Billy Bletcher

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Billy Bletcher
Born	William Bletcher September 24, 1894(1894-09-24) Lancaster, Pennsylvania U.S.
Died	January 5, 1979 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California U.S.
Years active	1914-1971
Spouse(s)	Arlyn Roberts

William "Billy" Bletcher (September 24, 1894 – January 5, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, and voice artist, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Contents 1 Career 2 Notes 3 Selected filmography 4 External links

[edit] Career

The diminutive (62 inches) 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 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 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. He also voiced Owl Jolson's disciplinarian violinist father in the 1936 short subject based on the song I Love to Singa.

After a career spanning six decades, Bletcher died on January 5, 1979.

[edit] Notes

Bletcher is the father of actress Barbara Bletcher.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Bowery Bugs (1949)
• Dumbo (1941)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
• The Lone Ranger (1938)
• The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937)
• Egghead Rides Again (1937)
• Pigs Is Pigs (1937)
• I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
• The Lost City (1935)
• March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
• Punch Drunks (1934)
• The Dentist (1932)
• Bridge Wives (1932)
• The Terrible People (1928)
• The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
• Aunt Bill (1916)
• The Brave Ones (1916)
• The Battle Royal (1916)
• The Serenade (1916)
• One Too Many (1916)
• A Sticky Affair (1916)

[edit] External links

• Billy Bletcher at the Internet Movie Database