Billy BLETCHER—SIGNED—Silent Comic—Disney BB Wolf+Pete—LAUREL HARDY—MARX—STOOGES

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BILLY BLETCHER

AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED

INVITATION MAILER Section 

SENT TO FRANK FLACK

HISTORIAN/BIOGRAPHER

William Bletcher (September 24, 1894 – January 5, 1979)  was an American actor. He was known for voice roles for various classic animated characters, most notably Pete in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse short films and the Big Bad Wolf in Disney's Three Little Pigs.

Bletcher was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on on September 24, 1894, to Huber and Dora Bletcher. 

Career

Bletcher appeared on-screen in films and later television from the 1910s to the 1970s,  including appearances in several Our Gang and The Three Stooges comedies.

He was most active as a voice actor. His voice was a deep, strong and booming baritone. Bletcher provided the voices of various characters for Walt Disney Animation Studios (Black Pete, Short Ghost and the Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs).  He auditioned to play one of the dwarfs in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). However, Walt Disney disapproved for fear that people would recognize Bletcher from the studio's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck short subjects. 

His booming voice can also be heard as "Don Del Oro" the Yacqi Indian god in the 1939 Republic serial, Zorro's Fighting Legion. He also provided voice work for Ub Iwerks as the Pincushion man in the 1935 animated short Balloon Land, as well as Owl Jolson's disciplinarian violinist father in the 1936 Warner Bros. short subject based on the song I Love to Singa and the menacing spider in Bingo Crosbyana.

In 1939, Billy Bletcher and Pinto Colvig were hired to perform ADR work for the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.  In MGM films, he voiced Spike the Bulldog and on some occasions even Tom Cat, in Tom and Jerry, and in Warner Bros. many characters, most notably the Papa Bear of Chuck Jones' The Three Bears. He voiced the villainous wolf in Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944).

Bletcher did voice acting for the 1944 Private Snafu World War II training film "Gas", where Bletcher voices the villainous Gas Cloud. Bletcher also portrayed The Captain in Captain and the Kids with MGM cartoons.

In 1950, he portrayed several characters on The Lone Ranger radio program as well as appearing in episode 27 of the TV series.

In 1971, he portrayed one of his final roles, Pappy Yokum in a television adaptation of Lil Abner. In 1978, he was originally hired to voice the Weed on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, but had to drop out due to illness. 

Personal life

 

Bletcher married actress Arlyn H. Roberts in 1915, and had a daughter, Barbra.  They remained married until Bletcher's death in 1979. 

Partial filmography

 

A Sticky Affair (1916) - Professor Perkins

One Too Many (1916) - Unhappy Boarder

The Serenade (1916) - Schmitte

The Battle Royal (1916) - Grandpa Runt

The Brave Ones (1916) - The Sheriff

Aunt Bill (1916) - Bogus Aunt

Mary Jane's Pa (1917)

Who Goes There? (1917)

The Love Hunger (1919) - Jakey

A Roman Scandal (1919)

A Bashful Bigamist (1920) - Mr. Smith

Her Honor the Mayor (1920) - Buddy Martin

Turn To The Right (1922) - Sammy Martin

Billy Jim (1922) - Jimmy

Cornered (1924) - The Groom

Romance Road (1925) - Patrick's Pal

The Silent Guardian (1925) - Director

The Wild Girl (1925) - Director

The Bar-C Mystery (1926)

The Dude Cowboy (1926) - Shorty O'Day

One Hour of Love (1927) - 'Half Pint' Walker

Wolves of the Air (1927) - 'Big Boy' Durkey

The Patent Leather Kid (1927) - Fight Fan  

Two Girls Wanted (1927) - Johnny

Better Days (1927)

Daredevil's Reward (1928) - Slim

The Cowboy Kid (1928) - Deputy Sheriff

The Terrible People (1928) - Proody

Loose Ankles (1930) - Mr. Berry from Logan  

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) - Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors  

The Man Hunter (1930) - Buggs

Dancing Sweeties (1930) - Bud  

Top Speed (1930) - Ipps  

Soup to Nuts (1930) - Revolutionary  Three Stooges

A Fowl Affair (1931) - Sport Miller (voice) 

The Texas Ranger (1931) - Tubby

Monkey Business (1931) - Man in Deck Chair  Marx Brothers

Branded Men (1931) - Half-A-rod

The Secret Witness (1931) - Radio Announcer's Voice  

Bridge Wives (1932) - Radio announcer

Night World (1932) - Nightclub Patron  

Make Me a Star (1932) - Actor in 'Wide Open Spaces'  

