
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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