Billy Bletcher
| Billy Bletcher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Bletcher September 24, 1894 Lancaster, Pennsylvania U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1979 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1914–1971 |
| Known for | The voice of Pete |
| Spouse(s) | Arlyn H. Roberts (m. 1915–79) |
| Children | 1 |
William "Billy" Bletcher (September 24, 1894 – January 5, 1979) was an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is best known for providing the voice of Mickey's rival, Pete, for Disney from 1932 to 1954.
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 Pictures (Black Pete, Short Ghost and the Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs and its spin-offs). He auditioned to play one of the dwarfs in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. However, Walt Disney disapproved in fear that people would recognize Bletcher from the studio's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck short subjects.
In MGM films, he voiced Spike the Bulldog and on some occasions even Tom and Jerry, in Tom and Jerry, and in 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 portrayed another villainous wolf in Little Red Riding Rabbit.
His 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 provided voice work for Ub Iwerks as the Pincushion man in 1935's 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.
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