By Whose Hand? (1932) - Police Radio Dispatcher  

The Boiling Point (1932) - Stubby - Kirk Hand

Exposure (1932) - Society  or  

Women Won't Tell (1932) - Tennis Game Radio Announcer  

Flesh (1932) - Man in Cafe  

The Dentist (1932) - Bearded patient  W C Fields

She Done Him Wrong (1933) - Singing Waiter  Mae West

A Lady's Profession (1933) - Keyhole McKluskey

Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933) - Horace Horsecollar (voice)

Song of the Eagle (1933) - Home Brewer (voice)

Diplomaniacs (1933) - Schmerzenschmerzen  Wheeler & Woolsey

The Three Little Pigs (1933) - Big Bad Wolf (voice)

The Midnight Patrol (1933) - Radio Dispatcher (voice) Laurel & Hardy

Morning Glory (1933) - Actor  Kate Hepburn

Bedtime Worries (1933) - Radio Voice (voice)

The Way to Love (1933) - Man with Fat Wife  

Shanghaied (1934) - Pete (voice)

The Big Bad Wolf (1934) - Big Bad Wolf (voice)

Buddy's Garage (1934) (voice) 

The First Round-Up (1934) - Billy, Wally's father

Buddy of the Apes (1934) - Chief (voice) 

Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934, Serial) - Race Commentator [Ch. 1  

Buddy's Bearcats (1934) - Hot Dog man / Customer / Ballplayer (voice) 

Punch Drunks (1934) - Fight Announcer  Three Stooges 

The Old Fashioned Way (1934) - Tomato Thrower  W C Fields

Service With a Smile (1934) - Lonesome Driver  

The Cat's-Paw (1934) - Reporter  Harold Lloyd

You Belong to Me (1934) - Man with Comb  

Viva Buddy (1934) - Pancho (voice) 

Servants' Entrance (1934) - Judge Egg (voice)

Buddy the Woodsman (1934) (voice) 

Buddy the Detective (1934) - Mad Musician (voice) 

Buddy's Adventures (1934) - King Sourpan / Policeman (voice) 

Babes in Toyland (1934) - Chief of Police  Laurel & Hardy

The Dognapper (1934) - Pete (voice)

One Hour Late (1934) - Smith  

Buddy of the Legion (1935) (voice) 

The Lost City (1935, Serial) - Gorzo

Buddy's Pony Express (1935) - Barfly / Villain (voice) 

The Golden Touch (1935) - King Midas (voice)

Life Begins at 40 (1935) - Hog Caller  

Buddy's Lost World (1935) - Bozo / Penner type (voice) 

Buddy's Bug Hunt (1935) - Judge / Spider (voice)

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) - Timekeeper  

Buddy the Gee Man (1935) - Warden / MachineGun Mike / Prisoners (voice)

Hollywood Capers (1935) - Studio Guard (voice)

Balloon Land (1935) - Pincushion Man (voice)

Two-Fisted (1935) - Cop  

A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935) - Villains / Old Man (voice) 

The Rainmakers (1935) - Townsman  

Billboard Frolics (1935) - Dave Rub-Em-Off (voice)

Gold Diggers of '49 (1935) - Villain (voice) 

Coronado (1935) - Waiter  

Plane Dippy (1936) - Sergeant (voice)

Divot Diggers (1936) - Bill, golfer

Boom Boom (1936) - Enemies (voice)

Alpine Antics (1936) - Bully (voice)

Desert Gold (1936) - Bob - a Wedding Guest  

Two in Revolt (1936) - Algie  

Lash of the Penitentes (1936) - Narrating Missionary

Three Little Wolves (1936) - Big Bad Wolf (voice)

Bingo Crosbyana (1936) - Spider (voice)

Early to Bed (1936) - Office Boy  

We Went to College (1936) - Alumnus Basso / Walter Catlett (singing voice)

Shanghaied Shipmates (1936) - Captain (voice)

Rhythm on the Range (1936) - Buck's Friend  Bing Crosby 

When I Yoo Hoo (1936) - "Hey, Lem!!" (voice)

I Love to Singa (1936) - Professor Fritz Owl / Singing Blackbird (voice)

Satan Met a Lady (1936) - Father of Sextuplets  

A Son Comes Home (1936) - Snoring Sailor  

Wives Never Know (1936) - Drunk  

Milk and Money (1936) - Mr. Viper (voice)

