Cartoon Resource entry #347 - Sport Billy (1980)

SPORT BILLY

original Europe airdates: Sept 16, 1980-Nov 16, 1981
original US airdates: July 6, 1982-Sep 11, 1982 on NBC
episodes: 26
animated by: Filmation
distributed by: Sport Billy Productions

 

SUMMARY

Sport Billy was a European and Latin American comic character that Filmation produced an animated series for in Germany.  A year after it ran in Europe, NBC picked up the show to run in the US during the summer. Filmation owner, Lou Scheimer, had his son Lane voice the title character for the English version.

 

 

EPISODE GUIDE

#01 Joust in Time (07.06.1982)
#02 Trouble in Tokyo (07.07.1982)
#03 Mexican Holiday (07.08.1982)
#04 Return to Olympus (07.09.1982)
#05 Chinese Puzzle (07.12.1982)
#06 Teamwork (07.13.1982)
#07 Bad Weather Blues (07.14.1982)
#08 A Voice in the Wilderness (07.15.1982)
#09 Wheel of Fortune (07.16.1982)
#10 Hyde and Seek (07.19.1982)
#11 Power of the Omnisac (07.20.1982)
#12 A Race in Space (07.21.1982)
#13 Trial by Fire (07.22.1982)
#14 The Great Texas Hole in One (07.23.1982)
#15 Arabian Knights and Days (07.26.1982)
#16 Mixed Doubles (07.27.1982)
#17 Viking for a Day (07.28.1982)
#18 Monster from the Loch (07.29.1982)
#19 Mystery of the Russian Cave (07.30.1982)
#20 Rah! Rah! Billy! (07.31.1982)
#21 Peril in Peru (08.07.1982)
#22 Athenian Adventure (08.14.1982)
#23 Pure Luck (08.21.1982)
#24 Taj Mahal Mystery (08.28.1982)
#25 Australian Adventure (09.04.1982)
#26 A Tale of Two Billys (09.11.1982)

 

VOICE ACTORS

Joyce Bulifant (1937) as Queen Pandusa, Queen Vanda and Sport Lilly
Lane Scheimer as Sport Billy
Lou Scheimer (1928-2013) as the Master Sports Computer
Frank Welker (1946) as Sipe, Sporticus XI and Sport Willy