Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock

Marshall Wooly Bill Hitchcock is the main antagonist of Disney's 1979 live-action film The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again. He is a pompous lawman who has developed a personal vendetta toward Amos and Theodore after they accidentally humiliated and injured him.

He was portrayed by the late Kenneth Mars.

Role in the Film
After Wes Hardin and Hank Starett rob the bank, Hitchcock enters the bank and mistakenly suspects Amos and Theodore as the culprits. After accidentally wounding Hitchcock, the innocent twosome flees. Recalling that they described themselves as the Apple Dumpling Gang, the town photographer shows Hitchcock the picture he took of Amos, Theodore and their donkey, which Tough Kate identifies as the same animal she saw hauling bags of loot. While Theodore and Amos hide in a barn, Clarise comes in with the money still strapped to her saddle. In order to clear their names, Theodore devises a plan to abandon Clarise, since she was spotted assisting in the robbery, and to give back the money, but in the process of executing the plan, Hitchcock is injured again because of Theodore’s clumsy, yet well-meaning scheme. Although the stolen money is returned, Hitchcock vows to seek vengeance on the duo. To track them down, he follows the trail of their loyal donkey Clarise.

During the middle of the night, Jeff attempts to investigate evidence about the raids, but while sneaking away with an Indian arrow, he is caught and locked up in the fort’s jail by Ravencroft. At the engagement party, Amos and Theodore are carrying a punch bowl when Hitchcock unexpectedly arrives, accompanied by Clarise. In the resulting chaos, a lantern is knocked over, starting a fire. Inadvertently, Amos and Theodore cause the flame to spread throughout the fort, burning most of the buildings to the ground. In the aftermath, they are court-martialed and sentenced to thirty years of hard labor at a military prison. Because of the incident, Ravencroft will replace the Major as commander of Fort Concho.