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.

Filmography

• 2013Get a Horse! — Peg-Leg Pete (voice)
• 2007Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection — Spike (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2005Once Upon a Halloween — Tiny Tom (Peg Leg Pete) (voice) (archive sound)
• 2004Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
• 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 — Big Bad Wolf / Captain Katt (voice) (archive sound)
• 2003Everybody Loves Donald — (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3 — Robot Butler (segment "Modern Inventions") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2002Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy — Al Muldoon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2001Everybody Loves Mickey — Short Ghost (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2001Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies — (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1993MGM Cartoon Christmas — (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1991Disney’s Coyote Tales — Young Bent-Tail the Coyote (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1990Goofy's Guide to Success — Pete (archive footage)
• 1989Rootin' Tootin' Roundup — Pete (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1987Here's Goofy! — Narrator (voice)
• 1985Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck — (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1982Disney's Halloween Treat — Cat Prosecutor (voice) (archive footage)
• 1969Hello, Dolly! — Man (uncredited)
• 1966The Chase — Mr. Vincent (uncredited)
• Get Smart — Frank Ogg
• 1965Harlow — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1963The Nutty Professor — Plumber (uncredited)
• 1962Chun King Chow Mein Hour — Mr. Abramowitz
• 1960This Is Your Life Donald Duck — Pete (voice)
• Pete Kelly's Blues
• 1956Trailblazer Magoo — Various (voice)(uncredited)
• 1954The Lone Chipmunks — Pete (voice)
• 1953Calamity Jane — Prospector (uncredited)
• 1953Canvas Back Duck — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• 1953The New Neighbor — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1952How to Be a Detective — Pete - Al Muldoon (voice)
• 1952Two Gun Goofy — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1951A Bear for Punishment — Pa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• 1951Father Takes the Air — Haggarly
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Waiter
• The Red Skelton Show — Phony Warden
• 1950The Next Voice You Hear... — Newspaper Subscriber (uncredited)
• 1949Bear Feat — Pa Bear
• 1949Bowery Bugs — Steve Brody
• 1949Heavenly Puss — Devil Dog (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949Mississippi Hare — Col. Shuffle
• 1949The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad — Headless Horseman (voice)
• 1949The Bee-Deviled Bruin — Henry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Headless Horseman Laugh (voice)
• The Lone Ranger — Horseface
• 1948Make Mine Freedom — Labor employee (voice)
• 1948Rabbit Punch — The Champ (voice) (uncredited)
• 1948The Bear and the Bean — Barney Bear (voice)
• 1948The Truce Hurts — Spike (voice) (uncredited)
• 1948What's Brewin', Bruin? — Papa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• 1947Down to Earth — Conductor (uncredited)
• 1947Pluto's Blue Note — Music Store Proprietor (voice) (uncredited)
• 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — Western Character (uncredited)
• 1947Tubby the Tuba — Frog (voice)
• 1947Wide Open Spaces — Motel Proprietor (voice)
• 1946A Knight for a Day — Narrator (voice)
• 1946Deadline at Dawn — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1946Gallant Journey — Mahoney's Valet (uncredited)
• 1946Road to Utopia — Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• 1946Solid Serenade — Evil Laugh (archive voice) (uncredited)
• 1946The Verdict — Gravedigger (uncredited)
• 1945Canine Casanova — Dogcatcher (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Duck Pimples — Detective Hennessey (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Incendiary Blonde — Clown (uncredited)
• 1945Old Sequoia — Donald's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Quiet Please! — Spike (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Swing Shift Cinderella — Wolf's Evil Laugh (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944And the Angels Sing — Club Patron (uncredited)
• 1944Bear Raid Warden — Barney Bear
• 1944Casanova Brown — Father in Waiting Room (uncredited)
• 1944Gas — Gas Cloud (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944Little Red Riding Rabbit — Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944Lost in a Harem — Bobo (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944Maisie Goes to Reno — Public Address Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
• 1944Polar Pest — Barney Bear (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike — Malaria Mike (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944The Bodyguard — Spike / Tom (Voice) (uncredited)
• 1944The Inside Story — Officer
