Will Wright
Biography
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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.
Acting (152 movies)
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Mob Town
1941
Here Comes Elmer
1943
It's A Small World
1935
Saboteur
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
House by the River
1950
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Cape Fear
1962
You Can't Ration Love
1944
The Navy Way
1944
The Town Went Wild
1944
Wilson
1944
Dangerous Passage
1944
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
You Came Along
1945
State Fair
1945
Fall Guy
1945
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946
Hot Cargo
1946
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
The Jolson Story
1946
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
Big Town
1946
The Trouble with Women
1947
California
1947
The Long Night
1947
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
The Walls of Jericho
1948
The Good Fellows
1943
So This Is New York
1948
Grape Nutty
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Lydia Bailey
1952
Not as a Stranger
1955
Fail Safe
1964
Dallas
1950
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
Lust for Gold
1949
All the King's Men
1949
Adam's Rib
1949
The Las Vegas Story
1952
Act of Violence
1949
Holiday for Sinners
1952
The Loose Nut
1945
The Reckless Driver
1946
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
Bewitched
1945
The Savage Horde
1950
The Madonna's Secret
1946
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
Gunman's Walk
1958
Vengeance Valley
1951
Little Women
1949
Johnny Tremain
1957
Without Reservations
1946
The Blue Dahlia
1946
They Live by Night
1949
These Wilder Years
1956
The Major and the Minor
1942
Alias Jesse James
1959
The Deadly Companions
1961
Disaster
1948
Niagara
1953
The Inner Circle
1946
Blue Skies
1946
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Nothing But the Truth
1941
Twenty Plus Two
1961
Mother Wore Tights
1947
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
So Proudly We Hail
1943
The Last Posse
1953
The Wayward Bus
1957
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
Danger Street
1947
The Inside Story
1948
River of No Return
1954
Big Jack
1949
O. Henry's Full House
1952
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Sunset in the West
1950
Paula
1952
Blaze of Noon
1947
The Iron Sheriff
1957
Keeper of the Bees
1947
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
The Missouri Traveler
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Cynthia
1947
Brimstone
1949
Wildcat
1942
The Green Promise
1949
Whispering Smith
1948
Cracked Nuts
1941
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Wild One
1953
The Raid
1954
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