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.
Acted in 305
2010s
- 2013
2000s
- 2007
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2005
Once Upon a Halloween
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
- 2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
- 2003
Everybody Loves Donald
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2002
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2001
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1990s
- 1993
MGM Cartoon Christmas
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 1990
Goofy's Guide to Success
Pete (archive footage)
1980s
- 1985
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
1960s
- 1969
- 1966
- 1965
Harlow
Policeman (uncredited)
- 1963
- 1960
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Pete (voice)
1950s
- 1956
Trailblazer Magoo
Various (voice)(uncredited)
- 1954
The Lone Chipmunks
Pete (voice)
- 1953
Canvas Back Duck
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV
- 1952
How to Be a Detective
Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
Two Gun Goofy
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951
A Bear for Punishment
Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Father Takes the Air
Haggarly
- 1950
The Next Voice You Hear...
Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Bear Feat
Pa Bear
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
Heavenly Puss
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Bowery Bugs
Steve Brody
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Hare
Col. Shuffle
- 1948
The Truce Hurts
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Rabbit Punch
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
Make Mine Freedom
Labor employee (voice)
What's Brewin', Bruin?
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear and the Bean
Barney Bear (voice)
- 1947
Pluto's Blue Note
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
Wide Open Spaces
Motel Proprietor (voice)
Down to Earth
Conductor (uncredited)
Tubby the Tuba
Frog (voice)
- 1946
Gallant Journey
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Waiter (uncredited)
- 1945
Old Sequoia
Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
Duck Pimples
Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Casanova
Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
Clown (uncredited)
- 1944
Lost in a Harem
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Bear Raid Warden
Barney Bear
The Bodyguard
Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
Gas
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Club Patron (uncredited)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Trombone Trouble
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Turk and Daffy
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943
True to Life
Radio Heavy (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
Announcer (uncredited)
Boss of Rawhide
Jed Bones
The Old Army Game
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Best Foot Forward
Waxer
Crazy House
Policeman (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Workman (Uncredited)
The Little Broadcast
Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Chatterbox
Black Jake
Slightly Dangerous
Customer (uncredited)
Der Fuehrer's Face
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942
Stand by for Action
Sailor (uncredited)
Sky Trooper
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie
The Vanishing Private
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Even as IOU
Seabasket - the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Donald Gets Drafted
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Saps in Chaps
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Symphony Hour
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- 1941
The Thrifty Pig
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Irish Mouse (voice)
Robot Wrecks
Froggy's Father (uncredited)
Meet John Doughboy
Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
Parachute Man
Las Vegas Nights
Horse (voice)
Timber
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
- 1940
Hit Parade of 1941
Radio Actor
The Ape
Short Mustached Posse Man
Pluto's Dream House
Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
The Pooch Parade
Various
Buck Benny Rides Again
Last Porter
Edison, the Man
Reporter
Home on the Range
Coyote Bark
The Riveter
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Don Del Oro (voice)
Destry Rides Again
Pianist (uncredited)
Officer Duck
Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Sioux Me
Indian chorus (voice)
The Autograph Hound
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
A Haunting We Will Go
Ghost (voice)
Polar Pals
I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Movie Mystery
Invisible Man
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
The Practical Pig
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Tire Trouble
Boss
Mama's New Hat
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Seal Skinners
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Petunia Natural Park
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
- 1938
The Captain's Christmas
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
California Frontier
Bellhop
You're an Education
Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
Farmyard Symphony
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky in Wackyland
Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
The Mexicali Kid
Stagecoach Driver
Old Smokey
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Professor Beware
Shoeshine Customer
Men with Wings
Red Cross Man
What a Lion!
