Billy Bletcher

Infobox actor
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birthname = William Bletcher
birthdate = birth date|1894|9|24|mf=y
location = Lancaster, Pennsylvania U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1979|1|5|1894|9|24
deathplace = Los Angeles, California U.S.
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yearsactive = 1914–1971
spouse = Arlyn Roberts

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

Career

The diminutive (convert|5|ft|2|in|m|2|disp=s|sp=us) 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".

Death

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

Notes

Bletcher is the father of actress Barbara Bletcher.

elected filmography

* "A Sticky Affair" (1916)
* "One Too Many" (1916)
* "The Serenade" (1916)
* "The Battle Royal" (1916)
* "The Brave Ones" (1916)
* "Aunt Bill" (1916)
* "The Bar-C Mystery" (1926)
* "The Terrible People" (1928)
* "Bridge Wives" (1932)
* "The Dentist" (1932)
* "The Midnight Patrol (1933)
* "Bedtime Worries" (1933)
* "The First Round-Up" (1934)
* "Punch Drunks" (1934)
* "March of the Wooden Soldiers" (1934)
* "The Lost City" (1935)
* "I Haven't Got a Hat" (1935)
* "Divot Diggers" (1936)
* "Pigs Is Pigs" (1937)
* "Egghead Rides Again" (1937)
* "The Case of the Stuttering Pig" (1937)
* "The Lone Ranger" (1938)
* "Hide and Shriek" (1938)
* "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939)
* "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
* "Dumbo" (1941)
* "Bowery Bugs" (1949)

External links

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NAME= Bletcher, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Bletcher, William
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1894-9-24
PLACE OF BIRTH= Lancaster, Pennsylvania U.S.
DATE OF DEATH= 1979-1-5
PLACE OF DEATH= Los Angeles, California U.S.