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Episode Characters Played	167
Episode Appearances	398
Books Written	2
Video Characters Played	10
Video Appearances	16
Podcast Appearances	14
Documentary Appearances	3

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Avery Award Winner!

Will Ryan has won an Avery Award (Fall 2010) for Best Actor!

Will Ryan has played numerous voice roles in the entertainment business. His credits include the seahorse in The Little Mermaid, Papa Bear in Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Petrie in The Land Before Time. The Emmy Award-winning producer, lyricist and composer also created Eugene Sings! and voiced Tigger and Rabbit on the Disney Channel's long-running Welcome to Pooh Corner series. Of course, we know and love him as Eugene.

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William Frank Ryan was born May 21, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. He died on November 19, 2021 at the age of 72 after a short battle with cancer. Will Ryan's career spanned 55 years in voice acting entertainment. This talented man was the voice of Eugene for 34 years, although he took a break from playing the character several years ago during the Novacom Saga. Will acted in several movies and cartoons along with many familiar voices - such as Alan Young (Jack Allen), and Hal Smith (the original Whit) in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983). He also played in Dumbo's Circus television series along with Katie Leigh (Connie Kendall), Jim Cummings, and Walker Edmiston (Tom Riley).

Will Ryan first joined Adventures in Odyssey as the voice of Bill Moorhead in #2: “The Life of the Party”, and is now more well known for voicing Eugene Meltsner. Will Ryan has also played numerous non-recurring characters on the show. In one of his first episodes called #5: “Gifts for Madge and Guy”, he played three of the major characters. His primary character, Officer Harley, was removed from the show after a half a year, following complaints from listeners. This left Will Ryan without a main character on the show, although he continued playing several smaller roles on the show for a while.

Steve Harris had this to say about the situation at that time. "My biggest disappointment at the time [of the Officer Harley dispute] was the prospect of losing Will Ryan, the actor who played Officer Harley. He was too talented and too much fun to work with to let slip away. The character of Eugene was created specifically to prevent that from happening."

Will was also a talented songwriter, having his own band and writing many of the songs for the Odyssey episodes #387: “New Years Eve Live!”, #811: “Legacy”, #871: “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones”, and #675: “A Thankstaking Story”. His fellow actors often commented on his ability to play the ukulele, and his habit to make up songs between takes. Katie Leigh mentioned that once the directors said 'cut', Will would start playing his ukulele and Hal Smith would start singing.

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Acting (398) · Characters (167) · Video Acting (16) · Video Characters (10) · Books (2) · Podcasts (14) · Documentaries (3)

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Will Ryan has acted in 398 episodes with an average rating of {{#w4grb_cat_rating:Episodes with acting by Will Ryan }}%

