Acting
Billy Bletcher
EN, FR, DE, XX cinema · 338 credits
Born
23 September 1894
Died
5 January 1979 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Billie Bletcher · William Bletcher · Billy Fletcher · William Fletcher · Sid Smith
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
Filmography
Get a Horse!
as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
Everybody Loves Donald
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
as Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
MGM Cartoon Christmas
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Goofy's Guide to Success
as Pete (archive footage)
Disneys Desperados
1989
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup
as Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Here's Goofy!
as Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
Hello, Dolly!
as Man (uncredited)
The Chase
as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
Harlow
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Nutty Professor
as Plumber (uncredited)
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Pete (voice)
Trailblazer Magoo
as Various (voice)(uncredited)
The Lone Chipmunks
as Pete (voice)
The New Neighbor
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Canvas Back Duck
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
How to Be a Detective
as Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Two Gun Goofy
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
as Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Father Takes the Air
as Haggarly
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Heavenly Puss
as Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Headless Horseman (voice)
Bear Feat
as Pa Bear
Mississippi Hare
as Col. Shuffle
Bowery Bugs
as Steve Brody
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
as Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Truce Hurts
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch
as The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom
as Labor employee (voice)
What's Brewin', Bruin?
as Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear and the Bean
as Barney Bear (voice)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Western Character (uncredited)
Wide Open Spaces
as Motel Proprietor (voice)
Down to Earth
as Conductor (uncredited)
Pluto's Blue Note
as Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Tubby the Tuba
as Frog (voice)
A Knight for a Day
as Narrator (voice)
Solid Serenade
as Evil Laugh (archive voice) (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Verdict
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
as Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
as Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Old Sequoia
as Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
as Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
as Clown (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
as Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
as Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
The Bodyguard
as Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
as Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Gas
as Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
as Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
as Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden
as Barney Bear
Polar Pest
as Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
as Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
as Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
The Old Army Game
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Announcer (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
as Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide
as Jed Bones
Chatterbox
as Black Jake
The Little Broadcast
as Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Customer (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
as Waxer
Crazy House
as Policeman (uncredited)
True to Life
as Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Workman (Uncredited)
War Dogs
1943
War Dogs
as Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Vanishing Private
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
as Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
as Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
as Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
The Wild and Woozy West
as Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
as Wedding Photographer (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Even as IOU
as Seabasket - the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Robot Wrecks
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Dumbo
as Clown (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Timber
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
as Irish Mouse (voice)
Meet John Doughboy
as Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
as Parachute Man
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1941
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
as Horse (voice)
The Pooch Parade
as Various
Pluto's Dream House
as Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Riveter
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
as Reporter
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Last Porter
The Ape
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Melody Ranch
as Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Hit Parade of 1941
as Radio Actor
Mouse Meets Lion
1940
Mouse Meets Lion
as Lion (voice)
Home on the Range
as Coyote Bark
Sioux Me
as Indian chorus (voice)
The Autograph Hound
as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
as Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Polar Pals
as I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
A Haunting We Will Go
as Ghost (voice)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
Mama's New Hat
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Don Del Oro (voice)
Seal Skinners
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Practical Pig
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
as Pianist (uncredited)
Porky's Movie Mystery
as Invisible Man
Dancing Co-Ed
as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
The Film Fan
as Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
as Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
Petunia Natural Park
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Wizard of Oz
as Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
Boy Meets Dog
as Voice
Porky in Wackyland
as Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
You're an Education
as Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Now That Summer Is Gone
as Pop (voice) (uncredited)
Hide and Shriek
as Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
The Winning Ticket
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Lone Ranger (voice)
A Feud There Was
as Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
1938
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands
as Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
1938
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
as Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
The Mexicali Kid
as Stagecoach Driver
Men with Wings
as Red Cross Man
A Day at the Beach
as Captain
Poultry Pirates
as Captain
Professor Beware
as Shoeshine Customer
Farmyard Symphony
as Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Pup
as Captain (voice)
The Captain's Christmas
as The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Phoney Express
as Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
What a Lion!
