William "Billy" Bletcher (September 24, 1894 - January 5, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, and voice artist, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA . The diminutive Bletcher appeared on-screen in films and later television from the 1920s to the 1970s, including appearances in several Our Gang comedies. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ... Lancaster is a city located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ...

He is also famous as a voice actor, providing the voices of various characters for Disney (The Big Bad Wolf in Three Little Pigs and its spin-offs), MGM (Spike the Bulldog in Tom and Jerry), and Warner Bros. (many characters, most notably the Papa Bear of Chuck Jones' The Three Bears. Disney empire The name Disney may also refer to several aspects of the entertainment empire of The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Pictures, the companys flagship motion picture studio Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California The Disney Channel the companys theme parks and... The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional character who first appeared in the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood folktales that can be traced to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring talking animals. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940s Tom and Jerry were an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful series of theatrical short cartoons created, written, and directed by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame) and produced... Warner Bros. ... Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. ... The Three Bears are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. ...