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Inspector Willoughby

1960 – 1965 12 cartoons

Inspector Willoughby is based on Jack Hannah's Ranger Woodlore from the short-lived Humphrey Bear series from Hannah's days at Disney. Willoughby's first name was taken from the street that runs alongside the building where Lantz's office was at the time (at 861 Seward Street).

Cartoons

  1. Hunger Strife

    October 5, 1960 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    At Peachstone National Park, Ranger Willoughby gets a call: the park is about to be invaded by tourists. He gets it open and ready for the tourists. He turns on the electricity that makes O…

  2. Rough And Tumbleweed

    January 31, 1961 No. U-118 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The year is 1849. Gold is discovered in California. After the gold come miners. After the miners comes infamous outlaw Pretty Boy McCoy, who holds up a Fells Bargo bank in a mining town. Af…

  3. Eggnapper

    February 14, 1961 No. U-121 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The summer season goes to an end, and the tourists' autos, trailers, boats, etc. leave Peachstone National Park. As the sound of the last car fades out, Willoughby, the caretaker, closes th…

  4. Mississippi Slow Boat

    July 1, 1961 No. U-130 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby is a Fells Bargo agent who has captured some bandits and is shipping them (and a big bag of money), via steamboat, down the Mississippi to New Orleans. As the bandits,…

  5. The Case Of The Red-Eyed Ruby

    November 28, 1961 No. U-134 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby, seated on a camel trudging through the vast Sahara Desert, is on his way to return the fabulous Red-Eyed Ruby stolen from the forehead of an idol in the tomb of King T…

  6. Phoney Express

    May 15, 1962 No. U-141 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby captures infamous and elusive master spy X13 after a lengthy chase aboard the Cloak and Dagger Express. Seward Willoughby, famed criminologist, is on his way to a forei…

  7. Hyde And Sneak

    July 24, 1962 No. U-149 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby has traced evil international jewel thief and master of disguise Vampira Hyde to the Limehouse District in London. As Big Ben chimes out the hour of 4 p.m., Willoughby…

  8. Coming Out Party

    February 1, 1963 No. U-158 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby is assigned to foil the attempts of a criminal named Crash McDash to escape from Sing Song Prison. Word is out that there's going to be a prison break, and Willoughby's…

  9. Case Of The Cold Storage Yegg

    March 1, 1963 No. U-159 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Notorious criminal Yeggs Benedict, having just pulled a $50,000 bank robbery, hears a radio report in his hideout that Inspector Willoughby has been assigned the case. Well aware of the Ins…

  10. Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker

    May 1, 1963 No. U-163 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    One-Eyed Jack, great-great-grandson of that notorious pirate, Black Jack, hijacks a battleship, but he then has to face that internationally-famous detective, Inspector Willoughby in a batt…

  11. The Case Of The Maltese Chicken

    February 4, 1964 No. U-176 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Inspector Willoughby tries to retrieve The Maltese Chicken from the evil oriental villain Egg Foo Yung.

  12. The Case Of The Elephant's Trunk

    December 31, 1965 No. U-188 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Inspector Willoughby, the famed criminologist and master of mystery, travels to India to aid a rajah whose favorite royal elephant has been abducted by an evil swami. Encouraged at the pros…