Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 23, 1894
Place of Birth:
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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2013 | Get a Horse! | Peg-Leg Pete (voice) |
2007 | Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection | Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
2005 | Once Upon a Halloween | Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) |
2004 | Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection | |
2004 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 | Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound) |
2003 | Everybody Loves Donald | |
2003 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 | Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (archive sound) |
2002 | Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy | Al Muldoon |
2001 | Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies | |
2001 | Everybody Loves Mickey | Short Ghost |
1997 | The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' | Self (archive footage) |
1993 | MGM Cartoon Christmas | (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
1991 | Disney’s Coyote Tales | Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) |
1989 | Rootin' Tootin' Roundup | Pete(archive sound) |
1987 | Here's Goofy! | Narrator (voice) |
1985 | Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck | |
1982 | Disney's Halloween Treat | Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage) |
1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Man (uncredited) |
1966 | The Chase | Mr. Vincent (uncredited) |
1965 | Harlow | Policeman |
1963 | The Nutty Professor | Plumber (uncredited) |
1962 | Chun King Chow Mein Hour | Mr. Abramowitz |
1960 | This Is Your Life Donald Duck | Pete (voice) |
1956 | Trailblazer Magoo | Various (voice)(uncredited) |
1954 | The Lone Chipmunks | Pete (voice) |
1953 | The New Neighbor | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1953 | Canvas Back Duck | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1953 | Calamity Jane | Prospector (uncredited) |
1952 | How to Be a Detective | Pete - Al Muldoon (voice) |
1952 | Two Gun Goofy | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1951 | A Bear for Punishment | Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
1951 | Father Takes the Air | Haggarly |
1949 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Headless Horseman Laugh (voice) |
1949 | Heavenly Puss | Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited) |
1949 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Headless Horseman (voice) |
1949 | Bear Feat | Pa Bear |
1949 | Mississippi Hare | Col. Shuffle |
1949 | Bowery Bugs | Steve Brody |
1949 | The Bee-Deviled Bruin | Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
1948 | The Truce Hurts | Spike (voice) (uncredited) |
1948 | Rabbit Punch | The Champ (voice) (uncredited) |
1948 | Make Mine Freedom | Labor employee (voice) |
1948 | What's Brewin', Bruin? | Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
1948 | The Bear and the Bean | Barney Bear (voice) |
1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) |
1947 | Wide Open Spaces | Motel proprietor |
1947 | Down to Earth | Conductor (uncredited) |
1947 | Pluto's Blue Note | Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited) |
1947 | Tubby the Tuba | Frog (voice) |
1946 | A Knight for a Day | Narrator (voice) |
1946 | Solid Serenade | Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited) |
1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Waiter (uncredited) |
1946 | The Verdict | Gravedigger |
1946 | Road to Utopia | Bear (uncredited) (voice) |
1946 | Gallant Journey | Mahoney's Valet (uncredited) |
1945 | Quiet Please! | Spike (voice) (uncredited) |
1945 | Old Sequoia | Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited) |
1945 | Duck Pimples | Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited) |
1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Clown (uncredited) |
1945 | Swing Shift Cinderella | Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited) |
1945 | Canine Casanova | Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | The Zoot Cat | Bit Part (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | The Bodyguard | Spike / Tom (Voice) |
1944 | Trombone Trouble | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Tom Turk and Daffy | Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Little Red Riding Rabbit | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Gas | Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike | Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Casanova Brown | Father in Waiting Room (uncredited) |
1944 | And the Angels Sing | Club Patron (uncredited) |
1944 | Bear Raid Warden | Barney Bear |
1944 | Polar Pest | Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Lost in a Harem | Bobo (voice) (uncredited) |
