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person_profile-Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Sep 23, 1894

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 05, 1979

Biography of

Billy Bletcher

    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 of

Billy Bletcher

Found 98 Movies in total

Once Upon a Halloween

Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2002

Everybody Loves Mickey

Short Ghost ( Actor )

... 2001

Rootin' Tootin' Roundup

Pete(archive sound) ( Actor )

... 1989

Disney's Halloween Treat

Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

Hello, Dolly!

Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

The Chase

Mr. Vincent (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1966

Harlow

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1965

The Nutty Professor

Plumber (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

Pete (voice) ( Actor )

... 1960

Calamity Jane

Prospector (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Father Takes the Air

Haggarly ( Actor )

... 1951

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Headless Horseman (voice) ( Actor )

... 1949

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Western Character (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Down to Earth

Conductor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Verdict

Gravedigger ( Actor )

... 1946

Deadline at Dawn

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Road to Utopia

Bear (uncredited) (voice) ( Actor )

... 1946

Incendiary Blonde

Clown (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Lost in a Harem

Bobo (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Casanova Brown

Father in Waiting Room (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

And the Angels Sing

Club Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

True to Life

Radio Heavy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

Announcer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Boss of Rawhide

Jed Bones ( Actor )

... 1943

Best Foot Forward

Waxer ( Actor )

... 1943

Crazy House

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1943

Swing Shift Maisie

Workman (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Chatterbox

Black Jake ( Actor )

... 1943

Slightly Dangerous

Customer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Stand by for Action

Sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

Joe Smith, American

Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Dumbo

Clown (voice) ( Actor )

... 1941

Whistling in the Dark

Radio Effects Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Cracked Nuts

Parachute Man ( Actor )

... 1941

Hit Parade of 1941

Radio Actor ( Actor )

... 1940

The Ape

Short Mustached Posse Man ( Actor )

... 1940

Melody Ranch

Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor ( Actor )

... 1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

Last Porter ( Actor )

... 1940

Edison, the Man

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1940

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Don Del Oro (voice) ( Actor )

... 1939

Destry Rides Again

Pianist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Dancing Co-Ed

Radio Man (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Wizard of Oz

Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Masked Lone Ranger (voice) ( Actor )

... 1939

California Frontier

Bellhop ( Actor )

... 1938

The Mexicali Kid

Stagecoach Driver ( Actor )

... 1938

Professor Beware

Shoeshine Customer ( Actor )

... 1938

Men with Wings

Red Cross Man ( Actor )

... 1938

The Lone Ranger

Lone Ranger (voice) ( Actor )

... 1938

Double Wedding

Wedding Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

God's Country and the Man

Sandy Briggs ( Actor )

... 1937

The Californian

Tax Collector ( Actor )

... 1937

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue

Big bad wolf (voice) ( Actor )

... 1937

Can This Be Dixie?

John P. Smith Peachtree ( Actor )

... 1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Property Man ( Actor )

... 1936

Wives Never Know

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Satan Met a Lady

Father of Sextuplets (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Rhythm on the Range

Buck's Friend ( Actor )

... 1936

Early to Bed

Office Boy ( Actor )

... 1936

Lash of the Penitentes

Narrating Missionary ( Actor )

... 1936

Coronado

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Rainmakers

Townsman ( Actor )

... 1935

Two-Fisted

Cop ( Actor )

... 1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Timekeeper (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Begins at Forty

Hog Caller ( Actor )

... 1935

The Lost City

Gorzo ( Actor )

... 1935

Babes in Toyland

Chief of Police (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

Tomato Thrower (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Morning Glory

Actor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Diplomaniacs

Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

A Lady's Profession

Keyhole McKluskey ( Actor )

... 1933

She Done Him Wrong

Singing Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Boiling Point

Stubby - Kirk Hand ( Actor )

... 1932

By Whose Hand?

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed) ( Actor )

... 1932

Night World

Nightclub Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Secret Witness

Radio Announcer's Voice ( Actor )

... 1931

Branded Men

Half-A-Rod ( Actor )

... 1931

Monkey Business

Man in Deck Chair ( Actor )

... 1931

The Texas Ranger

Tubby ( Actor )

... 1931

Soup to Nuts

Revolutionary (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Top Speed

Ipps ( Actor )

... 1930

Dancing Sweeties

Bud (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

The Man Hunter

Buggs ( Actor )

... 1930

Show Girl in Hollywood

Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors ( Actor )

... 1930

Loose Ankles

Mr. Berry from Logan ( Actor )

... 1930

The Terrible People

Proody ( Actor )

... 1928

The Cowboy Kid

Deputy Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1928

Daredevil's Reward

Slim ( Actor )

... 1928

Two Girls Wanted

Johnny ( Actor )

... 1927

The Patent Leather Kid

Fight Fan ( Actor )

... 1927

The Dude Cowboy

Shorty O'Day ( Actor )

... 1926

Billy Jim

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1922