Will Ryan
Biography
Born in San Francisco in 1949, Will Ryan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and worked as a voice actor, musician, and singer. He first made his name singing about the American West, and in the late 1970s he and Phil Baron formed the duo Willio and Phillio, playing clubs, universities, and radio and television gigs. The two later voiced Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby the Octopede for The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin. Ryan lent his voice to Rabbit and Tigger, and sang as Eeyore, in Welcome to Pooh Corner, and he was Petrie in The Land Before Time (1988), Digit in An American Tail (1986), and Willie the Giant for Mickey's Christmas Carol. Starting in 1987 he played Eugene Meltsner on the radio serial Adventures in Odyssey, taking on more than 100 characters there. He also created Elmo Aardvark, a cartoon pastiche, in 1993, and voiced Barnaby the Dog on Dumbo's Circus. He died in 2021.
72years old at death
- Born San Francisco
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Also credited as William Frank Ryan
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 33 years1986 to 2019
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Behind the camera
In 1993, Ryan created Elmo Aardvark, a character who acted as a pastiche of the early stars of animated cartoons.
Beyond film
Ryan and Nick Santa Maria performed as the vaudeville-era comedy team Biffle & Shooster, with Ryan as Shooster, and made their first film together in 2013.
A change of course
Ryan teamed with Phil Baron as the comedy duo Willio and Phillio in the late 1970s, playing television, radio, comedy clubs and universities across the U.S.
Beyond film
As a side project, Will Ryan performed briefly with Andrew J. Lederer and Michael Rosenberg, also called Jackie Diamond, in The Merry Metronomes, a music and comedy trio styled after the '20s.
Will Ryan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Don Bluth directed six of these films, Gary Goldman three and John Musker two. Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frank Welker's page
Neil Ross's page
Pat Musick's page
Kenneth Mars's page
Jodi Benson's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Don BluthDirector, 6 films, 1986 to 1995
All films by Don Bluth
Gary GoldmanDirector, 3 films, 1994 to 1995
All films by Gary Goldman
All films by John Musker
Also two films together18 more actors
- Dom DeLuiseA Troll in Central Park (1994) and An American Tail (1986)
- Rene AuberjonoisThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Edie McClurgThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Hamilton CampThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- B.J. WardThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995) and A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
- Hal SmithAlice Through the Looking Glass (1987) and An American Tail (1986)
- Ben WrightThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Pat CarrollThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Paddi EdwardsThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Buddy HackettThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Christopher Daniel BarnesThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Samuel E. WrightThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Charles Nelson ReillyA Troll in Central Park (1994) and Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
- Phillip GlasserA Troll in Central Park (1994) and An American Tail (1986)
- Kendall CunninghamThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995) and Thumbelina (1994)
- Jason MarinThe Little Mermaid Live! (2019) and The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Michael NunesThe Pebble and the Penguin (1995) and Thumbelina (1994)
- Tawny Sunshine GloverA Troll in Central Park (1994) and Thumbelina (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.