1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) |
1944 | The Inside Story | Officer |
1943 | Der Fuehrer's Face | Nazi (voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | The Old Army Game | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn | Announcer (uncredited) |
1943 | Who Killed Who? | Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | Yankee Doodle Daffy | Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | Boss of Rawhide | Jed Bones |
1943 | Chatterbox | Black Jake |
1943 | The Little Broadcast | Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | Baby Puss | Butch (voice) (uncredited) |
1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Customer (uncredited) |
1943 | Best Foot Forward | Waxer |
1943 | Crazy House | Policeman |
1943 | True to Life | Radio Heavy (uncredited) |
1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Workman (Uncredited) |
1942 | Sky Trooper | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | The Vanishing Private | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Symphony Hour | Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Donald Gets Drafted | Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Saps in Chaps | Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Stand by for Action | Sailor (uncredited) |
1942 | The Wild and Woozy West | Angel Face Wolf (uncredited) |
1942 | I Married a Witch | |
1942 | Daffy's Southern Exposure | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | |
1942 | Joe Smith, American | Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) |
1942 | Dog Meets Dog | Butch |
1942 | Dog Trouble | Spike (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | Robot Wrecks | Froggy's Father (uncredited) |
1941 | Come Back, Miss Pipps | Froggy's Father (uncredited) |
1941 | Dumbo | Clown (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | The Thrifty Pig | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Radio Effects Man (uncredited) |
1941 | Timber | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | We, the Animals - Squeak! | Irish Mouse (voice) |
1941 | Meet John Doughboy | Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | Cracked Nuts | Parachute Man |
1941 | Red Riding Hood Rides Again | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1941 | Las Vegas Nights | Horse (voice) |
1940 | The Pooch Parade | Various |
1940 | Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip | Pete |
1940 | Pluto's Dream House | Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited) |
1940 | The Riveter | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1940 | Edison, the Man | Reporter |
1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Last Porter |
1940 | The Ape | Short Mustached Posse Man |
1940 | Melody Ranch | Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor |
1940 | Hit Parade of 1941 | Radio Actor |
1940 | Mouse Meets Lion | Lion (voice) |
1940 | Home on the Range | Coyote Bark |
1939 | Sioux Me | Indian chorus (voice) |
1939 | The Autograph Hound | Security Guard (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | Officer Duck | Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | Polar Pals | I. Killem (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | Porky's Tire Trouble | Boss |
1939 | A Haunting We Will Go | Ghost (voice) |
1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | The Masked Lone Ranger (voice) |
1939 | Mama's New Hat | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Don Del Oro (voice) |
1939 | Seal Skinners | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | The Practical Pig | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | Destry Rides Again | Pianist (uncredited) |
1939 | Porky's Movie Mystery | Invisible Man |
1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Radio Man (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | The Film Fan | Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | The Lone Stranger and Porky | Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice) |
1939 | Petunia Natural Park | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1939 | The Wizard of Oz | Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Boy Meets Dog | Voice |
1938 | Porky in Wackyland | Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | You're an Education | Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice) |
1938 | Now That Summer Is Gone | Pop (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Hide and Shriek | Haunted House Ghouls (voice) |
1938 | The Winning Ticket | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | The Lone Ranger | Lone Ranger (voice) |
1938 | A Feud There Was | Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice) |
1938 | Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands | Rudolf Ratbone (voice) |
1938 | Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter | Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | The Mexicali Kid | Stagecoach Driver |
1938 | Men with Wings | Red Cross Man |