• 1944Tom Turk and Daffy — Tom Turk (voice) (uncredited)
• 1944Trombone Trouble — Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943Best Foot Forward — Waxer
• 1943Boss of Rawhide — Jed Bones
• 1943Chatterbox — Black Jake
• 1943Crazy House — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1943Der Fuehrer's Face — Nazi (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943Slightly Dangerous — Customer (uncredited)
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Workman (Uncredited)
• 1943The Little Broadcast — Master of Ceremonies (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943The Old Army Game — Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943True to Life — Radio Heavy (uncredited)
• 1943War Dogs — Military General (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943Whistling in Brooklyn — Announcer (uncredited)
• 1943Who Killed Who? — Detective / Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Daffy's Southern Exposure — Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Dog Meets Dog — Butch
• 1942Dog Trouble — Spike (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Donald Gets Drafted — Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Even as IOU — Seabasket - the Horse (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
• 1942I Married a Witch
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Saps in Chaps — Cactus Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Sky Trooper — Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Stand by for Action — Sailor (uncredited)
• 1942Symphony Hour — Pete - Sylvester Macaroni (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942The Vanishing Private — Sergeant Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942The Wild and Woozy West — Angel Face Wolf (uncredited)
• 1941Come Back, Miss Pipps — Froggy's Father (uncredited)
• 1941Cracked Nuts — Parachute Man
• 1941Dumbo — Clown (voice) (uncredited)
• 1941Las Vegas Nights — Horse (voice)
• 1941Meet John Doughboy — Short Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
• 1941Red Riding Hood Rides Again — Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1941Robot Wrecks — Froggy's Father (uncredited)
• 1941The Thrifty Pig — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1941Timber — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1941We, the Animals - Squeak! — Irish Mouse (voice)
• 1941Whistling in the Dark — Radio Effects Man (uncredited)
• 1940Buck Benny Rides Again — Last Porter
• 1940Edison, the Man — Reporter
• 1940Hit Parade of 1941 — Radio Actor
• 1940Home on the Range — Coyote Bark
• 1940Melody Ranch — Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor
• 1940Mouse Meets Lion — Lion (voice)
• 1940Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip — Pete
• 1940Pluto's Dream House — Magic Lamp (voice) (uncredited)
• 1940The Ape — Short Mustached Posse Man
• 1940The Pooch Parade — Various
• 1940The Riveter — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939A Haunting We Will Go — Ghost (voice)
• 1939Dancing Co-Ed — Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Destry Rides Again — Pianist (uncredited)
• 1939Mama's New Hat — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Officer Duck — Tiny Tom (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Petunia Natural Park — The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Polar Pals — I. Killem (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Porky's Movie Mystery — Invisible Man
• 1939Porky's Tire Trouble — Boss
• 1939Seal Skinners — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Sioux Me — Indian chorus (voice)
• 1939The Autograph Hound — Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939The Film Fan — Narrator / Masked Marvel (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again — The Masked Lone Ranger (voice)
• 1939The Lone Stranger and Porky — Narrator / Lone Stranger / Villain (voice)
• 1939The Practical Pig — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939The Wizard of Oz — Mayor / Lollipop Guild Member (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Zorro's Fighting Legion — Don Del Oro (voice)
• 1938A Day at the Beach — Captain
• 1938A Feud There Was — Weaver from Audience / McCoy at Cellar Door (voice)
• 1938Blue Monday — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Boy Meets Dog — Voice
• 1938California Frontier — Bellhop
• 1938Cleaning House — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Farmyard Symphony — Bull (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Have You Got Any Castles — Basso Man (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Hide and Shriek — Haunted House Ghouls (voice)
• 1938Men with Wings — Red Cross Man
• 1938Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter — Vocal Talents (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands — Rudolf Ratbone (voice)
• 1938Now That Summer Is Gone — Pop (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Old Smokey — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Porky in Wackyland — Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Porky's Phoney Express — Porky's boss (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938Poultry Pirates — Captain
