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Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Actor · Born 1894-09-23 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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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 p…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) — Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
  2. Dumbo (1941) — Clown (voice) (uncredited)
  3. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) — Headless Horseman (voice)
  4. The Nutty Professor (1963) — Plumber (uncredited)
  5. Get Smart (1965) — Frank Ogg
  6. Three Little Pigs (1933) — Big Bad Wolf (voice)
  7. Hello, Dolly! (1969) — Man (uncredited)
  8. The Chase (1966) — Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
  9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) — Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
  10. Get a Horse! (2013) — Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
  11. I Married a Witch (1942)
  12. Monkey Business (1931) — Man in Deck Chair
  13. Destry Rides Again (1939) — Pianist (uncredited)
  14. Calamity Jane (1953) — Prospector (uncredited)
  15. Thru the Mirror (1936) — Radio (voice) (uncredited)
  16. Der Fuehrer's Face (1943) — Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
  17. Lonesome Ghosts (1937) — Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
  18. Babes in Toyland (1934) — Chief of Police (uncredited)
  19. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) — Western Character (uncredited)
  20. She Done Him Wrong (1933) — Singing Waiter (uncredited)
  21. The Big Bad Wolf (1934) — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
  22. The Golden Touch (1935) — King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
  23. Three Little Wolves (1936) — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
  24. Ye Olden Days (1933) — King (voice) (uncredited)
  25. The Mad Doctor (1933) — Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
  26. I Love to Singa (1936) — Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
  27. Porky in Wackyland (1938) — Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
  28. Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936) — Captain Katt
  29. Building a Building (1933) — (voice) (uncredited)
  30. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940) — Pete
  31. Quiet Please! (1945) — Spike (voice) (uncredited)
  32. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) — Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
  33. A Knight for a Day (1946) — Narrator (voice)
  34. Modern Inventions (1937) — Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
  35. Heavenly Puss (1949) — Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
  36. Baby Puss (1943) — Butch (voice) (uncredited)
  37. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935) — Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
  38. Dog Trouble (1942) — Spike (voice) (uncredited)
  39. Morning Glory (1933) — Actor (uncredited)
  40. The New Neighbor (1953) — Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Directed

  1. The Wild Girl (1925) — Director
  2. The Silent Guardian (1925) — Director