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Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher, born as William Bletcher on September 24, 1894, was a renowned American actor, best known for providing the voice for a wide array of classic animated characters. These include Pete in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse short films and the Big Bad Wolf in Disney's Three Little Pigs. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bletcher made appearances in films and later television spanning from the 1910s to the 1970s, including appearances in several Our Gang and The Three Stooges comedies. His distinctive deep, strong and booming baritone voice made him an ideal choice for a variety of voice-acting roles, including characters in Walt Disney Productions. He also auditioned for one of the dwarfs in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but was rejected due to fear of recognition. His voice work was not limited to Disney, Bletcher also worked for Ub Iwerks and Warner Bros. He even did ADR work for the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz in 1939. His career includes voice acting for various MGM films, Warner Bros. characters, and several cartoons. Bletcher remained active in the industry till 1971 and even made one of his last performances as Pappy Yokum in a television adaptation of Lil Abner in 1971.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: William Bletcher
Born: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: September 24, 1894
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1914-1971
Children: 1
Spouses: Arlyn H. Roberts
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Movies Featuring Billy Bletcher
Dumbo
Get a Horse!
Once Upon a Halloween
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Disney’s Halloween Treat
Rootin’ Tootin’ Roundup
One Too Many
The Battle Royal
The Serenade
Jane’s Bashful Hero
Maid in Hollywood
The Dognapper
The Mad Doctor
Canvas Back Duck
Meet John Doughboy
Casanova Brown
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Bear and the Bean
The Verdict
Lost in a Harem
The Devil Is Driving
Joe Smith, American
Three Little Pigs
Deadline at Dawn
Home on the Range
Incendiary Blonde
Swing Shift Maisie
Melody Ranch
Tubby the Tuba
The Big Bad Wolf
Bear Raid Warden
Heavenly Puss
One-Horse Farmers
Punch Drunks
Mama’s Little Pirate
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Polar Pest
Crazy House
Gallant Journey
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Canine Casanova
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Ye Olden Days
Sky Trooper
The New Neighbor
Two Gun Goofy
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
I Haven’t Got a Hat
The Robber Kitten
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Daffy’s Southern Exposure
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Harlow
Mississippi Hare
Whistling in the Dark
She Done Him Wrong
One Track Minds
I Married a Witch
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Midnight Patrol
Two-Gun Mickey
Air Fright
War Dogs
Slightly Dangerous
Edison, the Man
A Sunbonnet Blue
A Day at the Beach
The Practical Pig
Little Boy Blue
The Merry Old Soul
Sioux Me
Porky’s Building
Polar Pals
Mama’s New Hat
Dog Daze
Solid Serenade
Seal Skinners
Mickey’s Man Friday
The Lone Ranger
Baby Puss
Bingo Crosbyana
An All American Toothache
Men with Wings
Porky in the North Woods
Show Girl in Hollywood
The Lone Chipmunks
Farmyard Symphony
Billboard Frolics
Picador Porky
What a Lion!
Divot Diggers
Lonesome Ghosts
Who Killed Who?
