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Billy was born in 1894, in Pennsylvania to Harry and Dora Bletcher.
Billy provided the voices for various animated characters for Walt Disney Pictures including Mickey's nemesis Pete and the the Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs and its spin-offs. In MGM films, he voiced Spike the Bulldog and on some occasions Tom, in Tom and Jerry. For Warner Bros. he replaced Mel Blanc as the voice of Papa Bear in later renditions of Chuck Jones' The Three Bears. He also portrayed another villainous wolf in Little Red Riding Rabbit. In 1939, he also voiced the Mayor of Munchkinland (physically performed by Charles Becker) in The Wizard of Oz.
Billy also worked in front of the camera including a role as the Police Chief in the Laurel and Hardy film Babes In Toyland (1934). On radio, he played several characters on The Lone Ranger in the 1950s, and also appeared in an episode of the TV series. In 1971, he played one of his final roles, Pappy Yokum in a television adaptation of Lil Abner.
He was married to actress Arline Roberts, with whom he had a daughter named Barbara.
He died 5 Jan 1979, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 84.
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He is also listed in U.S. Census records starting in 1900.
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