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Billy West

American voice actor

Person · Open Library

Born: 1951-04-16
Works: 5

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Film & TV

Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA

William Richard "Billy" West (born April 16, 1952) is an American voice actor. He launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN (TOP Rock station of the time) shortly after moving on to do the revival of Beany and Cecil and was also a castmember on the Howard Stern's radio show during the early to mid 1990s. West is best known for his voice-work on Ren…

Known for

Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration — Self - Voice Actor2024
Ren & Stimpy — Ren / Stimpy (voice)2024
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! — Self - Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)2020
Scoob! — Muttley (voice)2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story — Self2020
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Ebb / Skip Gilroy (voice)2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Mr. Peebles (voice)2019
Minecraft: Story Mode — Sigge (voice)2018
Disenchantment — Sorcerio (voice)2018
Big City Greens — Nick Mulligan (voice)2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1977-06-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,423
Total plays: 4,795

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A Simple, Positive Semi-Definite, Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation Consistent Covariance Matrix
· 1987 · cited 14,913x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions
· 2011 · cited 10,364x
NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease
· 2018 · cited 9,177x
Doing Gender
· 1987 · cited 8,008x

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Key facts

Born: William Richard Werstine , 1952 (age 73 – 74) , Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
Occupations: Voice actor musician
Years active: 1980–present
Spouse: Violet Benny ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 )
Website: billywest .com

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Key dates

Born: 16 April 1951

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Family name: West
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Detroit
Occupation: musician
Educated at: Berklee College of Music
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: English language

Article

William Richard Werstine (born 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, and several subsequent projects. He also voiced Disney characters, including Ellyvan the Elephant in Jungle Junction, Bashful in The 7D, as well as the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, and many more. In commercials, he voices the Red M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Rocket Raccoon, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. West was a regular performer on WBCN 104.1 FM in Boston, Massachusetts. during the mid-to-late 1980s, primarily appearing on Charles Laquidara's "The Big Mattress" morning show. He worked at the station until approximately 1988, when he moved to New York City to work at K-Rock (WXRK) and eventually joined The Howard Stern Show. He was a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling.

Early life