The Zoot Cat
Morning Glory
The Story Behind Walt Disney’s ‘Fun and Fancy Free’
A Knight for a Day
The Film Fan
Bowery Bugs
Mickey’s Mellerdrammer
Modern Inventions
Egghead Rides Again
Blue Monday
Alias St. Nick
The Truce Hurts
Trombone Trouble
Dancing Co-Ed
Gas
The Hound and the Rabbit
Walt Disney’s Academy Award Revue
Porky’s Duck Hunt
Shanghaied Shipmates
The Winning Ticket
Life Begins at Forty
Duck Pimples
Moving Day
Boy Meets Dog
Sneak Easily
The Ape
The First Round-Up
Speaking of the Weather
Hit Parade of 1941
The Rainmakers
Porky’s Movie Mystery
Timber
The Chase
Lash of the Penitentes
Porky’s Romance
Tom Turk and Daffy
Symphony Hour
Mickey’s Service Station
Three Little Wolves
Zorro’s Fighting Legion
The Dentist
And the Angels Sing
The Lone Stranger and Porky
The Captain’s Christmas
Dog Trouble
A Cartoonist’s Nightmare
The Autograph Hound
Playing the Ponies
Dancing Sweeties
Bear Feat
Runt Page
Hide and Shriek
I Love to Singa
The Thrifty Pig
The Lyin’ Mouse
New Shoes
Little Beau Porky
Getting Gertie’s Goat
Now That Summer Is Gone
Buck Benny Rides Again
Pluto’s Dream House
Make Mine Freedom
Porky’s Road Race
Bridge Wives
Boom Boom
Bedtime Worries
You’re an Education
Saps in Chaps
Officer Duck
Diplomaniacs
Rhythm on the Range
Professor Beware
Best Foot Forward
Trailblazer Magoo
Swing Shift Cinderella
Porky’s Tire Trouble
Pluto’s Judgement Day
Down to Earth
I Wanna Be a Sailor
Donald Gets Drafted
Top Speed
Old Smokey
The Fella with a Fiddle
A Feud There Was
The Fresh Lobster
Night World
The Riveter
True to Life
How to Be a Detective
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Twin Triplets
Don’t Look Now
Quiet Please!
What’s Brewin’, Bruin?
Poultry Pirates
Pigs Is Pigs
Cleaning House
The Captain’s Pup
Uncle Tom’s Bungalow
The Patent Leather Kid
By Whose Hand?
Three Chumps Ahead
Porky in Wackyland
The Golden Touch
Donald’s Ostrich
Whistling in Brooklyn
The Lost City
How to Vote
Maisie Goes to Reno
Babes in Toyland
Loose Ankles
Ain’t We Got Fun
Three Blind Mouseketeers
Der Fuehrer’s Face
The Little Broadcast
Balloon Land
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Trader Hound
Milk and Money
Las Vegas Nights
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Sweet Sioux
The Fire Alarm
Pluto’s Blue Note
Satan Met a Lady
Rabbit Punch
Porky’s Railroad
Teacher’s Beau
Dick Whittington’s Cat
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A Bear for Punishment
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Alpine Antics
Stand by for Action
Career Timeline
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1949
Heavenly Puss
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare
Col. Shuffle
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Headless Horseman (voice)
Bowery Bugs
Steve Brody
Bear Feat
Pa Bear
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
1948
The Bear and the Bean
Barney Bear (voice)
The Truce Hurts
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom
Labor employee (voice)
What’s Brewin’, Bruin?
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Tubby the Tuba
Frog (voice)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Western Character (uncredited)
Down to Earth
Conductor (uncredited)
Pluto’s Blue Note
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
1946
The Verdict
Gravedigger
Deadline at Dawn
Waiter (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Solid Serenade
Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
A Knight for a Day
Narrator (voice)
1945
Incendiary Blonde
Clown (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Casanova Brown
Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden
Barney Bear
Polar Pest
Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Gas
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Club Patron (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
Workman (Uncredited)
Crazy House
Policeman
War Dogs
Military General (voice) (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Customer (uncredited)
Baby Puss
Butch (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
Waxer
True to Life
Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
Announcer (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer’s Face
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
The Little Broadcast
Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Joe Smith, American
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy’s Southern Exposure
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Symphony Hour
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Trouble
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
Sailor (uncredited)
1941
Dumbo
Meet John Doughboy
Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Irish Mouse (voice)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
Timber
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Thrifty Pig
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Las Vegas Nights
Horse (voice)
1940
Home on the Range
Coyote Bark
Melody Ranch
Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Pete
Edison, the Man
Reporter
The Ape
Short Mustached Posse Man
Hit Parade of 1941
Radio Actor
Buck Benny Rides Again
Last Porter
Pluto’s Dream House
Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Riveter
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1939
The Practical Pig
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me
Indian chorus (voice)
Polar Pals
I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Mama’s New Hat
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Film Fan
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Porky’s Movie Mystery
Invisible Man
Zorro’s Fighting Legion
Don Del Oro (voice)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
The Autograph Hound
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Officer Duck
Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Porky’s Tire Trouble
Boss
1938
A Day at the Beach
Captain
The Lone Ranger
Lone Ranger (voice)
Men with Wings
Red Cross Man
Farmyard Symphony
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
What a Lion!
