# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:53:04.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-ryan"
name: "Will Ryan"
slug: "will-ryan"
description: "Will Ryan was an American voice actor, musician and singer. He provided the voice of Petrie in the 1988 animated film The Land Before Time.\nHe was also known for his voice work as Eugene Meltsner in the Christian radio drama Adventures in Odyssey and Grubby in The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin. Ryan was also the creator of Elmo Aardvark, a character that served as a pastiche of early animated cartoon stars, in 1993."
tagline: "American voice actor (1949–2021)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-05-21"
deathDate: "2021-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.384212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752900/"
    handle:    "nm0752900"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Will Ryan"
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    title: "ويل ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%B5_%DA%95%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ویڵ ڕایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ویل رایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ryan"
    title: "Will Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2629205"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump