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Billie Hayes, Actress Who Played Witchiepoo on ‘HR Pufnstuf,’ Dies at 96

Billie Hayes, an actress who starred as the wacky villain Witchiepoo on the beloved 1969-70 children’s series “H.R. Pufnstuf,” died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. She was 96. Hayes’ family announced her death on Monday.

By the time she was squaring off with a psychedelic dragon over a talking flute on “H.R. Pufnstuf,” Hayes was already an established comic actress. She made her Broadway debut in 1956 in the ensemble cast of the aptly titled “New Faces of 1956,” which also featured a young Maggie Smith. That same year, Hayes originated the role of Mammy Yokum in the musical “Li’l Abner” and went on to star in the show’s 1961 film version.

However, it was Hayes’ cackling, conniving performance as Witchiepoo (short for Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo) that captured the imaginations of children across the country. Just 44 at the time of shooting, Hayes donned over-the-top face paint and blacked-out teeth to transform into the evil old witch. Her shrill vocals and slapstick comedy chops proved to be the perfect tools for over-the-top television villainy. Although “H.R. Pufnstuf” ran for just one season, Hayes reprised the role of Witchiepoo in the show’s 1970 feature film adaptation alongside ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot. Post “Pufnstuf,” Hayes made several television appearances, from “Bewitched” to “General Hospital.” She lent her famous voice to “The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries,” “The Flintstones Comedy Show,” “Trollkins,” “The Real Ghostbusters,” “Rugrats” and, most recently, “Transformers: Rescue Bots” in 2016. She also voiced the character of Orgoch in the Disney cult classic “The Black Cauldron” (1985). Hayes founded Pet Hope, a Los Angeles-based animal rescue organization, in 1984. She’d been an advocate for adoption since finding an abandoned puppy in the basement of New York City’s St. James Theatre during rehearsals for “Li’l Abner.” Hayes is survived by niece Nancy Powers and nephews Tom Brosch, Louie Brosch and Guy Brosch.

Witchy poo actress

We failed to note the passing of actress Billie Hayes, who appeared as “Mammy Yokum” in LI’L ABNER and most famously as “Witchiepoo” in the television series “H.R. Pufnstuf.” In later years she did considerable voice work for animated films and television. She died on 29 April 2021 at age 96.

I remember when Billie Hayes appeared on "A.B.C. Silver Anniversary Celebration" and she appeared as Witchiepoo and paida musical tribute to Sid and Marty Krofft's various series. R.I.P. Billie Hayes.

In 1956, Billie Hayes landed a part in the Leonard Sillman Broadway production "New Faces of 1956," at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It ran for 220 performances between June 14, 1956 and December 22, 1956. The producers of the Broadway production of "Li'l Abner" had written the role of “Mammy Yokum” with the diminutive Billie Hayes in mind, but the producers of "New Faces" wouldn't release her from her contract, and the part went to Charlotte Rae. Hayes would later succeed Rae in the role and went on to make her film debut in the part in the 1959 film version of LI’L ABNER . Hayes was only seven years older than Peter Palmer, who portrayed her son “Li'l Abner” in the film. In the film’s story, as Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, “Daisy Mae” (Leslie Parrish) hopes to win the hand of Li'l Abner by catching him in the traditional race.

Joe E. Marks, Billie Hayes, Stubby Kaye, Leslie Parrish, and Peter Palmer in LI’L ABNER

Melvin Frank directed the film. The film’s song score, with music by Gene de Paul and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, appeared on a Columbia LP and is currently available as a made-on-demand disc from Sony Masterworks Broadway. LI’L ABNER was the #25 film of the year at the domestic box office, with a $9.1 million gross.

“H.R. Pufnstuf” was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-sized-puppet program (not including their previous work with the Hanna-Barbera program “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.”) “H.R. Pufnstuf” introduced the Kroffts' most-used plot scenario of a fairy tale of good versus evil, as well as their second plot scenario of the stranger in a strange land.

The show centered on a shipwrecked boy named “Jimmy,” played by teenage actor Jack Wild. He is 11 years old when he arrives on the island and turns 12 in the episode called "The Birthday Party". Jimmy and a talking flute named “Freddy” (voiced by Joan Gerber) take a ride on a mysterious boat, but the boat was actually owned by a wicked witch named “Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo” (played by Billie Hayes), who rode on a broomstick-vehicle called the Vroom Broom. She used the boat to lure Jimmy and Freddy to her castle on Living Island, where she was going to take Jimmy prisoner and steal Freddy for her own purposes.