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Boy Meets Dog
Voice
The Captain’s Christmas
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Hide and Shriek
Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Now That Summer Is Gone
Pop (voice) (uncredited)
You’re an Education
Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Professor Beware
Shoeshine Customer
Old Smokey
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
Poultry Pirates
Captain
Cleaning House
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain’s Pup
Captain (voice)
Porky in Wackyland
Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
1937
A Sunbonnet Blue
Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Porky’s Building
Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze
St. Bernard (voice)
Picador Porky
Bull (uncredited)
Lonesome Ghosts
Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Egghead Rides Again
Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
The Hound and the Rabbit
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney’s Academy Award Revue
Big bad wolf (voice)
Porky’s Duck Hunt
The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Speaking of the Weather
Public Enemy #1 / Judge
Porky’s Romance
Time Munches On Narrator
Playing the Ponies
Announcer (uncredited)
The Lyin’ Mouse
Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Porky’s Road Race
Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
The Fella with a Fiddle
Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Pigs Is Pigs
Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom’s Bungalow
Simon Simon Legree (voice)
Donald’s Ostrich
Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Ain’t We Got Fun
Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Sweet Sioux
Native American (voice)
Porky’s Railroad
Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
1936
Little Boy Blue
Wolf (voice)
Bingo Crosbyana
Spider (voice)
An All American Toothache
Plumber #1 (uncredited)
Porky in the North Woods
Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Divot Diggers
Golfer
Shanghaied Shipmates
Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Moving Day
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Lash of the Penitentes
Narrating Missionary
Three Little Wolves
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
I Love to Singa
Father (voice)
New Shoes
Boy's Shoes (voice)
Little Beau Porky
Ali-Mode, Commandant
Boom Boom
General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Rhythm on the Range
Buck's Friend
Don’t Look Now
Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
How to Vote
Man on Platform (uncredited)
Three Blind Mouseketeers
Captain Katt
Milk and Money
Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
The Fire Alarm
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady
Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
Dick Whittington’s Cat
Cook
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Property Man
Alpine Antics
Bully (voice) (uncredited)
1935
I Haven’t Got a Hat
Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
The Robber Kitten
Dirty Bill
The Merry Old Soul
Old King Cole (voice)
Mickey’s Man Friday
Friday (voice) (uncredited)
Billboard Frolics
Dave Rub-Em-Off
Alias St. Nick
Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
Hog Caller
The Rainmakers
Townsman
Mickey’s Service Station
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist’s Nightmare
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
Pluto’s Judgement Day
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Timekeeper (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
Merchant (uncredited)
The Golden Touch
King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
The Lost City
Gorzo
Balloon Land
Pincushion Man (voice)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher’s Beau
Chairman of the Board
1934
Maid in Hollywood
Information Clerk (uncredited)
The Dognapper
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Mama’s Little Pirate
Voice of Giant
Two-Gun Mickey
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The First Round-Up
Wally's Father
Three Chumps Ahead
Second Waiter (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Chief of Police (uncredited)
1933
The Mad Doctor
Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
Three Little Pigs
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Ye Olden Days
King (voice) (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
One Track Minds
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
Radio dispatcher (voice)
Air Fright
Stunt Aviator
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
Mickey’s Mellerdrammer
Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
Bedtime Worries
Radio Voice
Diplomaniacs
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
1932
The Devil Is Driving
Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Dentist
Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
Runt Page
Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
Radio announcer
Night World
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
By Whose Hand?
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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