Spoiler : Billsbury, Rye (aka Michael Rye) Born in Chicago, Illinois ca 1920.Using the name of Michael Rye, he played Gary Curtis on the NBC-Radio soap, Ma Perkins (1933-?), and Jack Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy for NBC-BLUE (1943-1944). As Rye Billsbury, he played Mark Dillon on the first audition program of Gunsmoke (6/11/1949), and Johnny Boone, Jr. on Meet Millie for CBS-Radio (1951-1954).

Spoiler : Announcer for The Cisco Kid on Mutual-Radio (1942-1945). One of six actors to portray the First Nighter on The First Nighter for the NBC, CBS and Mutual Radio Networks (1930-1953). Using the name of Rye Billsbury, he appeared in the 1951 movie Two Lost Worlds. Using the name of Michael Rye, he appeared in movies including Hands of a Stranger (1962). Using the name of Michael Rye, he worked in television series.

Spoiler : He provided his voice for characters on animated TV series The Lone Ranger (1966); Sky Hawks (1969); The All-New SuperFriends Hour (1977); The Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978); The Super Globetrotters (1979); Scooby and Scrappy-Doo (1979); The Smurfs (1981); Spider-Man (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Secret World of Og (1983); The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983); David and Goliath SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984); The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985); The Gummi Bears (1985); the Mayor on Fluppy Dogs (1986); voice of Wagstaff The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1986); voice of Mr. Slaghoople and the Irate Man Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987); Chancellor Trample on The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No Special (1988); Tale Spin (1990); Pirates of Darkwater (1991).