Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Birth:
3/25/1894
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.
Blondie Plays Cupid
Here Comes Elmer
It's A Small World
Mob Town
House by the River
Saboteur
The Postman Didn't Ring
Tales of Manhattan
Tennessee Johnson
Cape Fear
You Can't Ration Love
The Navy Way
Wilson
The Town Went Wild
Dangerous Passage
Fall Guy
Salome, Where She Danced
You Came Along
State Fair
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Who's Cookin Who?
Hot Cargo
Big Town
The Jolson Story
Prospecting for Petroleum
California
The Long Night
The Trouble with Women
Uncle Tom's Cabana
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
Green Grass of Wyoming
The Good Fellows
So This Is New York
The Walls of Jericho
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
Grape Nutty
The Price of Freedom
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Dallas
Never Trust a Gambler
Lydia Bailey
Not as a Stranger
Fail Safe
Lust for Gold
All the King's Men
Adam's Rib
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
O. Henry's Full House
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