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Cleaning House
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Old Smokey
as Captain (voice) (uncredited)
California Frontier
as Bellhop
Have You Got Any Castles
as Basso Man (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
as Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Sweet Sioux
as Native American (voice)
The Hound and the Rabbit
as Fox (voice) (uncredited)
The Fella with a Fiddle
as Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Donald's Ostrich
as Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
as Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
as Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance
as Time Munches On Narrator
Speaking of the Weather
as Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
as Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze
as St. Bernard (voice)
Egghead Rides Again
as Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
as Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
as Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
as Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
The Worm Turns
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts
as Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Californian
as Tax Collector
The Lyin' Mouse
as Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Playing the Ponies
as Announcer (uncredited)
Porky's Building
as Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Double Wedding
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ain't We Got Fun
as Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Duck Hunt
as The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
as Sandy Briggs
Picador Porky
as Bull (uncredited)
A Sunbonnet Blue
as Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Review
1937
Mickey's Review
as Dog Catcher (voice)
Get Rich Quick Porky
as Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Look Now
as Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
as Wolf (voice)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
as Captain Katt
I Love to Singa
as Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Shanghaied Shipmates
as Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Boom Boom
as General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Bingo Crosbyana
as Spider (voice)
Milk and Money
as Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Little Beau Porky
as Ali-Mode, Commandant
Lash of the Penitentes
as Narrating Missionary
How to Vote
as Man on Platform (uncredited)
Alpine Antics
as Bully (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods
as Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Moving Day
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
An All American Toothache
as Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Three Little Wolves
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range
as Buck's Friend
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Property Man
Satan Met a Lady
as Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Early to Bed
as Office Boy (uncredited)
New Shoes
as Boy's Shoes (voice)
The Fire Alarm
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Thru the Mirror
as Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
as John P. Smith Peachtree
Divot Diggers
as Golfer
Wives Never Know
as Drunk (uncredited)
The Lost City
as Gorzo
The Golden Touch
as King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
I Haven't Got a Hat
as Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
The Merry Old Soul
as Old King Cole (voice)
The Robber Kitten
as Dirty Bill
Balloon Land
as Pincushion Man (voice)
Gold Diggers of '49
as Beans (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
as Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
as Cop
The Tin Man
as The Tin Man (voice)
Twin Triplets
as Merchant (uncredited)
Pluto's Judgement Day
as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
as Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Billboard Frolics
as Dave Rub-Em-Off
Coronado
as Waiter (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
as Hog Caller
Mickey's Man Friday
as Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick
as Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
The Rainmakers
as Townsman
Little Dutch Plate
as Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Beau
as Chairman of the Board
Music in Your Hair
1934
Music in Your Hair
as Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
Shanghaied
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
1934
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Two-Gun Mickey
as Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead
as Second Waiter (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
as Information Clerk (uncredited)
The Dognapper
as Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
as Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Goofy Movies Number Two
as Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
The First Round-Up
as Wally's Father
Mama's Little Pirate
as Voice of Giant
Buddy's Garage
as Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy of the Apes
as Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy's Bearcats
as Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs
as Big Bad Wolf (voice)
She Done Him Wrong
as Singing Waiter (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
as Radio dispatcher (voice)
A Lady's Profession
as Keyhole McKluskey
The Mad Doctor
as Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Husbands' Reunion
as Judge
Air Fright
as Stunt Aviator
One Track Minds
as Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
as Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
as Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Building a Building
as (voice) (uncredited)
Ye Olden Days
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
Rhapsody in Brew
as Meyer Schmaltz
Call Her Sausage
1933
Call Her Sausage
as Meyer (uncredited)
Taxi Barons
as Host - Jenna's Father
The Rummy
1933
The Rummy
as Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
Keg o' My Heart
1933
Keg o' My Heart
as Meyer Schmaltz
Diplomaniacs
as Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Bedtime Worries
as Radio Voice
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
Night World
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Runt Page
as Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
as Radio announcer
The Boiling Point
as Stubby - Kirk Hand
The Dentist
as Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Sneak Easily
as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Tabasco Kid
as Susie (voice)
Taxi for Two
1932
Taxi for Two
as The District Attorney
By Whose Hand?
as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Devil Is Driving
as Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Never the Twins Shall Meet
1932
Never the Twins Shall Meet
as Installment Man
The Texas Ranger
as Tubby
Branded Men
as Half-A-Rod
The Secret Witness
as Radio Announcer's Voice
Trader Hound
as Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
Monkey Business
as Man in Deck Chair
The Man Hunter
as Buggs
Dancing Sweeties
as Bud (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
Top Speed
as Ipps
Soup to Nuts
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Loose Ankles
as Mr. Berry from Logan
The Cowboy Kid
as Deputy Sheriff
The Terrible People
as Proody
Two Girls Wanted
as Johnny
The Patent Leather Kid
as Fight Fan
One Hour of Love
as 'Half Pint' Walker
The Dude Cowboy
as Shorty O'Day
The Wild Girl
Director
The Silent Guardian
Director
That's the Spirit
1924
That's the Spirit
as The Crooked Scientist
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Mr Smith
Kidding Katie
as The Butler
Turn to the Right
as Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
Cold Feet
1922
Cold Feet
as Pride of the Mounted
Billy Jim
as Jimmy
Dry and Thirsty
as Horace Radish, Writer
A Bashful Bigamist
as Mr. Smith
A Roman Scandal
as Stage Director
Jane's Bashful Hero
as Louie
One Too Many
as Unhappy Boarder
The Serenade
as Schmitte
The Battle Royal
as Grandpa Runt