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Have You Got Any Castles
Basso Man (voice) (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
Captain
Hide and Shriek
Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
Now That Summer Is Gone
Pop (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Pup
Captain (voice)
Poultry Pirates
Captain
Blue Monday
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Phoney Express
Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
Boy Meets Dog
Voice
Cleaning House
Captain (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
Lone Ranger (voice)
- 1937
Donald's Ostrich
Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
The Lyin' Mouse
Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
Playing the Ponies
Announcer (uncredited)
I Wanna Be a Sailor
Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Daze
St. Bernard (voice)
Speaking of the Weather
Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
Sandy Briggs
Get Rich Quick Porky
Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Railroad
Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
The Californian
Tax Collector
Egghead Rides Again
Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Sweet Sioux
Native American (voice)
Porky's Building
Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Simon Simon Legree (voice)
The Hound and the Rabbit
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Modern Inventions
Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Ain't We Got Fun
Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Duck Hunt
The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Romance
Time Munches On Narrator
The Fella with a Fiddle
Grandpa Mouse (voice)
Picador Porky
Bull (uncredited)
Porky's Road Race
Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
The Worm Turns
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
- 1936
Porky in the North Woods
Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
John P. Smith Peachtree
Don't Look Now
Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Porky
Ali-Mode, Commandant
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Property Man
Milk and Money
Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
Wives Never Know
Drunk (uncredited)
New Shoes
Boy's Shoes (voice)
How to Vote
Man on Platform (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
Wolf (voice)
I Love to Singa
Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
Rhythm on the Range
Buck's Friend
Moving Day
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Shanghaied Shipmates
Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
Early to Bed
Office Boy (uncredited)
Bingo Crosbyana
Spider (voice)
Dick Whittington's Cat
Cook
Lash of the Penitentes
Narrating Missionary
The Fire Alarm
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Boom Boom
General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
Divot Diggers
Golfer
Alpine Antics
Bully (voice) (uncredited)
- 1935
Coronado
Waiter (uncredited)
Alias St. Nick
Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Billboard Frolics
Dave Rub-Em-Off
Gold Diggers of '49
Beans (voice) (uncredited)
Little Dutch Plate
Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
Merchant (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Cop
Balloon Land
Pincushion Man (voice)
Pluto's Judgement Day
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
The Merry Old Soul
Old King Cole (voice)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Timekeeper (uncredited)
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Teacher's Beau
Chairman of the Board
The Robber Kitten
Dirty Bill
The Tin Man
The Tin Man (voice)
Life Begins at Forty
Hog Caller
The Lost City
Gorzo
I Haven't Got a Hat
Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Service Station
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Man Friday
Friday (voice) (uncredited)
The Fresh Lobster
Movie
- 1934
Two-Gun Mickey
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
The Dognapper
Pete (voice) (uncredited)
Mama's Little Pirate
Voice of Giant
Three Chumps Ahead
Second Waiter (uncredited)
Punch Drunks
Fight Announcer (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Buddy's Bearcats
Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy of the Apes
Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
Information Clerk (uncredited)
The First Round-Up
Wally's Father
Buddy's Garage
Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
Goofy Movies Number Two
Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
Shanghaied
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933
Air Fright
Stunt Aviator
Bedtime Worries
Radio Voice
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
Radio dispatcher (voice)
Husbands' Reunion
Judge
One Track Minds
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession
Keyhole McKluskey
She Done Him Wrong
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932
Sneak Easily
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Dentist
Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
The Devil Is Driving
Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
Stubby - Kirk Hand
By Whose Hand?
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Night World
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Runt Page
Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
Bridge Wives
Radio announcer
The Tabasco Kid
Susie (voice)
- 1931
The Secret Witness
Radio Announcer's Voice
Branded Men
Half-A-Rod
The Texas Ranger
Tubby
Trader Hound
Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
- 1930
Soup to Nuts
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Top Speed
Ipps
The Man Hunter
Buggs
Loose Ankles
Mr. Berry from Logan
1920s
- 1928
The Terrible People
Proody
The Cowboy Kid
Deputy Sheriff
Daredevil's Reward
Slim
- 1927
Two Girls Wanted
Johnny
The Patent Leather Kid
Fight Fan
One Hour of Love
'Half Pint' Walker
- 1926
The Dude Cowboy
Shorty O'Day
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie
- 1924
Getting Gertie's Goat
Mr Smith
- 1923
- 1922
Billy Jim
Jimmy
Turn to the Right
Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
- 1921
The Noodle Nut
Movie
- 1920
A Bashful Bigamist
Mr. Smith
Dry and Thirsty
Horace Radish
1910s
- 1919
A Roman Scandal
Stage Director
- 1916
The Battle Royal
Grandpa Runt
The Serenade
Schmitte
One Too Many
Unhappy Boarder
Jane's Bashful Hero
Louie
Directed 2
1920s
- 1925
The Silent Guardian
Director
The Wild Girl
Director
Wrote 1
1920s
- 1920
Dry and Thirsty
Writer
Appearances6
1990s
- 1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
Here's Goofy!
Narrator (voice)
1940s
- 1946
1930s
- 1939
The Film Fan
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
The Lone Stranger and Porky
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
- 1933
