Will Ryan Dead At 72

[SweetShop209]

Voice actor Will Ryan, who's done a lot of voice work for Disney, has died at the age of 72. There was an episode of Mickey Mouse Funhouse that aired on November 19, the day he died, where he reprised his role as Willie The Giant one more time.

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Will Ryan Dies: Emmy-Nominated Disney Voice Actor, Former ASIFA President Was 72

Will Ryan, a veteran voice actor who also once served as president of the animation organization ASIFA, died on Friday. He was 72.

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[cheril59]

He'd also been associated with Renegade Animation, as the voice of Wall on Cartoon Network's "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi".

 

[Mandouga]

He was also on the early Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner, though I’m not sure which role(s) he played. He might have even been on Dumbo’s Circus, which came a couple years later. He was also Scrooge McDuck in “Sport Goofy in Soccermania”, which is basically episode 0 of Ducktales. He regularly appeared in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, though again, I don’t know who he played. Outside of Disney, he was the voice of Grubby the Octopede in the Teddy Ruxpin franchise, which also features his music partner Phil Baron as the voice of Teddy (they were a musical duo called “Willio and Phillio”). He was also Digit, Warren T. Rat’s right-hand cockroach in “An American Tail”.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family.


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[Frontier]

RIP Mr. Ryan. Thank you for all the decades of wonderful voice work and the characters you personified and made staples of my childhood.

 

[dumbfoolkid5]

RIP, Sir

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[Low Spark of Lyman]

He was also on the early Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner, though I’m not sure which role(s) he played. He might have even been on Dumbo’s Circus, which came a couple years later.

IIRC, he had stints voicing several Winnie the Pooh characters in the 80s. Going by what I have on the Garfield* Wiki, he was Barnaby on Dumbo's Circus.

Another one of his more recent roles was Papa Bear (from the Chuck Jones version of The Three Bears) on Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

*He did several voices in Garfield and Friends, and even co-wrote some of the songs for the Am I Cool or What? project.

EDIT: Looks like he voiced Rabbit and Tigger for Welcome to Pooh Corner. Plus the singing voice of Eeyore (otherwise voiced by Ron Gans in the series, both succeeding Ralph Wright). He previously voiced Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh and a Day For Eeyore (succeeding Junius Matthews).

 

[Mandouga]

I don’t know about Tigger. My understanding is that Hal Smith (who voiced Pooh, and Owl) also voiced him, but I could be wrong.


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[wiley207]

Hal Smith did voice Tigger on a couple of Disney read-along book-and-audio sets in the late 70s (where he was also voicing Pooh, Eeyore and Owl), but starting in the 80s Will Ryan became the "backup Tigger" for when they couldn't get Paul Winchell (such as in "Welcome to Pooh Corner".)
Speaking of Disney read-alongs, this 1981 "Three Little Pigs" Storytape co-produced by Fisher-Price and Disneyland Records, Will Ryan's Big Bad Wolf was the most spot-on of all the character voices on the cassette. (He'd go on to also voice the Big Bad Wolf in the first scene of "Mickey's Christmas Carol".)

 

[TsWade2]

Oh wow! How sad! RIP

 

[Low Spark of Lyman]

Okay, so...apparently he was really 72.

Will Ryan Dies: Emmy-Nominated Disney Voice Actor, Former ASIFA President Was 72

Will Ryan, a veteran voice actor who also once served as president of the animation organization ASIFA, died on Friday. He was 72.

deadline.com

 

[SweetShop209]

Well let me change the title then.

 

[Eurbane]

he did the voice of petite in the land before time, herald the seahorse of the little mermaid, frog of frog and toad, betram the goose from the mother goose treasury, and the duck brothers of courage the cowardly dog.

 

[Low Spark of Lyman]

I first saw Mark Evanier mention Ryan being younger than stated, relaying what Katie Leigh (co-star on Dumbo's Circus) said. I wasn't sure if that was legit information (if only because there was an air of "well, he didn't seem that old"), but now I think confidence in that bit of information is warranted.

This isn't the first time I've seen someone's birth year get updated after death: two earlier examples are Rick Ducommun in 2015 and Rip Taylor in 2019 (both of whom also guest starred in Garfield and Friends). Maybe James Avery as well.

 

[Asa]

He voiced Digit in the first An American Tail film.

He sounds like Petrie from the first Land Before Time film.

 

[DecaTilde]

he did the voice of petite in the land before time, herald the seahorse of the little mermaid, frog of frog and toad, betram the goose from the mother goose treasury, and the duck brothers of courage the cowardly dog.

I think the spell check got to you. You meant to say "Petrie" and "Bertram".

 

[Eldorado]

I remember when Wikipedia said he was in his 80's. I wonder why they made such a big mistake?

 

[Low Spark of Lyman]

I remember when Wikipedia said he was in his 80's. I wonder why they made such a big mistake?

It may not just be that site.

This isn't the first time I've seen someone's birth year get updated after death: two earlier examples are Rick Ducommun in 2015 and Rip Taylor in 2019 (both of whom also guest starred in Garfield and Friends). Maybe James Avery as well.

 

[Eldorado]

This isn't the first time I've seen someone's birth year get updated after death: two earlier examples are Rick Ducommun in 2015 and Rip Taylor in 2019 (both of whom also guest starred in Garfield and Friends).

Funny enough I just learned a few minutes ago that Rip Taylor guest-starred on Garfield and Friends.