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Billy Bletcher

Acting

3.5 Popularity Sep 23, 1894 (84 years old) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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 ...

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.

Filmography 337

2013
Get a Horse! Movie

as Peg-Leg Pete (voice)

2007
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Movie

as Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

2005
Once Upon a Halloween Movie

as Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete)

2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 Movie

as Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)

2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 Movie

as Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound)

2001
Everybody Loves Mickey Movie

as Short Ghost

1997
1993
MGM Cartoon Christmas Movie

as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1991
Disney’s Coyote Tales Movie

as Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice)

1989
Rootin' Tootin' Roundup Movie

as Pete(archive sound)

1987
Here's Goofy! Movie

as Narrator (voice)

1982
Disney's Halloween Treat Movie

as Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)

1969
Hello, Dolly! Movie

as Man (uncredited)

1966
The Chase Movie

as Mr. Vincent (uncredited)

1965

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Billy Bletcher Photo
Billy Bletcher Photo

Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday September 23, 1894 (84 years old)
Died January 05, 1979
Place of Birth Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Billie Bletcher, William Bletcher, Billy Fletcher and 2 more
Years Active 1915 - 2013
Popularity 3.5
Career Stats
337 Total Credits
328 Movie Roles
6 TV Roles
2 Photos