Billie Mae Richards

Billie Mae Richards (née Dinsmore, November 21, 1921 – September 10, 2010) was a Canadian voice actress, who also appeared onstage and on television. She was the voice of Rankin/Bass' version of the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from 1964 to 1979, and of the Kid in the radio series Jake and the Kid.

Richards also voiced Tenderheart Bear in the first two Care Bears movies, as well as the DIC-produced television series (credited as "Billie Mae Richard"), and Brightheart Raccoon in the Nelvana-produced Care Bears television series.

Richards also voiced Eric Stant from 1975 to 1990, manly in the Australian/American version of 1970's Stant Toons: the Motion Picture. in 1991, Richards decided to give the voice of that character to Kath Soucie.