1938 | A Day at the Beach | Captain |
1938 | Poultry Pirates | Captain |
1938 | Professor Beware | Shoeshine Customer |
1938 | Farmyard Symphony | Bull (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | The Captain's Pup | Captain (voice) |
1938 | The Captain's Christmas | The Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Porky's Phoney Express | Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | What a Lion! | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Cleaning House | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Blue Monday | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | Old Smokey | Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
1938 | California Frontier | Bellhop |
1937 | Uncle Tom's Bungalow | Simon Simon Legree (voice) |
1937 | Sweet Sioux | Native American (voice) |
1937 | The Hound and the Rabbit | Fox (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | The Fella with a Fiddle | Grandpa Mouse (voice) |
1937 | Donald's Ostrich | Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Modern Inventions | Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Porky's Road Race | Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Porky's Romance | Time Munches On Narrator |
1937 | Speaking of the Weather | Public Enemy #1 / Judge |
1937 | Pigs Is Pigs | Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Dog Daze | St. Bernard (voice) |
1937 | Egghead Rides Again | Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | I Wanna Be a Sailor | Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | The Case of the Stuttering Pig | Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Porky's Railroad | Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | The Worm Turns | Pete - Dog Catcher (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Lonesome Ghosts | Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue | Big bad wolf (voice) |
1937 | The Californian | Tax Collector |
1937 | The Lyin' Mouse | Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Playing the Ponies | Announcer (uncredited) |
1937 | Porky's Building | Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Double Wedding | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
1937 | Ain't We Got Fun | Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Porky's Duck Hunt | The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | God's Country and the Man | Sandy Briggs |
1937 | Picador Porky | Bull (uncredited) |
1937 | A Sunbonnet Blue | Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
1937 | Mickey's Review | Dog Catcher (voice) |
1936 | Don't Look Now | Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Little Boy Blue | Wolf (voice) |
1936 | Three Blind Mouseketeers | Captain Katt |
1936 | I Love to Singa | Father (voice) |
1936 | Shanghaied Shipmates | Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice) |
1936 | Boom Boom | General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice) |
1936 | Bingo Crosbyana | Spider (voice) |
1936 | Milk and Money | Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited) |
1936 | Little Beau Porky | Ali-Mode, Commandant |
1936 | Lash of the Penitentes | Narrating Missionary |
1936 | Dick Whittington's Cat | Cook |
1936 | How to Vote | Man on Platform (uncredited) |
1936 | Alpine Antics | Bully (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Porky in the North Woods | Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Moving Day | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | An All American Toothache | Plumber #1 (uncredited) |
1936 | Three Little Wolves | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Buck's Friend |
1936 | The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Property Man |
1936 | Satan Met a Lady | Father of Sextuplets (uncredited) |
1936 | Early to Bed | Office Boy |
1936 | New Shoes | Boy's Shoes (voice) |
1936 | The Fire Alarm | Beans (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Thru the Mirror | Radio (voice) (uncredited) |
1936 | Can This Be Dixie? | John P. Smith Peachtree |
1936 | Divot Diggers | Golfer |
1936 | Wives Never Know | Drunk (uncredited) |
1935 | The Lost City | Gorzo |
1935 | The Golden Touch | King Midas (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | I Haven't Got a Hat | Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | The Merry Old Soul | Old King Cole (voice) |
1935 | The Robber Kitten | Dirty Bill |
1935 | Balloon Land | Pincushion Man (voice) |
1935 | Gold Diggers of '49 | Beans (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | A Cartoonist's Nightmare | Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Two-Fisted | Cop |
1935 | The Tin Man | The Tin Man (voice) |
1935 | Twin Triplets | Merchant (uncredited) |
1935 | Pluto's Judgement Day | Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Who Killed Cock Robin? | Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Mickey's Service Station | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Billboard Frolics | Dave Rub-Em-Off |