• 1938Professor Beware — Shoeshine Customer
• 1938The Captain's Christmas — The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938The Captain's Pup — Captain (voice)
• 1938The Lone Ranger — Lone Ranger (voice)
• 1938The Mexicali Kid — Stagecoach Driver
• 1938The Winning Ticket — The Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938What a Lion! — Captain (voice) (uncredited)
• 1938You're an Education — Singing Tibetan / Thief of Baghdad (voice)
• 1937A Sunbonnet Blue — Villain Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Ain't We Got Fun — Mouse in Checkered Cap (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Dog Daze — St. Bernard (voice)
• 1937Donald's Ostrich — Bass Singer / Villain on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Double Wedding — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• 1937Egghead Rides Again — Boarding Room Clerk / Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Get Rich Quick Porky — Driver (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937God's Country and the Man — Sandy Briggs
• 1937I Wanna Be a Sailor — Papa Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Lonesome Ghosts — Short Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Mickey's Review — Dog Catcher (voice)
• 1937Modern Inventions — Robot Butler (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Picador Porky — Bull (uncredited)
• 1937Pigs Is Pigs — Evil Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Playing the Ponies — Announcer (uncredited)
• 1937Porky's Building — Dirty Digg (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Porky's Duck Hunt — The Guy Upstairs / Bass Fish (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Porky's Railroad — Silver Fish engineer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Porky's Road Race — Borax Karoff (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Porky's Romance — Time Munches On Narrator
• 1937Speaking of the Weather — Public Enemy #1 / Judge (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Sweet Sioux — Native American (voice)
• 1937The Californian — Tax Collector
• 1937The Case of the Stuttering Pig — Lawyer Goodwill (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937The Fella with a Fiddle — Grandpa Mouse (voice)
• 1937The Hound and the Rabbit — Fox (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937The Lyin' Mouse — Lion - Cat Humming (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937The Worm Turns — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Uncle Tom's Bungalow — Simon Simon Legree (voice)
• 1937Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue — Big Bad Wolf (voice)
• 1936Alpine Antics — Bully (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936An All American Toothache — Plumber #1 (uncredited)
• 1936Bingo Crosbyana — Spider (voice)
• 1936Boom Boom — General Hardtack / General / Soldiers (voice)
• 1936Can This Be Dixie? — John P. Smith Peachtree
• 1936Dick Whittington's Cat — Cook
• 1936Divot Diggers — Golfer
• 1936Don't Look Now — Devil Cuckoo (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936Early to Bed — Office Boy (uncredited)
• 1936How to Vote — Man on Platform (uncredited)
• 1936I Love to Singa — Professor Fritz Owl (voice)
• 1936Lash of the Penitentes — Narrating Missionary
• 1936Little Beau Porky — Ali-Mode, Commandant
• 1936Little Boy Blue — Wolf (voice)
• 1936Milk and Money — Mr. Viper (voice / uncredited)
• 1936Moving Day — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936New Shoes — Boy's Shoes (voice)
• 1936Porky in the North Woods — Jean-Baptiste (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936Rhythm on the Range — Buck's Friend
• 1936Satan Met a Lady — Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)
• 1936Shanghaied Shipmates — Ship's Captain - Shipmate (voice)
• 1936The Big Broadcast of 1937 — Property Man
• 1936The Fire Alarm — Beans (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936Three Blind Mouseketeers — Captain Katt
• 1936Three Little Wolves — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936Thru the Mirror — Radio (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936Wives Never Know — Drunk (uncredited)
• 1935A Cartoonist's Nightmare — Demon Beast / Old Man / Villains (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Alias St. Nick — Cat / Fake Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Balloon Land — Pincushion Man (voice)
• 1935Billboard Frolics — Dave Rub-Em-Off
• 1935Coronado — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1935Gold Diggers of '49 — Beans (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935I Haven't Got a Hat — Beans / Ex (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Life Begins at Forty — Hog Caller
• 1935Little Dutch Plate — Vinegar Bottle (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze — Timekeeper (uncredited)
• 1935Mickey's Man Friday — Friday (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Mickey's Service Station — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Pluto's Judgement Day — Cat Prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935Teacher's Beau — Chairman of the Board