The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) - Property Man

Don't Look Now (1936) - Devil Cuckoo (voice)

Can This Be Dixie? (1936) - John P. Smith Peachtree

Little Beau Porky (1936) - Ali-Mode / Le Commdandant (voice)

Porky in the North Woods (1936) - Jean-Baptise (voice)

Pigs Is Pigs (1937) - Evil Scientist (voice)

Porky's Road Race (1937) - Borax Karoff (voice)

Picador Porky (1937) - Bull (voice)

The Fella with the Fiddle (1937) - Grandpa Mouse / Tax Collector (voice)

Porky's Duck Hunt (1937) - Man from Upstairs / Drunken Fish (voice)

Ain't We Got Fun (1937) - Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice)

Sing While You're Able (1937) - Hillbillies (voice)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937) - Simon Simon Legree (voice)

Porky's Building (1937) - Dirty Digg (voice)

Egghead Rides Again (1937) - Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead saying “Because Because Because I Am A Man” (voice)

The Californian (1937) - Tax Collector

High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) - Shorty  

Blonde Trouble (1937) - Third Musician  

A Sunbonnet Blue (1937) - Villain Mouse (voice)

Get Rich Quick Porky (1937) - Driver (voice)

God's Country and the Man (1937) - Sandy Briggs

Speaking of the Weather (1937) - Public Enemy / Judge (voice)

Dog Daze (1937) - St. Bernard (voice)

I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937) - Father Parrot (voice)

Carnival Queen (1937) - Barker  

The Lyin' Mouse (1937) - Lion (voice)

Double Wedding (1937) - Wedding Guest  

The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937) - Lawyer Goodwill (voice)

A Girl with Ideas (1937) - McKenzie  

Lonesome Ghosts (1937) - Short Ghost (voice)  

The Purple Vigilantes (1938) - Leader of the Purple Vigilantes (voice)

The Lone Ranger (1938, Serial) - The Lone Ranger (voice)

Boy Meets Dog (1938) - Father (voice)

Porky's Phoney Express (1938) - Porky's Boss (voice)

Now That Summer is Gone (1938) - Father (voice)

Rascals (1938) - Patient  

Injun Trouble (1938) - Injun Joe (voice)

Hide and Shriek (1938) - Haunted House Ghouls (voice)

Professor Beware (1938) - Shoeshine Customer  Harold Lloyd

Men with Wings (1938) - Red Cross Man  

Block-Heads (1938) - Midget (voice) Laurel and Hardy

The Mexicali Kid (1938) - Stagecoach Driver

A Feud There Was (1938) - Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)

Porky in Wackyland (1938) - Roaring Goon (voice)

You're an Education (1938) - Singing Tibetan / Thief of Bagdad (voice)

Orphans of the Street (1938) - Short Man  

California Frontier (1938) - Bellhop

The Practical Pig (1939) - Big Bad Wolf (voice)

The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939) - Narrator / The Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)

Porky's Tire Trouble (1939) - Porky's Boss (voice)

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939, Serial) - The Masked The Lone Ranger (voice)

Porky's Movie Mystery (1939) - Invisible Man (voice)

Polar Pals (1939) - I. Killem (voice)

Should Husbands Work? (1939) - Small Neighbor  

The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Mayor / Lollipop Guild (voice) Judy Garland 

The Autograph Hound (1939) - Security Guard (voice)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939) - Radio Man (voice)

The Kansas Terrors (1939) - The Masked Rider (voice)

Officer Duck (1939) - Tiny Tom (voice)

The Covered Trailer (1939) - Short Man  

Destry Rides Again (1939) - Pianist  

Porky the Giant Killer (1939) - Giant (voice)

The Film Fan (1939) - Narrator of Masked Marvel (voice)

Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) - Don Del Oro (voice)

Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) -  

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) - Last Porter  Jack Benny

Edison, the Man (1940) - Reporter  

Sandy Is a Lady (1940) - Cop  

Scatterbrain (1940) -  

The Ape (1940) - Short Mustached Posse Man  

Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) - Radio Actor  

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940) - Pete (voice)

Melody Ranch (1940) - 'Scarlet Shadow' Radio Actor  

Las Vegas Nights (1941) - Horse (voice)

Reaching for the Sun (1941) - Butch Svoboda

Angels with Broken Wings (1941) - Trombone Player  

Tight Shoes (1941) - Little Man  

Cracked Nuts (1941) - Parachute Man  

Whistling in the Dark (1941) - Radio Effects Man  

We, the Animals Squeak! (1941) - Irish Mouse (voice)