Billie Hayes and Jack Wild in “H.R. Pufnstuf”

The Mayor of Living Island was a friendly and helpful anthropomorphic dragon named “H.R. Pufnstuf,” performed in costume by Roberto Gamonet and voiced by the show's writer Lennie Weinrib, who also voiced many of the other characters. The dragon rescued Jimmy and protected him from Witchiepoo, as his cave was the only place where her magic had no effect.

All of the characters on Living Island were realized by large cumbersome costumes or puppetry of anthropomorphic animals and objects. Everything was alive on the island, including houses, boats, clocks, candles, and so forth; virtually any part of the Living Island sets could become a character, usually voiced in a parody of a famous film star such as Mae West, Edward G. Robinson, or John Wayne.

A fellow cast member in a Las Vegas show in which Billie Hayes was appearing recommended her to Sid Krofft, who was preparing for production for “H.R. Pufnstuf.” Only two actresses auditioned to play "Witchiepoo". The first was a then unknown Penny Marshall, but it was felt that she was not right for the part. When Hayes auditioned, she created a maniacal cackle and hopped up on a desk and was given the part on the spot.

Billie Hayes in “H.R. Pufnstuf”

Witchiepoo was the primary antagonist of the series—a wicked but ineffective witch who has been targeting Freddy the Flute to use him in her own agendas. She is cruel to everyone around her, even her henchmen, whom she constantly whacks with her wand. Yet when faced with failure, she usually starts to pity herself, by asking "Why me?"

“H.R. Pufnstuf” premiered on Saturday, 6 September 1969. It was an immediate hit, so NBC renewed it for a second season. But the show, shot on film, was such an overwhelming money pit for the producers that they decided to stop production. Only 17 episodes of the show were produced, with the last first-run episode airing on 27 December 1969. NBC continued re-running these episodes periodically until August 1972. Then ABC aired them during the 1972-73 season.

Plans were formulated for a feature film version of “H.R. Pufnstuf” months before the show even premiered. Shot in early 1970, after the show ended production, PUFNSTUF was produced by Universal Pictures in conjunction with The Kellogg Company, the cereal company that had served as the television show’s sole advertiser. The 1970 release retained most of the cast and crew from the series and featured guest appearances by “Mama” Cass Elliott (in her feature film debut) as “Witch Hazel” and Martha Raye as “Boss Witch.”

Sid Krofft's first choice to play Boss Witch was Flip Wilson, a comedian who's best remembered for portraying a female character named Geraldine. Wilson was willing to accept the role, but he demanded more money than the budget allowed. Krofft then approached Bette Davis to play Boss Witch. He called and asked her if she'd consider taking the part. Davis was so offended that she was being asked to portray a witch that she hung up on him. Jack Wild didn’t get along with the ultimately cast Martha Raye, referring to her as "a right old cow".

Cass Elliot literally lived next door to Sid Krofft, and took the Witch Hazel role in the film as a favor to him.

Billie Hayes and Martha Raye in PUFNSTUF

The film marked the first collaboration between Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, who wrote the songs for the film. Jack Wild did not like the songs he was given, especially "If I Could". He said he had a sore throat on the day he recorded it. Cass Elliot was the only cast member who could really sing well, and Fox and Gimbel wrote a special song for her.

To aid the other cast members in their songs, Charles Fox utilized as background singers the same performers that he employed to sing his theme song for the television show “Love, American Style” (1969-74). The film’s soundtrack was released on a Capitol LP, which was re-issued on a gray market CD by Él/Cherry Red Records in 2006. Hollingsworth Morse directed the $1 million production, which was reportedly shot in thirty-two days

Fox and Gimbel stayed partners after PUFNSTUF and went on to write "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "I Got A Name", "Ready To Take A Chance Again" and many other popular songs for television and film.

On 26 April 1971, ABC aired a one-hour adaptation of LI’L ABNER . The show was produced by Chris Bearde and Allan Blye who had produced “The Andy Williams Show”—but not Williams’ first popular NBC show which ran from 1962 to 1967, but a comeback show, which ran only two seasons and had just been cancelled.

This LI’L ABNER had a new song score by Earl Brown and Jimmy Dale, and the plot focused on pollution affecting Dogpatch. The only reference to the earlier stage and film versions of the show was Billie Hayes reprising her role of “Mammy Yokum.” Gordon Wiles directed the show.

Billie Hayes, Nancee Parkinson, Ray Young, and Billy Bletcher in LI’L ABNER

On 26 April 1971, ABC aired a one-hour adaptation of LI’L ABNER . The show was produced by Chris Bearde and Allan Blye who had produced “The Andy Williams Show”—but not Williams’ first popular NBC show which ran from 1962 to 1967, but a comeback show, which ran only two seasons and had just been cancelled.

