Will Wright
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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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Andy Griffith Show
7.633
Maverick
6.782
Trackdown
6.4
December Bride
5.5
The Dick Van Dyke Show
7.48
I Love Lucy
7.866
Dragnet
6.4
Perry Mason
7.719
General Electric Theater
6.25
I Love Lucy
7.866
The Tall Man
6.3
Leave It to Beaver
6.922
Outlaws
6.2
Rawhide
7.13
Dennis the Menace
6.5
The Millionaire
5
Thriller
6.417
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
The Real McCoys
5.6
Pete and Gladys
6.5
Bronco
5.2
You Are There
5.7
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Lawman
5.6
Sugarfoot
4.8
Bat Masterson
6.071
Riverboat
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Cavalcade of America
3.5
The Lone Ranger
6.656
Official Detective
0
Letter to Loretta
6.5
Hey, Jeannie!
5.5
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
7.111
Perry Mason
7.719
Maverick
6.782
Maverick
6.782
Maverick
6.782
The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.429
Lassie
6.1
Sugarfoot
4.8
Sugarfoot
4.8
General Electric Theater
6.25
General Electric Theater
6.25
General Electric Theater
6.25
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
5.9
Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Perry Mason
7.719
77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Maverick
6.782
The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Mister Ed
6.8
The Living Christ
5
The Living Christ
5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Mr. Lucky
6.4
Trackdown
6.4
The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Movies
Blondie Plays Cupid
6.7
Here Comes Elmer
0
It's A Small World
4.5
Mob Town
0
Tales of Manhattan
6.3
Saboteur
6.888
House by the River
6.679
The Postman Didn't Ring
0
Tennessee Johnson
6.1
Cape Fear
7.449
You Can't Ration Love
0
The Navy Way
5.7
Wilson
5.5
Salome, Where She Danced
3.7
The Town Went Wild
5
Fall Guy
8
Dangerous Passage
4.4
State Fair
6.6
Johnny Comes Flying Home
0
You Came Along
7
Who's Cookin Who?
7.333
Hot Cargo
0
Prospecting for Petroleum
0
Big Town
4.8
The Jolson Story
6.618
The Long Night
5.722
California
6.605
The Trouble with Women
0
Uncle Tom's Cabana
5.357
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
0
Green Grass of Wyoming
6.6
The Walls of Jericho
5.7
The Good Fellows
0
So This Is New York
6
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
0
Grape Nutty
0
The Price of Freedom
0
Fail Safe
7.8
Lydia Bailey
6.1
Not as a Stranger
6.2
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
5.4
Dallas
6.5
Never Trust a Gambler
5.4
Lust for Gold
5.9
Adam's Rib
7.1
All the King's Men
6.971
The Las Vegas Story
5.838
Act of Violence
6.934
Holiday for Sinners
5.5
The Loose Nut
6.5
The Reckless Driver
7.3
Fair Weather Fiends
7.3
Bewitched
5.3
The Savage Horde
5.8
The Madonna's Secret
5.9
Cowboy in Manhattan
0
Gunman's Walk
6.7
Vengeance Valley
5.314
Little Women
7.392
Johnny Tremain
6
Without Reservations
6.2
The Blue Dahlia
6.671
They Live by Night
6.854
These Wilder Years
6.3
The Major and the Minor
7.033
Alias Jesse James
5.846
The Deadly Companions
5.7
Disaster
5
Niagara
6.8
The Inner Circle
5.2
Blue Skies
6.096
Shadow of the Thin Man
6.973
Nothing But the Truth
7.091
Twenty Plus Two
6.25
Mother Wore Tights
5.3
The Tell-Tale Heart
6.5
So Proudly We Hail
5.5
The Last Posse
6.1
The Wayward Bus
5.8
Quantrill's Raiders
4.5
Danger Street
4
The Inside Story
6.5
River of No Return
6.661
Big Jack
6
O. Henry's Full House
6.541
The Man with the Golden Arm
7.164
Sunset in the West
7.5
Paula
6.5
Blaze of Noon
4
The Iron Sheriff
6.2
Keeper of the Bees
0
Lure of the Wilderness
6
The Missouri Traveler
6.4
Rock-a-Bye Baby
6.75
Cynthia
5.9
Brimstone
6.3
Wildcat
3.5
The Green Promise
6
Whispering Smith
6.548
Cracked Nuts
0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
6.976
The Wild One
6.566
The Raid
6.5
A Letter From Bataan
4.5
Practically Yours
0
High Powered
0
Bambi
7.01
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
6.3
The Meanest Man in the World
6.4
O. Henry's Full House
6.541
You, the People
5.75
One Exciting Week
6
Rendezvous with Annie
6
Scarlet Street
7.577
Inherit the Wind
7.668
Take It Big
0
No Way Out
6.923
Shut My Big Mouth
8.5
The Richest Man in Town
0
Mrs. Mike
2
The Hoodlum Saint
5.2
Jeanne Eagels
6.3
An Act of Murder
6.8
Rhapsody in Blue
6.4
Maisie Was a Lady
6.8
Johnny Guitar
7.415
Wild Harvest
0
Grissly's Millions
6
A Ticket to Tomahawk
5.8
USS VD: Ship of Shame
4.4
Along the Oregon Trail
0
Black Eagle
6
Relentless
6.2
Honky Tonk
6.4
Blossoms in the Dust
6.563
California's Golden Beginning
0
Pure Feud
0
The Happy Time
6.3
In Old Oklahoma
6.2
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
0
Walk Softly, Stranger
5
My Forbidden Past
5.7
Road to Utopia
6.636
Young Man with Ideas
4.7
The Tall Target
6.788
They Made Me a Killer
5.6
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.788
The Kentuckian
5.657
Excuse My Dust
7.2
The Tall Men
6.4
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
5.9
Down Missouri Way
0
Sleepy Lagoon
4.5
People Will Talk
7.1
Apple Andy
6.2