#2: “The Life of the Party” (1)
#3: “Lights Out at Whit's End” (2)
#5: “Gifts for Madge and Guy” (3)
#7: “Promises, Promises” (4)
#9: “Doing Unto Others” (5)
#11: “Addictions Can Be Habit-Forming” (6)
#12: “The Tangled Web” (7)
#13: “Bobby's Valentine” (8)
#14: “Missed It By That Much” (9)
#19: “Recollections” (10)
#21: “The Case of the Missing Train Car” (11)
#23: “The Quality of Mercy” (12)
#24: “Gotcha!” (13)
#25: “Harley Takes the Case, Part 1” (14)
#26: “Harley Takes the Case, Part 2” (15)
#29: “Rumor Has It” (16)
#37: “Camp What-A-Nut, Part 1” (17)
#38: “Camp What-A-Nut, Part 2” (18)
#41: “Return to the Bible Room” (19)
#42: “The Last Great Adventure of the Summer” (20)
#43: “Back to School” (21)
#44: “It Sure Seems Like It to Me” (22)
#45: “What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?” (23)
#46: “The Shepherd and the Giant” (24)
#47: “A Single Vote” (25)
#48: “Heroes” (26)
#51: “Connie, Part 1” (27)
#52: “Connie, Part 2” (28)
#53: “The Sacred Trust” (29)
#54: “Peace on Earth” (30)
#55: “Auld Lang Syne” (31)
#62: “Let This Mind Be in You” (32)
#63: “A Good and Faithful Servant” (33)
#66: “The Imagination Station, Part 1” (34)
#67: “The Imagination Station, Part 2” (35)
#70: “The Return of Harley, Part 1” (36)
#71: “The Return of Harley, Part 2” (37)
#73: “A Bite of Applesauce” (38)
#76: “Eugene's Dilemma” (39)
#77: “The Nemesis, Part 1” (40)
#83: “The Battle, Part 1” (41)
#84: “The Battle, Part 2” (42)
#100: “Ice Fishing” (43)
#101: “Scattered Seeds” (44)
#104: “Lincoln, Part 1” (45)
#105: “Lincoln, Part 2” (46)
#112: “Curious, Isn't It?” (47)
#113: “Suspicious Minds” (48)
#114: “The Big Broadcast” (49)
#115: “An Act of Mercy” (50)
#116: “Isaac the Benevolent” (51)
#117: “The Trouble with Girls” (52)
#120: “Pranks for the Memories” (53)
#121: “Missing Person” (54)
#130: “Bernard and Joseph, Part 1” (55)
#131: “Bernard and Joseph, Part 2” (56)
#135: “Back to Bethlehem, Part 1” (57)
#136: “Back to Bethlehem, Part 2” (58)
#137: “Back to Bethlehem, Part 3” (59)
#138: “The Adventure of the Adventure” (60)
#139: “Melanie's Diary” (61)
#141: “Over the Airwaves” (62)
#142: “Train Ride” (63)
#157: “Last in a Long Line” (64)
#158: “A Day in the Life” (65)
#159: “The Homecoming” (66)
#160: “A Rathbone of Contention” (67)
#163: “A Model Child” (68)
#164: “Sixties-Something” (69)
#165: “Bernard and Esther, Part 1” (70)
#166: “Bernard and Esther, Part 2” (71)
#167: “Dobson Comes to Town” (72)
#168: “The Curse” (73)
#169: “Hold Up!” (74)
#170: “A Test for Robyn” (75)
#171: “The Cross of Cortes, Part 1” (76)
#172: “The Cross of Cortes, Part 2” (77)
#173: “A Thanksgiving Carol” (78)
#176: “The Star, Part 1” (79)
#177: “The Star, Part 2” (80)
#178: “Room Mates” (81)
#182: “The Scales of Justice” (82)
#183: “Tales of Moderation” (83)
#184: “Isaac the Chivalrous” (84)
#193: “A Tongue of Fire” (85)
#194: “A License to Drive” (86)
#196: “Harlow Doyle, Private Eye” (87)
#198: “Treasure Hunt” (88)
#199: “The 'No' Factor” (89)
#200: “Feud for Thought” (90)
#205: “Flash Flood” (91)
#207: “The Case of the Candid Camera” (92)
#208: “Pipe Dreams” (93)
#209: “Columbus: The Grand Voyage” (94)
#210: “On Solid Ground” (95)
#211: “The Mortal Coil, Part 1” (96)
#212: “The Mortal Coil, Part 2” (97)
#213: “Best Intentions” (98)
#214: “The Living Nativity” (99)
#215: “Caroling, Caroling” (100)
#218: “A Class Act” (101)
#232: “Thy Kingdom Come” (102)
#233: “Thy Will Be Done” (103)
#237: “Deliver Us From Evil” (104)
#247: “Why Don't You Grow Up?” (105)
#248: “Terror from the Skies” (106)
#249: “The Case of the Delinquent Disciples” (107)
#250: “Pilgrim's Progress Revisited, Part 1” (108)
#251: “Pilgrim's Progress Revisited, Part 2” (109)
#252: “The Bad Hair Day” (110)
#253: “A Time for Christmas” (111)
#254: “Truth, Trivia and 'Trina” (112)
#255: “The Boy Who Cried 'Destructo!'” (113)
#258: “Aloha, Oy!, Part 3” (114)
#260: “Naturally, I Assumed...” (115)
#263: “When Bad Isn't So Good” (116)