This LI’L ABNER had a new song score by Earl Brown and Jimmy Dale, and the plot focused on pollution affecting Dogpatch. The only reference to the earlier stage and film versions of the show was Billie Hayes reprising her role of “Mammy Yokum.” Gordon Wiles directed the show.

Billie Hayes, Nancee Parkinson, Ray Young, and Billy Bletcher in LI’L ABNER

The special also featured cameos from stars such as Carol Burnett. Ray Young later played Jethro on the television film "The Return Of The Beverly Hillbillies" after Max Baer Jr. declined to reprise the role. Billy Bletcher was the voice of The Big Bad Wolf in Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs".

“Lidsville” was Sid and Marty Krofft's third television show following “H.R. Pufnstuf” (1969) and “The Bugaloos” (1970). As did its predecessors, the series combined two types of characters: conventional actors in makeup, taped alongside performers in full mascot costumes, whose voices were dubbed in post-production.

The show involved a teenage boy named “Mark” (Butch Patrick) who fell into the hat of “Merlo the Magician” (Charles Nelson Reilly), following his show at Six Flags Over Texas, and arrived in Lidsville, a land of living hats. The hats on the show are depicted as having the same characteristics as the humans who would normally wear them. For example, a cowboy hat would act and speak like a cowboy. The characters' houses were also hat-shaped.

The villain of the show was a magician named “Horatio J. HooDoo” (also played by Charles Nelson Reilly in a magician's costume and make-up). The vain, short-tempered, but somewhat naive HooDoo flew around in his Hatamaran, blasting the good citizens of Lidsville with bolts of magic (referred to as "zapping") and keeping them in fear, demanding that they pay him their Hat Tax. Mark helped the good hats resist, as he attempted to find a way back home. Mark is aided by a genie named “Weenie” (Billie Hayes).

Billy Hayes as “Weenie the Genie” on “Lidsville”

The role of Weenie the Genie was originally slated to be played by pint-sized actor Billy Barty. As production neared, Barty became ill and was unable to appear, so the Kroffts asked Billie Hayes to take the part.

Seventeen episodes of the series aired on Saturday mornings on ABC during the 1971-72 season. These were repeated for the 1972-73 season. The show was rebroadcast on NBC Saturday mornings the following season. Over the years, Billie Hayes would continue to make guest appearances in various Krofft shows as both Witchiepoo and Weenie the Genie, most notably in 1978’s “The Bay City Rollers Show.”

Wow, Abner & Mammy Yokum passed away within months of each other.

Actress Billie Hayes, who played wicked Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf, dies aged 96

Billie Hayes, the actor who portrayed Witchiepoo on NBC's H.R. Pufnstuf , has died. She was 96.

Hayes' death was announced on her official website.

Hayes is best known for her portrayal of the comical witch Witchiepoo on Sid and Marty Krofft's show H.R. Pufnstuf from 1969 to 1970. From there, Hayes reappeared as Witchiepoo on The Paul Lynde Halloween Special and the series finale of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour .

Hayes also appeared as a witch in several other shows, including Bewitched , Weenie the Genie , The Monkees and Lidsville .

Billie Hayes attends the H.R. Pufnstuf American Cinematheque special screening and Q&A at Aero Theatre on November 20, 2010 in Santa Monica, California. (FilmMagic)

Hayes is also well-known for her theatre work, including starring as Mammy Yokum in the original 1956 Broadway production of Li'l Abner , as well as the 1959 film adaptation and a 1971 TV special.

Born in DuQuoin, Illinois in 1925, Hayes started in the entertainment business at the young age of nine as a dancer and continued to perform as a teenager in Chicago before moving to New York City. But Hayes' acting career didn't begin until she went on a blind audition for theatre legend J.J. Shubert.

"At a chance encounter in New York Billie was urged to go to an audition. She went not knowing who or what she was auditioning for," the statement on Hayes' website reads. "Already a seasoned nightclub performer she danced and sang routines she had choreographed. In the dark and otherwise empty theatre there were only a few people seated. Billie first heard a chuckle then laughter. It was the legendary J.J. Shubert."

From there, Hayes began working in theatre, appearing in the revue What's New With Paul Lynde and in Leonard Sillman's New Faces . After moving to Los Angeles, Hayes began to pursue a career in television, leading to her role in H.R. Pufnstuf . In the 1980s, Hayes appeared on General Hospital as O'Reilly and pivoted more to voice work, including The Nightmare Before Christmas , Johnny Bravo , The Batman , Rugrats and Shrek Forever After .

Later in life, Hayes also became the president of Pet Hope, a non-profit animal advocacy organization dedicated to finding homes for abandoned animals. Donations in her memory can be made here.

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