The Bug Parade (1941) - Spider (voice)

Rookie Revue (1941) - General (voice)

Dumbo (1941) - Clown (voice)

Sullivan's Travels (1941) - Entertainer in Hospital  Preston Sturges

Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941) - Wolf (voice)

Joe Smith, American (1942) - Police Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Saps in Chaps (1942) - Cactus Pete (voice) 

Wolf Chases Pigs (1942) - Wolf (voice)

The Wild and Woozy West (1942) - Angel Face (voice)

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942) - Quarantine Sign Poster  

Priorities on Parade (1942) - Die Caster  

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942) - The Small Sailor

I Married a Witch (1942) - Photographer  Rene Clair

The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942) - Jericho (voice)

Stand by for Action (1942) - Sailor  

Two Weeks to Live (1943) - Classified Ad Agency Collector  

Slightly Dangerous (1943) - Customer  

Chatterbox (1943) - Black Jake

Good Morning, Judge (1943) - Radio Announcer (voice)

Who Killed Who? (1943) - Detective / Ghost (voice)

Best Foot Forward (1943) - Waxer  

Swing Shift Maisie (1943) - Workman  

Crazy House (1943) - Policeman  Olson & Johnson 

Is Everybody Happy? (1943) - Waiter  

Boss of Rawhide (1943) - Jed Bones

Jive Junction (1943) - Radio Announcer  

True to Life (1943) - Radio Heavy  

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) - Announcer  Red Skelton

War Dogs (1943) - Spike (voice)

Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) - Wolf (voice)

Tom Turk and Daffy (1944) - Tom Turk (voice)

Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) - Vaudevillian  

Her Primitive Man (1944) - Native (voice) Robert Benchley

Buffalo Bill (1944) - Short Man  

And the Angels Sing (1944) - Club Patron  

The Desert Hawk (1944, Serial) - Zeno the Magician  

The Canterville Ghost (1944) - Window cleaner  

The Bodyguard (1944) - Spike / Tom (voice)

Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) - Public Address Announcer (voice)

Casanova Brown (1944) - Father in Waiting Room  

Mrs. Parkington (1944) - Quartet Member  

Lost in a Harem (1944) - Bobo (voice) Abbott & Costello

Incendiary Blonde (1945) - Clown  

Quiet Please! (1945) - Spike (voice)

Road to Utopia (1945) - Bear (voice) Hope and Crosby

Mouse in Manhattan (1945) - Jerry (voice)

People Are Funny (1946) - Singer - 'Alouette'  

Gay Blades (1946) - Lumberjack  

Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Waiter  

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) - News Photographer  Danny Kaye

Solid Serenade (1946) - Killer (Spike) (laughing) / Tom (voice)

Gallant Journey (1946) - Mahoney's Valet  

The Verdict (1946) - Gravedigger  

Sinbad the Sailor (1947) - Crier at Auction  

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Western Character  

Down to Earth (1947) - Conductor  

The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) - Newsboy  William Powell

The Truce Hurts (1948) - Butch (Spike) (voice)

Rabbit Punch (1948) - The Champ (voice)

Loaded Pistols (1948) - Townsman  

Mississippi Hare (1949) - Colonel Shuffle (voice)

Night Unto Night (1949) - Man in Hotel (scenes deleted)

Bowery Bugs (1949) - Steve Brodie (voice)

Heavenly Puss (1949) - Devil Dog (voice)

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) - Newspaper Subscriber  

Navy Bound (1951) - Schott, Fight Promoter

Father Takes the Air (1951) - Haggarly

Two-Gun Goofy (1952) - Pete (voice)

How to Be a Detective (1952) - Al Muldoon (voice). George O’Hanlon

Houdini (1953) - Italian Basso  

Calamity Jane (1953) - Prospector  

Canvas Back Duck (1953) - Pee Wee Pete (voice)

Destry (1954) - Townsman  

Sleeping Beauty (1959) - Goons (voice)

The Nutty Professor (1963) - Plumber  Jerry Lewis

The Patsy (1964) - Table Captain #3  

Harlow (1965) - Policeman  

The Chase (1966) - Mr. Vincent  

Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Minor Role  

Get Smart (1970, TV Series) - Frank Ogg

Li'l Abner (1971, TV Movie) - Pappy Yokum (final film role)

Get a Horse! (2013) - Peg-Leg Pete (archival footage) 

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