Billy Bletcher
Country: United States
Gender: M
Birthday: 1894-09-24
Died: 1979-01-05
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.
Actor:
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1. Looney Tunes (1930), series
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2. Monkey Business (1931), film...Man in Deck Chair
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3. Beau Hunks (1931), film...New Recruit #11
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4. The Dentist (1932), film...Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
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5. She Done Him Wrong (1933), film...Singing Waiter (uncredited)
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6. The Mad Doctor (1933), film...Doctor XXX (uncredited)
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7. Babes in Toyland (1934), film...Chief of Police
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8. Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934), film...Race Commentator [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
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9. Desert Storm (1936), film...Bob - a Wedding Guest
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10. Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936), film...Captain Katt
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11. Get Rich Quick Porky (1937), film...Driver
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12. Have you got any castles (1938), film...Basso Man
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13. Destry Rides Again (1939), film...Pianist
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14. The Ape (1940), film...Short Mustached Posse Man
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15. I Married a Witch (1942), film...Wedding Photographer
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16. Whistling in Brooklyn (1943), film...Announcer
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17. Buffalo Bill (1944), film...Short Man
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18. Road to Utopia (1945), film...Bear (voice) (uncredited)
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19. The Verdict (1946), film...Gravedigger
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20. Deadline at Dawn (1946), film...Waiter
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21. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), film...Western Character
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22. Sinbad the Sailor (1947), film...Crier at Auction
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23. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947), film...Newsboy (uncredited)
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24. Down to Earth (1947), film...Conductor
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25. Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), film...Headless Horseman
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26. Calamity Jane (1953), film...Prospector
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27. Houdini (1953), film...Italian Basso
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28. Destry (1954), film...Townsman
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29. Sleeping Beauty (1959), film...Maleficent's Goon
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30. The Nutty Professor (1963), film...Plumber
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31. Harlow (1965), film...Policeman
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32. Hello, Dolly! (1969), film...Minor Role
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33. The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986), series...Recruit (archive footage)
Voice:
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1. Me and My Pal (1933), film...Police Dispatcher
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2. Three Little Pigs (1933), film...Big Bad Wolf
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3. Ye Olden Days (1933), film...King
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4. Star Spangled Banquet (1934), film...Big Bad Wolf
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5. The Big Bad Wolf (1934), film...Big Bad Wolf
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6. The Golden Touch (1935), film...King Midas
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7. Thru the Mirror (1936), film...Radio
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8. Three Little Wolves (1936), film...Big Bad Wolf
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9. Lonesome Ghosts (1937), film...Short Ghost
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10. Block-Heads (1938), film...Midget
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11. The Wizard of Oz (1939), film...Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member
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12. Society Dog Show (1939), film...Judge
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13. Pinocchio (1940), film...Donkeys
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14. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940), film...Pete
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15. Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941), film...Clown
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16. Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942), film...Big Bad Wolf
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17. The New Neighbor (1953), film...Pete
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18. Get a Horse! (2013), film...Peg-Leg Pete