Name
Will Wright
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1894-03-25
Deathday
1962-06-19 (68 years old)
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.
Known For
Little Women
(233 Votes)
7.365
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War....
Relase Date : 10 Mar, 1949
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Without Reservations
(21 Votes)
6.262
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard...
Relase Date : 13 May, 1946
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The Man with the Golden Arm
(262 Votes)
7.134
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, ...
Relase Date : 26 Dec, 1955
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Johnny Guitar
(487 Votes)
7.4
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirabl...
Relase Date : 26 May, 1954
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All the King's Men
(246 Votes)
6.982
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along ...
Relase Date : 16 Nov, 1949
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So Proudly We Hail
(26 Votes)
5.9
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the...
Relase Date : 9 Sep, 1943
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Adam's Rib
(345 Votes)
7.1
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the liv...
Relase Date : 17 Nov, 1949
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1940 Blondie Plays Cupid as Mr. Tucker
- 1943 Here Comes Elmer as Horace Parrot
- 1935 It's A Small World as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)
- 1941 Mob Town as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan as Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
- 1942 Saboteur as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
- 1950 House by the River as Inspector Sarten
- 1942 The Postman Didn't Ring as Mr. Slade
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson as Alderman (uncredited)
- 1962 Cape Fear as Dr. Pearsall
- 1944 You Can't Ration Love as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace
- 1944 The Navy Way as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1944 Wilson as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced as Sheriff
- 1944 The Town Went Wild as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)
- 1945 Fall Guy as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
- 1944 Dangerous Passage as Postal Clerk (uncredited)
- 1945 State Fair as Hog Judge (uncredited)
- 1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home as Foreman (uncredited)
- 1945 You Came Along as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
- 1946 Who's Cookin Who? as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
- 1946 Hot Cargo as Tim Chapman
- 1946 Prospecting for Petroleum as The Professor (voice)
- 1946 Big Town as Station Agent (uncredited)
- 1946 The Jolson Story as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
- 1947 The Long Night as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)
- 1947 California as Chairman (uncredited)
- 1947 The Trouble with Women as Commissioner (uncredited)
- 1947 Uncle Tom's Cabaña as Uncle Tom (uncredited)
- 1948 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle as Pop Williams
- 1948 Green Grass of Wyoming as Jake Willis
- 1948 The Walls of Jericho as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
- 1943 The Good Fellows as Brother from Danville (uncredited)
- 1948 So This Is New York as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
- 1948 Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home as Babirusa / Pig (voice)
- 1949 Grape Nutty as Crow (Voice)
- 1949 The Price of Freedom as McTrees
- 1964 Fail Safe as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1952 Lydia Bailey as Consul (uncredited)
- 1955 Not as a Stranger as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
- 1950 Dallas as Judge Harper
- 1951 Never Trust a Gambler as Cap Douglas (uncredited)
- 1949 Lust for Gold as Parsons (uncredited)
- 1949 Adam's Rib as Judge Marcasson
- 1949 All the King's Men as Dolph Pillsbury
- 1952 The Las Vegas Story as Mike Fogarty
- 1949 Act of Violence as Pop
- 1952 Holiday for Sinners as The Man with a Cigar
- 1945 The Loose Nut as Construction Worker (voice)
- 1946 The Reckless Driver as Wally Walrus (voice)
- 1946 Fair Weather Fiends as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
- 1945 Bewitched as Mr. Herkheimer
- 1950 The Savage Horde as Judge Thomas Cole
- 1946 The Madonna's Secret as The Riverman
- 1943 Cowboy in Manhattan as Higgins
- 1958 Gunman's Walk as Judge
- 1951 Vengeance Valley as Mr. Willoughby
- 1949 Little Women as Mr. Grace (uncredited)
- 1957 Johnny Tremain as Ephraim Lapham
- 1946 Without Reservations as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
- 1946 The Blue Dahlia as "Dad" Newell
- 1949 They Live by Night as Mobley
- 1956 These Wilder Years as Old Cab Driver
- 1942 The Major and the Minor as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
- 1959 Alias Jesse James as Titus Queasley
- 1961 The Deadly Companions as Doctor Acton
- 1948 Disaster as Pop Hansford
- 1953 Niagara as Boatman
- 1946 The Inner Circle as Henry Boggs
- 1946 Blue Skies as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man as Maguire (uncredited)
- 1941 Nothing but the Truth as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)
- 1961 Twenty Plus Two as Newspaper morgue attendant
- 1947 Mother Wore Tights as Withers (uncredited)
- 1941 The Tell-Tale Heart as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1943 So Proudly We Hail as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)
- 1953 The Last Posse as Todd Mitchell
- 1957 The Wayward Bus as Van Brunt
- 1958 Quantrill's Raiders as Judge Wood
- 1947 Danger Street as Police Chief Bullward
- 1948 The Inside Story as J. J. Johnson
- 1954 River of No Return as Trader (uncredited)
- 1949 Big Jack as Will Farnsworth
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House as Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
- 1955 The Man with the Golden Arm
- 1950 Sunset in the West as Sheriff Tad Osborne
- 1952 Paula as Raymond Bascom
- 1947 Blaze of Noon as Mr. Thomas
- 1957 The Iron Sheriff as Judge
- 1947 Keeper of the Bees as Dr. Grayson
- 1952 Lure of the Wilderness as Sheriff Brink
- 1958 The Missouri Traveler as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
- 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby as Fire Chief (uncredited)
- 1947 Cynthia as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
- 1949 Brimstone as Martin Tredwell
- 1942 Wildcat as John 'Paw' Smithers
