Acting · b. 1894 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Billy Bletcher

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 Pap...

Directed
The Wild Girl 1925 The Silent Guardian 1925
Acting
Get a Horse! Peg-Leg Pete (voice) 2013 Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2007 Once Upon a Halloween Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound) 2005 Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection 2004 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound) 2004 Everybody Loves Donald (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2003 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2003 Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2002 Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2001 Everybody Loves Mickey Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 2001 The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' Self (archive footage) 1997 MGM Cartoon Christmas (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 1993 Disney’s Coyote Tales Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 1991 Rootin' Tootin' Roundup Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 1989 Here's Goofy! Narrator (voice) 1987 Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) 1985 Disney's Halloween Treat Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage) 1982 Hello, Dolly! Man (uncredited) 1969 The Chase Mr. Vincent (uncredited) 1966 Harlow Policeman 1965 The Nutty Professor Plumber (uncredited) 1963 Chun King Chow Mein Hour Mr. Abramowitz 1962 This Is Your Life Donald Duck Pete (voice) 1960 Trailblazer Magoo Various (voice)(uncredited) 1956 The Lone Chipmunks Pete (voice) 1954 The New Neighbor Pete (voice) (uncredited) 1953 Canvas Back Duck Pete (voice) (uncredited) 1953 Calamity Jane Prospector (uncredited) 1953 How to Be a Detective Pete - Al Muldoon (voice) 1952 Two Gun Goofy Pete (voice) (uncredited) 1952
Other Credits
Dry and Thirsty Writer 1920
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