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Will Wright

Will Wright

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

William Henry "Will" Wright (March 26, 1894, San Francisco, California - June 19, 1962, Los Angeles, California) was an American character actor. He was frequently cast in westerns and in curmudgeonly roles. Over the course of his career, Wright appeared in more than 200 film and television roles. He started his acting career in vaudeville and later moved to the stage, then on to movies, radio, and television.

Among the films in which Wright appeared are Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Major and the Minor (1943), So Proudly We Hail! (1943), Road to Utopia (1946), Mother Wore Tights (1947), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Little Women (1949), Walk Softly, Stranger (1950), Sunset in the West (1950), People Will Talk (1951), The Happy Time (1952), River of No Return (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Jeanne Eagels (1957), and Gunman's Walk (1958). One of his most famous and memorable film roles was corrupt city official Dolph Pillsbury in the Academy Award-winning All the King's Men (1949).

Wright provided the voice of Friend Owl in Walt Disney's animated film Bambi (1942). He guest starred on several television series.

Will Wright died of cancer in 1962.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-03-25

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

William Henry Wright, William H. Wright

Known For

Blondie Plays Cupid Here Comes Elmer It's A Small World Mob Town Tales of Manhattan Saboteur House by the River The Postman Didn't Ring Tennessee Johnson Cape Fear You Can't Ration Love The Navy Way Wilson Salome, Where She Danced The Town Went Wild Fall Guy Dangerous Passage State Fair Johnny Comes Flying Home You Came Along Who's Cookin Who? Hot Cargo Prospecting for Petroleum Big Town The Jolson Story The Long Night California The Trouble with Women Uncle Tom's Cabaña Jingle, Jangle, Jingle Green Grass of Wyoming The Walls of Jericho The Good Fellows So This Is New York Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home Grape Nutty The Price of Freedom Fail Safe Lydia Bailey Not as a Stranger Miss Grant Takes Richmond Dallas Never Trust a Gambler Lust for Gold Adam's Rib All the King's Men The Las Vegas Story Act of Violence Holiday for Sinners The Loose Nut The Reckless Driver Fair Weather Fiends Bewitched The Savage Horde The Madonna's Secret Cowboy in Manhattan Gunman's Walk Vengeance Valley Little Women Johnny Tremain Without Reservations The Blue Dahlia They Live by Night These Wilder Years The Major and the Minor Alias Jesse James The Deadly Companions Disaster Niagara The Inner Circle Blue Skies Shadow of the Thin Man Nothing but the Truth Twenty Plus Two Mother Wore Tights The Tell-Tale Heart So Proudly We Hail The Last Posse The Wayward Bus Quantrill's Raiders Danger Street The Inside Story River of No Return Big Jack O. Henry's Full House The Man with the Golden Arm Sunset in the West Paula Blaze of Noon The Iron Sheriff Keeper of the Bees Lure of the Wilderness The Missouri Traveler Rock-a-Bye Baby Cynthia Brimstone Wildcat The Green Promise Whispering Smith Cracked Nuts Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Wild One The Raid A Letter From Bataan Practically Yours High Powered Bambi The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry The Meanest Man in the World You, the People One Exciting Week Rendezvous with Annie Scarlet Street Inherit the Wind Take It Big No Way Out Shut My Big Mouth The Richest Man in Town Mrs. Mike The Hoodlum Saint Jeanne Eagels An Act of Murder Rhapsody in Blue Maisie Was a Lady Johnny Guitar Wild Harvest Grissly's Millions A Ticket to Tomahawk USS VD: Ship of Shame Along the Oregon Trail Black Eagle Relentless Honky Tonk Blossoms in the Dust California's Golden Beginning Pure Feud The Happy Time In Old Oklahoma Atomic Energy as a Force for Good Walk Softly, Stranger My Forbidden Past Road to Utopia Young Man with Ideas The Tall Target They Made Me a Killer The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell The Kentuckian Excuse My Dust The Tall Men The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Down Missouri Way Sleepy Lagoon People Will Talk Apple Andy
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