- 1949 The Green Promise as Mr. Grenstedt
- 1948 Whispering Smith as Sheriff McSwiggin
- 1941 Cracked Nuts as Sylvanus Boogle
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Eph Hackett (uncredited)
- 1953 The Wild One as Art Kleiner
- 1954 The Raid as Josiah Anderson
- 1942 A Letter From Bataan as Mr. Limpert
- 1944 Practically Yours as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)
- 1945 High Powered as Jeff Hines
- 1942 Bambi as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
- 1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry as Mr. Nelson
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House as Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
- 1940 You, the People as Mr. Roberts
- 1946 One Exciting Week as Otis Piper
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie as Elmer Snodgrass
- 1945 Scarlet Street as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
- 1960 Inherit the Wind as Bible Salesman (uncredited)
- 1944 Take It Big as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)
- 1950 No Way Out as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)
- 1942 Shut My Big Mouth as Jim Long
- 1941 The Richest Man in Town as Frederick Johnson
- 1949 Mrs. Mike as Dr. McIntosh
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
- 1957 Jeanne Eagels as Marshal (uncredited)
- 1948 An Act of Murder as Judge Jim Wilder
- 1945 Rhapsody in Blue as Rachmaninoff
- 1941 Maisie Was a Lady as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)
- 1954 Johnny Guitar as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1947 Wild Harvest as Mike Alperson
- 1945 Grissly's Millions as John Frey
- 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk as Marshal Kit Dodge
- 1942 USS VD: Ship of Shame as Commandant (uncredited)
- 1947 Along the Oregon Trail as Jim Bridger
- 1948 Black Eagle as Sheriff Clancy
- 1948 Relentless as Sam - the Horse Dealer
- 1941 Honky Tonk as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
- 1941 Blossoms in the Dust as Senator
- 1948 California's Golden Beginning
- 1934 Pure Feud as Lem (uncredited)
- 1952 The Happy Time as Family Doctor
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma as Doctor
- 1955 Atomic Energy as a Force for Good as Tim Summers
- 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger as Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1951 My Forbidden Past as Luther Toplady
- 1946 Road to Utopia as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tall Target as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
- 1946 They Made Me a Killer as Henry, the Blacksmith
- 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Admiral William S. Sims
- 1955 The Kentuckian as John Decker (uncredited)
- 1951 Excuse My Dust as Race judge
- 1955 The Tall Men as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)
- 1959 The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock as Pentagon General
- 1946 Down Missouri Way as Prof. Morris
- 1943 Sleepy Lagoon as Cyrus Coates
- 1951 People Will Talk as John Higgins (uncredited)
- 1946 Apple Andy as Devil
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 3 episodes ) as Ben Weaver
- 1957 Maverick ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Trackdown ( 1 episode )
- 1954 December Bride ( 3 episodes )
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Sam Petrie
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Walters
- 1951 Dragnet ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as James Vardon
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1960 The Tall Man ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Leave It to Beaver ( 1 episode ) as Pete at Firehouse #7
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Grandfather
- 1959 Dennis the Menace ( 4 episodes ) as Merrivale
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Grandpa Costello
- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Constable Tom Walker
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Pop
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Pete and Gladys ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Bronco ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Cade
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 3 episodes ) as Billy Willow
- 1959 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as J.C. Sickel
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as King - Newspaper Editor
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as George's Father
- 1949 The Lone Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Ed
- 1957 Official Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Father Gourdian
- 1956 Hey, Jeannie! ( 1 episode ) as McClish
- 1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Judge Kramer
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Adam Thompson
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as General Hoyt Bosco
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Jabe Hallock
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as General Eakins
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Judge O'Neill
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Caleb Brown
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as John Chamberlain
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Job Turner
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Jake Marley
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as McCrain
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Grandpaw
- 1952 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Jackson
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Willie
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Scupper
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Chuck Clark
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Luther Hanks
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Chester Bentley
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode ) as Oliver
- 1961 Mister Ed ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Thompson
- 1951 The Living Christ ( 1 episode ) as Herod The Great
- 1951 The Living Christ ( 2 episodes ) as Annas
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Mr. Lucky ( 1 episode ) as The Leadville Kid
- 1957 Trackdown ( 1 episode ) as Zack
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Crane
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Father
- 1956 Conflict ( 1 episode )
- 1953 The Danny Thomas Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Johnson
- 1954 Public Defender ( 1 episode ) as Horace Bascomb
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode ) as Philip Arnold
