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