Will Ryan

William Frank "Will" Ryan was an American voice actor, singer, and musician, who was best known for singing about the American West with his band, Will Ryan & the Cactus County Cowboys. He was also well-known for voicing Grubby the Octopede in the Teddy Ruxpin book-and-tape series, as well as the 1986 animated TV show . Additionally, he provided the voice of Frog (alongside Hal Smith as Toad) in various short films produced by , as well as Eugene Meltsner, Harlow Doyle, David Harley, and numerous one-shot characters in since 1987. He also voiced Digit in Don Bluth's 1986 animated film and Petrie in , another Don Bluth movie.
For Disney, he voiced Willie the Giant from 1983 until his death in 2021. He started voicing this character in Mickey's Christmas Carol, where he also voiced Pete. He also voiced Rabbit and Tigger in the Disney Channel's long-running series Welcome to Pooh Corner and in many other Pooh cartoons. He reprised his role as Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (replacing Junius Matthews after his death in 1978). Additionally, he voiced Barnaby the Dog in the live-action/puppet series Dumbo's Circus. In 1985, he voiced Unwin and a hunter in Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
Similar to what Wayne Allwine did for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Will Ryan managed to record all of his lines for some episodes of Mickey Mouse Funhouse before his death.
He also wrote and recorded several songs for Disney in many films and television projects, most notably the album "Goin' Quackers", which he co-wrote with Phil Baron.
==Roles==
Pete.gif|Pete(Mickey's Christmas Carol, Down and Out with Donald Duck, DuckTales, Totally Minnie, Donald's Pooch Parlor, Swabbies, Mickey Columbus,Although the film was never released, Ryan provided the voice of Pete in Mickey Columbus (1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZsQo-hSvE&t=1581s and Get a Horse!)
Zeke Midas (Lobo Feroz).png|Big Bad Wolf(Fisher-Price "Three Little Pigs" Story tape and Mickey's Christmas Carol)
Decoded Outline.gif|Goofy(DTV Valentine, Down and Out with Donald Duck, Totally Minnie)
Snowwhite40.gif|Sneezy(briefly)
Williethegiant.jpg|Willie the Giant(1983-2021)
292326-1978811-gladstone-gander.jpg|Gladstone Gander(Sport Goofy in Soccermania; deleted sceneshttp://dafradio.net/2016/05/29/daf-radio-episode-18-interview-with-will-ryan-w-katie-leigh/http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html)
Iceraichabodmrtoad0429.jpg|Mole(Mickey's Christmas Carol)
Char 111650 thumb.jpg|Weasel(Mickey's Christmas Carol)
Scrooge McDuck.jpg|Scrooge McDuck(Sport Goofy in Soccermania)
August234.gif|Pongo(DTV Valentine, DTV Doggone Valentine)
Rabbit.gif|Rabbit(Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, Welcome to Pooh Corner, Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure, and Think it Through with Winnie the Pooh)
Tigger happy.jpeg|Tigger(Welcome to Pooh Corner, Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure, and Think it Through with Winnie the Pooh)
Dc006.jpg|Barnaby(Dumbo's Circus)
Beagle Boys soccermania 2.JPG|Beagle Boys(Sport Goofy in Soccermania and Swabbies)
Gyro in Soccermania.jpg|Gyro Gearloose(Sport Goofy in Soccermania)
Gummibears beginning02.jpg|Unwin(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
Ogres.png|Ogres(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
AdventuresOfTheGummiBears-AGummiInAGildedCage-CarpieKing.png|Carpy King(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
Huntergummibear.jpg|Hunter(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
AdventuresOfTheGummiBears-TheCrimsonAvenger-CallaAndTheBadGuys.png|Erwillian, Henchman(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
AdventuresOfTheGummiBears-Gummadoon-Castle11.png|Mustachioed Knight of Gummadoon(Gummi Bears)
Screen Shot 2015-01-10 at 8.56.08 am.png|Lord Willoughby(Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
Weasel.png|Unnamed Weasel(Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin)
CNI61.jpg|Dale(Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers; singing voice)
The Seahorse Herald announcing.jpg|The Seahorse Herald(The Little Mermaid)
Robert Rabbit.png|Robert Rabbit(Welcome to Pooh Corner)
==Gallery==
Will Ryan in a behind the scenes interview of Mickey's Christmas Carol.jpg|Will Ryan during a behind the scenes interview of Mickey's Christmas Carol.
==Trivia==
*Will Ryan was thought to have been ten years older than his actual age before his death.
==References==
==External links==
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