#265: “War of the Words” (117)
#266: “It Began with a Rabbit's Foot” (118)
#267: “It Ended with a Handshake” (119)
#269: “Fences” (120)
#274: “First Hand Experience” (121)
#275: “Second Thoughts” (122)
#276: “Third Degree” (123)
#277: “It Happened at Four Corners” (124)
#278: “The Fifth House on the Left, Part 1” (125)
#279: “The Fifth House on the Left, Part 2” (126)
#280: “Gone...” (127)
#281: “...But Not Forgotten” (128)
#283: “A Book by Its Cover” (129)
#286: “Tom for Mayor, Part 1” (130)
#287: “Tom for Mayor, Part 2” (131)
#288: “The Twilife Zone” (132)
#290: “A Name, Not a Number, Part 1” (133)
#291: “A Name, Not a Number, Part 2” (134)
#294: “Unto Us a Child Is Born” (135)
#298: “I Want My B-TV!” (136)
#304: “St. Paul: The Man from Tarsus” (137)
#305: “St. Paul: Set Apart by God” (138)
#309: “The Perfect Witness, Part 1” (139)
#310: “The Perfect Witness, Part 2” (140)
#311: “The Perfect Witness, Part 3” (141)
#317: “B-TV: Envy” (142)
#320: “Where Is Thy Sting?” (143)
#322: “The Turning Point” (144)
#323: “A Little Credit, Please” (145)
#327: “Moving Targets” (146)
#330: “The Time Has Come” (147)
#331: “Checkmate” (148)
#332: “Another Chance” (149)
#333: “The Last Resort” (150)
#334: “The Final Conflict” (151)
#335: “Love is in the Air, Part 1” (152)
#336: “Love is in the Air, Part 2” (153)
#339: “Do, For a Change” (154)
#345: “B-TV: Compassion” (155)
#350: “The Time of Our Lives” (156)
#351: “What Are You Gonna Do with Your Life?” (157)
#354: “Blind Justice” (158)
#355: “The Search for Whit, Part 1” (159)
#356: “The Search for Whit, Part 2” (160)
#357: “The Search for Whit, Part 3” (161)
#362: “The Right Choice, Part 1” (162)
#363: “The Right Choice, Part 2” (163)
#364: “Home, Sweet Home” (164)
#365: “Clara” (165)
#366: “Solitary Refinement” (166)
#367: “The Decision” (167)
#368: “The Other Woman” (168)
#369: “It's a Wrap!” (169)
#370: “Christmas Around the World, Part 1” (170)
#371: “Christmas Around the World, Part 2” (171)
#373: “For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll, Part 2” (172)
#374: “For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll, Part 3” (173)
#380: “The One About Trust, Part 1” (174)
#381: “The One About Trust, Part 2” (175)
#383: “B-TV: Thanks” (176)
#385: “It's a Pokenberry Christmas, Part 1” (177)
#386: “It's a Pokenberry Christmas, Part 2” (178)
#387: “New Year's Eve Live!” (179)
#389: “O.T. Action News: Jephthah's Vow” (180)
#390: “No Bones About It” (181)
#392: “When In Doubt...Pray!” (182)
#393: “Wrapped Around Your Finger” (183)
#394: “Patrick: A Heart Afire, Part 1” (184)
#396: “Poor Loser” (185)
#403: “Faster Than a Speeding Ticket” (186)
#404: “Hide and Seek” (187)
#405: “The Graduate” (188)
#406: “Malachi's Message, Part 1” (189)
#407: “Malachi's Message, Part 2” (190)
#408: “Malachi's Message, Part 3” (191)
#410: “B-TV: Forgiveness” (192)
#414: “Buried Sin” (193)
#415: “Gloobers” (194)
#416: “The Tower” (195)
#417: “Not-So-Trivial Pursuits” (196)
#419: “Another Man's Shoes” (197)
#424: “Blackgaard's Revenge, Part 1” (198)
#425: “Blackgaard's Revenge, Part 2” (199)
#428a: “The Eternal Birthday” (200)
#429: “The YAK Problem” (201)
#431a: “Where There's Smoke” (202)
#431b: “The Virtual Kid” (203)
#433a: “The Treasure Room” (204)
#433b: “Chain Reaction” (205)
#434: “B-TV: Redeeming the Season” (206)
#435: “A Look Back, Part 1” (207)
#436: “A Look Back, Part 2” (208)
#437a: “Sunset Bowlawater” (209)
#437b: “The Long Way Home” (210)
#438a: “The Lyin' Tale” (211)
#438b: “The Telltale Cat” (212)
#439: “B-TV: Grace” (213)
#440: “I Slap Floor” (214)
#441a: “What Do You Think?” (215)
#441b: “Idol Minds” (216)
#442a: “Two Roads” (217)
#443: “Changing Rodney” (218)
#444b: “The Bad Guy” (219)
#444c: “Bethany's Flood” (220)
#445: “No Boundaries” (221)
#446b: “The Seven Deadly Dwarves” (222)
#447: “Potlucks and Poetry” (223)
#448: “Mandy's Debut” (224)
#461: “B-TV: Obedience” (225)
#484: “Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action” (226)