1935 | Coronado | Waiter (uncredited) |
1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Timekeeper (uncredited) |
1935 | Life Begins at Forty | Hog Caller |
1935 | Mickey's Man Friday | Friday (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Alias St. Nick | Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | The Rainmakers | Townsman |
1935 | Little Dutch Plate | Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited) |
1935 | Teacher's Beau | Chairman of the Board |
1934 | Music in Your Hair | Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor |
1934 | Shanghaied | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1934 | One-Horse Farmers | Subway Passenger (uncredited) |
1934 | Two-Gun Mickey | Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1934 | Three Chumps Ahead | Second Waiter (uncredited) |
1934 | Maid in Hollywood | Information Clerk (uncredited) |
1934 | The Dognapper | Pete (voice) (uncredited) |
1934 | The Big Bad Wolf | Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
1934 | Babes in Toyland | Chief of Police (uncredited) |
1934 | Goofy Movies Number Two | Christopher Columbus (uncredited) |
1934 | Punch Drunks | Fight Announcer (uncredited) |
1934 | The Old-Fashioned Way | Tomato Thrower (uncredited) |
1934 | The First Round-Up | Wally's Father |
1934 | Mama's Little Pirate | Voice of Giant |
1933 | Three Little Pigs | Big Bad Wolf (voice) |
1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Singing Waiter (uncredited) |
1933 | The Midnight Patrol | Radio dispatcher (voice) |
1933 | A Lady's Profession | Keyhole McKluskey |
1933 | The Mad Doctor | Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited) |
1933 | Husbands' Reunion | Judge |
1933 | Air Fright | Stunt Aviator |
1933 | One Track Minds | Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited) |
1933 | Mickey's Mellerdrammer | Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited) |
1933 | Me and My Pal | Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited) |
1933 | Building a Building | (voice) (uncredited) |
1933 | Ye Olden Days | King (voice) (uncredited) |
1933 | Rhapsody in Brew | Meyer Schmaltz |
1933 | Call Her Sausage | Meyer (uncredited) |
1933 | Taxi Barons | Host - Jenna's Father |
1933 | The Rummy | Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited) |
1933 | Keg o' My Heart | Meyer Schmaltz |
1933 | Diplomaniacs | Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited) |
1933 | Bedtime Worries | Radio Voice |
1933 | Morning Glory | Actor (uncredited) |
1932 | Night World | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
1932 | Runt Page | Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited) |
1932 | Bridge Wives | Radio announcer |
1932 | The Boiling Point | Stubby - Kirk Hand |
1932 | A Slip at the Switch | Feeny |
1932 | The Dentist | Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient |
1932 | Sneak Easily | Police Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
1932 | The Tabasco Kid | Susie (voice) |
1932 | Taxi for Two | The District Attorney |
1932 | By Whose Hand? | Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
1932 | The Hollywood Handicap | |
1931 | The Texas Ranger | Tubby |
1931 | Branded Men | Half-A-Rod |
1931 | The Secret Witness | Radio Announcer's Voice |
1931 | Trader Hound | Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited) |
1931 | Monkey Business | Man in Deck Chair |
1930 | The Man Hunter | Buggs |
1930 | Dancing Sweeties | Bud (uncredited) |
1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors |
1930 | Moonlight and Monkey Business | Honeymooner |
1930 | Top Speed | Ipps |
1930 | Soup to Nuts | Revolutionary (uncredited) |
1930 | Loose Ankles | Mr. Berry from Logan |
1928 | Daredevil's Reward | Slim |
1928 | The Cowboy Kid | Deputy Sheriff |
1928 | Hold’er Cowboy | |
1928 | The Fresh Lobster | |
1928 | The Terrible People | Proody |
1927 | Two Girls Wanted | Johnny |
1927 | The Patent Leather Kid | Fight Fan |
1926 | The Dude Cowboy | Shorty O'Day |
1924 | That's the Spirit | The Crooked Scientist |
1924 | Getting Gertie's Goat | Mr Smith |
1923 | Call the Wagon | |
1923 | Kidding Katie | The Butler |
1922 | Turn to the Right | Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher) |
1922 | Cold Feet | Pride of the Mounted |
1922 | Billy Jim | Jimmy |
1921 | The Noodle Nut | |
1920 | Dry and Thirsty | Horace Radish |
1920 | A Bashful Bigamist | Mr. Smith |
1919 | A Roman Scandal | Stage Director |
1916 | Jane's Bashful Hero | Louie |
1916 | One Too Many | Unhappy Boarder |
1916 | The Serenade | Schmitte |
1916 | The Battle Royal | Grandpa Runt |
1915 | The Vanishing Vault |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1965 | Get Smart | |
1959 | Pete Kelly's Blues | |
1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | |
1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Waiter |