• 1935The Golden Touch — King Midas (voice) (uncredited)
• 1935The Lost City — Gorzo
• 1935The Merry Old Soul — Old King Cole (voice)
• 1935The Rainmakers — Townsman
• 1935The Robber Kitten — Dirty Bill
• 1935The Tin Man — The Tin Man (voice)
• 1935Twin Triplets — Merchant (uncredited)
• 1935Two-Fisted — Cop
• 1935Who Killed Cock Robin? — Judge Oliver Owl (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934Babes in Toyland — Chief of Police (uncredited)
• 1934Buddy of the Apes — Tribal Chief (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934Buddy's Bearcats — Hot Dog Man / Customer / Mustached Baseball Player (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934Buddy's Garage — Gruff Guy (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934Goofy Movies Number Two — Christopher Columbus (uncredited)
• 1934Maid in Hollywood — Information Clerk (uncredited)
• 1934Mama's Little Pirate — Voice of Giant
• 1934Music in Your Hair — Schmaltz's Friendly Neighbor
• 1934Next Week-End
• 1934One-Horse Farmers — Subway Passenger (uncredited)
• 1934Punch Drunks — Fight Announcer (uncredited)
• 1934Shanghaied — Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934The Big Bad Wolf — Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934The Dognapper — Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1934The First Round-Up — Wally's Father
• 1934The Old-Fashioned Way — Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
• 1934Three Chumps Ahead — Second Waiter (uncredited)
• 1934Two-Gun Mickey — Pegleg Pete (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933A Lady's Profession — Keyhole McKluskey
• 1933Air Fright — Stunt Aviator
• 1933Bedtime Worries — Radio Voice
• 1933Building a Building — (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933Call Her Sausage — Meyer (uncredited)
• 1933Diplomaniacs — Schmerzenschmerzen (uncredited)
• 1933Husbands' Reunion — Judge
• 1933Keg o' My Heart — Meyer Schmaltz
• 1933Me and My Pal — Police Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933Mickey's Mellerdrammer — Horace Horsecollar (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933Morning Glory — Actor (uncredited)
• 1933One Track Minds — Passenger with Whiskers (uncredited)
• 1933Rhapsody in Brew — Meyer Schmaltz
• 1933She Done Him Wrong — Singing Waiter (uncredited)
• 1933Taxi Barons — Host - Jenna's Father
• 1933The Mad Doctor — Dr. XXX (voice) (uncredited)
• 1933The Midnight Patrol — Radio dispatcher (voice)
• 1933The Rummy — Taxicab Company Mechanic (uncredited)
• 1933Three Little Pigs — Big Bad Wolf (voice)
• 1933Ye Olden Days — King (voice) (uncredited)
• 1932A Slip at the Switch — Feeny
• 1932Bridge Wives — Radio announcer
• 1932By Whose Hand? — Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
• 1932Never the Twins Shall Meet — Installment Man
• 1932Night World — Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• 1932Runt Page — Bears Bugs (voice) (uncredited)
• 1932Sneak Easily — Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• 1932Taxi for Two — The District Attorney
• 1932The Boiling Point — Stubby - Kirk Hand
• 1932The Dentist — Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
• 1932The Devil Is Driving — Musician at First Wedding (uncredited)
• 1932The Hollywood Handicap
• 1932The Tabasco Kid — Susie (voice)
• 1931Branded Men — Half-A-Rod
• 1931Monkey Business — Man in Deck Chair
• 1931The Secret Witness — Radio Announcer's Voice
• 1931The Texas Ranger — Tubby
• 1931Trader Hound — Trader Hound / Native King (voice) (uncredited)
• 1930Dancing Sweeties — Bud (uncredited)
• 1930Loose Ankles — Mr. Berry from Logan
• 1930Moonlight and Monkey Business — Honeymooner
• 1930Show Girl in Hollywood — Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors
• 1930Soup to Nuts — Revolutionary (uncredited)
• 1930The Man Hunter — Buggs
• 1930Top Speed — Ipps
• Looney Tunes — Papa Bear, Spike, Wolf, various others
• 1928Daredevil's Reward — Slim
• 1928Hold’er Cowboy
• 1928The Cowboy Kid — Deputy Sheriff
• 1928The Fresh Lobster
• 1928The Terrible People — Proody
• 1927One Hour of Love — 'Half Pint' Walker
• 1927The Patent Leather Kid — Fight Fan
• 1927Two Girls Wanted — Johnny
• 1926The Bar-C Mystery
• 1926The Dude Cowboy — Shorty O'Day
• 1925The Silent Guardian — Director
• 1925The Wild Girl — Director
• 1924Getting Gertie's Goat — Mr Smith
• 1924That's the Spirit — The Crooked Scientist
• 1923Call the Wagon
• 1923Kidding Katie — The Butler
• 1922Billy Jim — Jimmy
• 1922Cold Feet — Pride of the Mounted
• 1922Turn to the Right — Sammy Martin (as William Bletcher)
• 1921The Noodle Nut
• 1920A Bashful Bigamist — Mr. Smith
• 1920Dry and Thirsty — Horace Radish, Writer
• 1919A Roman Scandal — Stage Director
• 1916Jane's Bashful Hero — Louie
• 1916One Too Many — Unhappy Boarder
• 1916The Battle Royal — Grandpa Runt
• 1916The Serenade — Schmitte
• 1915The Vanishing Vault

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1997The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' — Self (archive footage)