#499: “Exit” (227)
#500: “500” (228)
#564: “A Most Intriguing Question” (229)
#565: “A Most Surprising Answer” (230)
#566: “A Most Extraordinary Conclusion” (231)
#567: “Two Friends and a Truck” (232)
#568: “The Power of One” (233)
#569: “The Invisible Dog” (234)
#570: “For Better or For Worse, Part 1” (235)
#571: “For Better or For Worse, Part 2” (236)
#572: “Odyssey Sings!” (237)
#573: “Back to Abnormal” (238)
#574: “Prisoners of Fear, Part 1” (239)
#575: “Prisoners of Fear, Part 2” (240)
#576: “Prisoners of Fear, Part 3” (241)
#577: “The Business of Busyness” (242)
#578: “All-Star Witness” (243)
#580: “Tales of a Small-Town Thug” (244)
#581: “A Christmas Conundrum” (245)
#583: “The Champ of the Camp” (246)
#584: “Dead Ends” (247)
#586: “A Cheater Cheated” (248)
#588: “Broken-Armed and Dangerous” (249)
#589: “The Impossible” (250)
#593: “Around the Block” (251)
#594: “A Time for Action, Part 1” (252)
#595: “A Time for Action, Part 2” (253)
#596: “Cover of Darkness” (254)
#599: “Blood, Sweat, and Fears” (255)
#601: “Bernard and Jeremiah” (256)
#605: “The Chosen One, Part 1” (257)
#606: “The Chosen One, Part 2” (258)
#607: “The Undeniable Truth” (259)
#610: “Hear Me, Hear Me” (260)
#611: “The Top Floor, Part 1” (261)
#612: “The Top Floor, Part 2” (262)
#613: “The Top Floor, Part 3” (263)
#619: “A New Era, Part 1” (264)
#620: “A New Era, Part 2” (265)
#621: “A New Era, Part 3” (266)
#631: “A Capsule Comes to Town” (267)
#632: “Suspicious Finds” (268)
#636: “A Class Reenactment” (269)
#637: “The Forgotten Deed” (270)
#639: “The Triangled Web, Part 2” (271)
#640: “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners” (272)
#641: “The Imagination Station, Revisited, Part 1” (273)
#642: “The Imagination Station, Revisited, Part 2” (274)
#TTC01: “Here Am I” (275)
#TTC04: “Three in One” (276)
#TTC08: “The Final Call” (277)
#???: “B-TV: Live!” (278)
#???: “Welcome to Whit's End” (279)
#655: “The Inspiration Station, Part 1” (280)
#656: “The Inspiration Station, Part 2” (281)
#660: “For the Birds” (282)
#663: “Finish What You...” (283)
#667: “The Mystery of the Clock Tower, Part 1” (284)
#668: “The Mystery of the Clock Tower, Part 2” (285)
#669: “Wooton's Broken Pencil Show” (286)
#671: “Fast As I Can” (287)
#675: “A Thankstaking Story” (288)
#678: “Grandma's Christmas Visit” (289)
#679: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 1” (290)
#680: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 2” (291)
#681: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 3” (292)
#682: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 4” (293)
#683: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 5” (294)
#684: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 6” (295)
#685: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 7” (296)
#686: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 8” (297)
#687: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 9” (298)
#688: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 10” (299)
#689: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 11” (300)
#690: “The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 12” (301)
#693: “The Amazing Loser” (302)
#696: “You're Two Kind” (303)
#697: “A Penny Earned” (304)
#699: “Emily the Genius” (305)
#700: “How to Sink a Sub” (306)
#702: “Childish Things” (307)
#706: “To Mend or Repair” (308)
#708: “Sergeant York, Part 1” (309)
#709: “Sergeant York, Part 2” (310)
#710: “Sergeant York, Part 3” (311)
#711: “Sergeant York, Part 4” (312)
#712: “Child's Play” (313)
#713: “Something Old, Something New, Part 1” (314)
#714: “Something Old, Something New, Part 2” (315)
#???: “Push the Red Button (Live)” (316)
#715: “The Perfect Church, Part 1” (317)
#716: “The Perfect Church, Part 2” (318)
#719: “The Bible Network” (319)
#724: “Home Again, Part 1” (320)
#725: “Home Again, Part 2” (321)
#726: “Push the Red Button” (322)
#729: “No Chemistry Whatsoever” (323)
