Movies List
TV Show List
The Deadly Companions

as Doctor Acton

1961
Alias Jesse James

as Titus Queasley

1959
The Raid

as Josiah Anderson

1954
Niagara

as Boatman

1953
The Wild One

as Art Kleiner

1953
The Last Posse

as Todd Mitchell

1953
The Las Vegas Story

as Mike Fogarty

1952
Lure of the Wilderness

as Sheriff Brink

1952
Vengeance Valley

as Mr. Willoughby

1951
My Forbidden Past

as Luther Toplady

1951
A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Marshal Kit Dodge

1950
Sunset in the West

as Sheriff Tad Osborne

1950
Act of Violence

as Pop

1949
Big Jack

as Will Farnsworth

1949
Brimstone

as Martin Tredwell

1949
An Act of Murder

as Judge Jim Wilder

1948
They Live by Night

as Mobley

1949
The Blue Dahlia

as "Dad" Newell

1946
The Inner Circle

as Henry Boggs

1946
Rendezvous with Annie

as Elmer Snodgrass

1946
Down Missouri Way

as Prof. Morris

1946
One Exciting Week

as Otis Piper

1946
Bewitched

as Mr. Herkheimer

1945
Bambi

as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)

1942
Shut My Big Mouth

as Jim Long

1942
Will Wright Will Wright

Birthday

1894-03-26

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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.
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