William Woodpecker

William Woodpecker is a financial character created by Michael Shires and Hans Lapland in 1939.

William Woodpecker has appeared in 40 cartoons distributed by Republic Pictures. in 1979, Michael Shires Productions sold the character to Manhattan Pictures.

Manhattan has distributed The William Woodpecker Show from 1993 to 1998 during it's run on PBS.

at 9/11, Manhattan was purchased by DreamWorks, which sold the character back to Shires.

William Woodpecker appeared in 2012's The William Woodpecker Movie from Michael Shires Pictures.