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

1942

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

2007

Alias St. Nick

Alias St. Nick

1935

The Bear and the Bean

The Bear and the Bean

1948

Polar Pest

Polar Pest

1944

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

1943

What a Lion!

What a Lion!

1938

Cleaning House

Cleaning House

1938

Blue Monday

Blue Monday

1938

The Rainmakers

The Rainmakers

1935

Crazy House

Crazy House

1943

Loose Ankles

Loose Ankles

1930

Father Takes the Air

Father Takes the Air

1951

True to Life

True to Life

1943

Everybody Loves Mickey

Everybody Loves Mickey

2001

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

2003

Petunia Natural Park

Petunia Natural Park

1939

Trailblazer Magoo

Trailblazer Magoo

1956

Billy Jim

Billy Jim

1922

Two Girls Wanted

Two Girls Wanted

1927

Here's Goofy!

Here's Goofy!

1987

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

2004

Old Smokey

Old Smokey

1938

Taxi for Two

Taxi for Two

1932

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

1946

Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem

1944

Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1937

Ain't We Got Fun

Ain't We Got Fun

1937

Canine Casanova

Canine Casanova

1945

Porky's Duck Hunt

Porky's Duck Hunt

1937

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931

The Noodle Nut

The Noodle Nut

1921

The Patent Leather Kid

The Patent Leather Kid

1927

Two Gun Goofy

Two Gun Goofy

1952

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Little Dutch Plate

Little Dutch Plate

1935

Disney's Halloween Treat

Disney's Halloween Treat

1982

Red Riding Hood Rides Again

Red Riding Hood Rides Again

1941

California Frontier

California Frontier

1938

God's Country and the Man

God's Country and the Man

1937

The Fire Alarm

The Fire Alarm

1936

Hit Parade of 1941

Hit Parade of 1941

1940

Disney’s Coyote Tales

Disney’s Coyote Tales

1991

Maisie Goes to Reno

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

Picador Porky

Picador Porky

1937

Mouse Meets Lion

Mouse Meets Lion

1940

Dog Meets Dog

Dog Meets Dog

1942

Kidding Katie

Kidding Katie

1923

A Sunbonnet Blue

A Sunbonnet Blue

1937

Dog Trouble

Dog Trouble

1942

Getting Gertie's Goat

Getting Gertie's Goat

1924

Thru the Mirror

Thru the Mirror

1936

By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand?

1932

Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?

1936

Mama's Little Pirate

Mama's Little Pirate

1934

Teacher's Beau

Teacher's Beau

1935

Divot Diggers

Divot Diggers

1936

The Terrible People

The Terrible People

1928

The Inside Story

The Inside Story

1944

Home on the Range

Home on the Range

1940

Tubby the Tuba

Tubby the Tuba

1947

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

1933

Mickey's Review

Mickey's Review

1937

Wives Never Know

Wives Never Know

1936

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

1946

Las Vegas Nights

Las Vegas Nights

1941

The Hollywood Handicap

The Hollywood Handicap

1932

The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving

1932

War Dogs

War Dogs

1943

Buddy's Garage

Buddy's Garage

1934

Buddy of the Apes

Buddy of the Apes

1934

Buddy's Bearcats

Buddy's Bearcats

1934

The Bar-C Mystery

The Bar-C Mystery

1926

One Hour of Love

One Hour of Love

1927

The Next Voice You Hear...

The Next Voice You Hear...

1950

Never the Twins Shall Meet

Never the Twins Shall Meet

1932

Next Week-End

Next Week-End

1934

Get Smart

Get Smart

1965

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues

1959

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

1951

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1949