#731: “More Than a Feeling” (324)
#734: “Life Expectancy, Part 1” (325)
#735: “Life Expectancy, Part 2” (326)
#736: “Life Expectancy, Part 3” (327)
#738: “The Pilot, Part 2” (328)
#739: “The Launch, Part 1” (329)
#740: “The Launch, Part 2” (330)
#741: “In a Kingdom Far Away” (331)
#745: “Like a Good Neighbor” (332)
#746: “The Lone Lawman” (333)
#749: “The Drop Box” (334)
#751: “The Ties That Bind, Part 1” (335)
#752: “The Ties That Bind, Part 2” (336)
#754: “The Ties That Bind, Part 4” (337)
#756: “The Ties That Bind, Part 6” (338)
#758: “The Ties That Bind, Part 8” (339)
#759: “The Ties That Bind, Part 9” (340)
#760: “The Ties That Bind, Part 10” (341)
#761: “The Ties That Bind, Part 11” (342)
#762: “The Ties That Bind, Part 12” (343)
#763: “The Ties That Bind, Part 13” (344)
#764: “The Ties That Bind, Part 14” (345)
#769: “B-TV: To Tell the Truth” (346)
#771: “Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet, Part 1” (347)
#778: “Playing the Predictable” (348)
#779: “A Big Commitment” (349)
#781: “Out of the Woods” (350)
#782: “Let's Get Together” (351)
#790: “Walk This Way” (352)
#791: “When One Door Closes, Part 1” (353)
#792: “When One Door Closes, Part 2” (354)
#794: “Things Not Seen” (355)
#803: “Old Tricks” (356)
#805: “A Very Bassett Wedding, Part 1” (357)
#806: “A Very Bassett Wedding, Part 2” (358)
#807: “Connie the Counselor” (359)
#811: “Legacy, Part 1” (360)
#812: “Legacy, Part 2” (361)
#818: “Swept Away, Part 1” (362)
#819: “Swept Away, Part 2” (363)
#830: “B-TV: Revenge” (364)
#831: “Crash Course” (365)
#???: “30th Birthday Live Show” (366)
#833: “The Secret of the Writer's Ruse” (367)
#837: “Out of the Picture” (368)
#840: “Failing to the Finish Line” (369)
#845: “Walk Worthy” (370)
#849: “Out to Sea” (371)
#855: “Divided We Fall” (372)
#858: “B-TV: Trinity” (373)
#859: “The Long End, Part 1” (374)
#860: “The Long End, Part 2” (375)
#861: “The Long End, Part 3” (376)
#867: “Take Every Thought Captive” (377)
#869: “B-TV: Idolatry” (378)
#870: “The World of Whitonia” (379)
#871: “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” (380)
#876: “Page from the Playbook” (381)
#883: “Breaking News” (382)
#885: “Further from the Truth” (383)
#888: “Out of Her Element” (384)
#891: “Cars, Trains and Motorcycles” (385)
#905: “Auto Response” (386)
#915: “The Revenge of Bigfoot” (387)
#931: “As Buck Would Have It, Part 1” (388)
#932: “As Buck Would Have It, Part 2” (389)
#933: “As Buck Would Have It, Part 3” (390)
#936: “Drake and the Aberrant Automaton” (391)
#938: “Knox on Love” (392)
#945: “Knox on Sacrifice” (393)
#966: “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 1” (394)
#967: “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 2” (395)
#968: “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 3” (396)
#969: “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 4” (397)
#???: “A Thousand Blessings” (398)

Will Ryan has voiced 167 characters

Will Ryan has acted in 16 videos with an average rating of {{#w4grb_cat_rating:Videos with acting by Will Ryan }}%

01: The Knight Travellers (1)
02: A Flight to the Finish (2)
03: A Fine Feathered Frenzy (3)
04: Shadow of a Doubt (4)
05: Star Quest (5)
06: Once Upon an Avalanche (6)
07: Electric Christmas (7)
08: Go West Young Man (8)
09: Someone to Watch Over Me (9)
10: In Harm's Way (10)
11: A Twist in Time (11)
12: A Stranger Among Us (12)
13: Baby Daze (13)
14: The Last Days of Eugene Meltsner (14)
15: Escape from the Forbidden Matrix (15)
16: The Caves of Qumran (16)

Will Ryan has voiced 10 characters

Will Ryan has written 2 books with an average rating of {{#w4grb_cat_rating:Books written by Will Ryan }}%

Will Ryan has appeared in 14 podcasts

Will Ryan has appeared in 3 documentaries

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In this picture: Kari Wahlgren, Jonathan Crowe, Will Ryan, Allison Sharpe Source: Facebook

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