
Actor
Born September 23, 1894 in 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.

Get a Horse!
Peg-Leg Pete (voice)

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Once Upon a Halloween
Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)

Everybody Loves Donald
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Everybody Loves Mickey
Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self (archive footage)

MGM Cartoon Christmas
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Here's Goofy!
Narrator (voice)

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Disney's Halloween Treat
Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)

Hello, Dolly!
Man (uncredited)

The Chase
Mr. Vincent (uncredited)

Get Smart
Frank Ogg

Harlow
Policeman

The Nutty Professor
Plumber (uncredited)

This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Pete (voice)

Trailblazer Magoo
Various (voice)(uncredited)

The Lone Chipmunks
Pete (voice)

Canvas Back Duck
Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Calamity Jane
Prospector (uncredited)

The New Neighbor
Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Revlon Mirror Theatre

How to Be a Detective
Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)

Two Gun Goofy
Pete (voice) (uncredited)

A Bear for Punishment
Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

The Red Skelton Show
Phony Warden

Father Takes the Air
Haggarly

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Waiter

The Next Voice You Hear...
Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)

Bear Feat
Pa Bear

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Headless Horseman (voice)

The Lone Ranger
Horseface

Heavenly Puss
Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Bowery Bugs
Steve Brody

The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Mississippi Hare
Col. Shuffle

The Truce Hurts
Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Rabbit Punch
The Champ (voice) (uncredited)

What's Brewin', Bruin?
Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Make Mine Freedom
Labor employee (voice)

The Bear and the Bean
Barney Bear (voice)

Pluto's Blue Note
Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)

Wide Open Spaces
Motel Proprietor (voice)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Western Character (uncredited)

Down to Earth
Conductor (uncredited)

Tubby the Tuba
Frog (voice)

The Verdict
Gravedigger

Gallant Journey
Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)

Solid Serenade
Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn
Waiter (uncredited)

A Knight for a Day
Narrator (voice)

Road to Utopia
Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Quiet Please!
Spike (voice) (uncredited)

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)

Polar Pest
Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Lost in a Harem
Bobo (voice) (uncredited)

Casanova Brown
Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Maisie Goes to Reno
Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)

Bear Raid Warden
Barney Bear

The Bodyguard
Spike / Tom (Voice)

Gas
Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing
Club Patron (uncredited)

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)

The Zoot Cat
Bit Part (voice) (uncredited)

Trombone Trouble
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Tom Turk and Daffy
Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)

Little Red Riding Rabbit
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Puss
Butch (voice) (uncredited)

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)

Yankee Doodle Daffy
Sleepy Lagoon (singing voice) (uncredited)

Chatterbox
Black Jake

Slightly Dangerous
Customer (uncredited)

Der Fuehrer's Face
Nazi (voice) (uncredited)

Stand by for Action
Sailor (uncredited)

Sky Trooper
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

The Vanishing Private
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Donald Gets Drafted
Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Daffy's Southern Exposure
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Dog Trouble
Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Saps in Chaps
Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Symphony Hour
Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Thrifty Pig
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Dumbo
Clown (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)

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Pete

Hit Parade of 1941
Radio Actor

The Ape
Short Mustached Posse Man

Melody Ranch
Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor

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)

Zorro's Fighting Legion
Don Del Oro (voice)

The Film Fan
Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)

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)

The Wizard of Oz
Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)

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)

The Lone Stranger and Porky
Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)

Petunia Natural Park
The Captain (voice) (uncredited)

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)

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)

Lonesome Ghosts
Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

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)

Double Wedding
Wedding Guest (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

A Sunbonnet Blue
Villain Mouse (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)

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)

Three Blind Mouseketeers
Captain Katt

Wives Never Know
Drunk (uncredited)

New Shoes
Boy's Shoes (voice)

How to Vote
Man on Platform (uncredited)

Little Boy Blue
Wolf (voice)

Satan Met a Lady
Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)

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)

Thru the Mirror
Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Three Little Wolves
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

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)

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)

The Rainmakers
Townsman

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)

The Golden Touch
King Midas (voice) (uncredited)

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)

Two-Gun Mickey
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Babes in Toyland
Chief of Police (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

The Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Buddy's Garage
Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)

Goofy Movies Number Two
Christopher Columbus (uncredited)

Shanghaied
Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Air Fright
Stunt Aviator

Bedtime Worries
Radio Voice

Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)

The Midnight Patrol
Radio dispatcher (voice)

Husbands' Reunion
Judge

Three Little Pigs
Big Bad Wolf (voice)

One Track Minds
Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)

Diplomaniacs
Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)

Me and My Pal
Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Ye Olden Days
King (voice) (uncredited)

Taxi Barons
Host - Jenna's Father

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)

Building a Building
(voice) (uncredited)

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)

The Secret Witness
Radio Announcer's Voice

Branded Men
Half-A-Rod

Monkey Business
Man in Deck Chair

The Texas Ranger
Tubby

Trader Hound
Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)

Soup to Nuts
Revolutionary (uncredited)

Top Speed
Ipps

Dancing Sweeties
Bud (uncredited)

The Man Hunter
Buggs

Show Girl in Hollywood
Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors

Loose Ankles
Mr. Berry from Logan

The Terrible People
Proody

The Cowboy Kid
Deputy Sheriff

Daredevil's Reward
Slim

The Fresh Lobster

Two Girls Wanted
Johnny

The Patent Leather Kid
Fight Fan

One Hour of Love
'Half Pint' Walker

The Dude Cowboy
Shorty O'Day

The Bar-C Mystery

The Silent Guardian

The Wild Girl

Getting Gertie's Goat
Mr Smith

Kidding Katie
The Butler

Billy Jim
Jimmy

Turn to the Right
Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)

The Noodle Nut

A Bashful Bigamist
Mr. Smith

Dry and Thirsty
Horace Radish

A Roman Scandal
Stage Director

The Battle Royal
Grandpa Runt

The Serenade
Schmitte

One Too Many
Unhappy Boarder

Jane's Bashful Hero
Louie