Will Wright
Known for: Acting
Born: March 25, 1894
Died: June 19, 1962
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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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Filmography
154 movies · 46 TV shows, newest first
7.8
Fail Safe
1964
7.5
Cape Fear
1962
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
6.8
Twenty Plus Two
1961
5.6
The Deadly Companions
1961
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.9
The Tall Man
1960
7.7
Inherit the Wind
1960
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.6
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
5.6
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
6.1
Alias Jesse James
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
6.8
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
6.7
Gunman's Walk
1958
6.8
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
6.7
The Missouri Traveler
1958
6.9
Trackdown
1957
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
6.2
Jeanne Eagels
1957
6.1
Johnny Tremain
1957
5.6
The Wayward Bus
1957
6.6
The Iron Sheriff
1957
7.5
Official Detective
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
19568.0
Conflict
1956
6.2
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
6.5
These Wilder Years
1956
6.8
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
7.1
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.5
The Tall Men
1955
5.8
The Kentuckian
1955
6.2
Not as a Stranger
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
NR
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
6.3
December Bride
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954
6.5
The Raid
1954
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
6.7
River of No Return
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
6.6
The Wild One
1953
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
6.3
The Last Posse
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.0
You Are There
1953
6.8
Niagara
1953
6.5
The Happy Time
1952
6.2
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.9
O. Henry's Full House
1952
6.3
Holiday for Sinners
1952
6.1
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
6.8
Lydia Bailey
1952
8.2
Paula
1952
5.2
Young Man with Ideas
1952
6.0
The Las Vegas Story
1952
6.5
Dragnet
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.1
People Will Talk
1951
6.9
The Tall Target
1951
5.6
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
7.8
Excuse My Dust
1951
5.5
My Forbidden Past
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
5.4
Vengeance Valley
1951
5.7
The Living Christ
1951
6.4
Dallas
1950
5.1
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
7.4
Sunset in the West
1950
6.9
No Way Out
1950
6.2
The Savage Horde
1950
6.0
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
6.8
House by the River
1950
6.0
Mrs. Mike
1949
7.1
Adam's Rib
1949
7.0
All the King's Men
1949
6.8
They Live by Night
1949
5.6
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
7.3
Brimstone
1949
6.0
Lust for Gold
19498.0
The Price of Freedom
1949
9.0
Grape Nutty
1949
7.3
Big Jack
1949
6.4
The Green Promise
1949
7.4
Little Women
1949
6.9
Act of Violence
1949
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948
6.9
An Act of Murder
1948
6.0
Disaster
1948
5.6
The Walls of Jericho
1948
6.5
Black Eagle
1948
6.4
Relentless
1948
6.7
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
6.7
So This Is New York
1948
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
6.6
The Inside Story
19489.0
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1948NR
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948
9.0
California's Golden Beginning
1948
7.0
Wild Harvest
1947
9.0
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
6.2
Cynthia
1947
5.7
Mother Wore Tights
1947
5.6
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
1947
10.0
Keeper of the Bees
1947
9.5
The Trouble with Women
1947
6.5
Danger Street
1947
5.8
The Long Night
1947
5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947
6.8
California
1947
7.3
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
6.2
Blue Skies
1946
6.8
The Jolson Story
1946
7.2
The Reckless Driver
1946
5.5
Big Town
1946
8.0
Down Missouri Way
1946
5.7
The Inner Circle
1946
7.0
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
8.0
Hot Cargo
1946
7.7
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
6.5
One Exciting Week
1946
6.3
Without Reservations
1946
5.7
They Made Me a Killer
1946
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.8
Apple Andy
1946
8.0
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946
5.5
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
6.4
The Madonna's Secret
1946
NR
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945
6.9
The Loose Nut
1945
6.6
State Fair
1945
6.2
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
7.3
You Came Along
1945
5.4
Bewitched
1945
6.6
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
4.1
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
8.0
Fall Guy
1945
5.3
High Powered
1945
6.5
Grissly's Millions
1945
7.0
Practically Yours
1944
5.0
Dangerous Passage
1944
7.0
The Town Went Wild
1944
5.6
Wilson
1944
9.0
Take It Big
1944
8.0
You Can't Ration Love
1944
6.3
The Navy Way
1944
6.2
In Old Oklahoma
1943
10.0
Here Comes Elmer
1943
5.9
So Proudly We Hail
1943
5.0
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
8.0
The Good Fellows
1943
7.0
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
6.9
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
6.7
Tennessee Johnson
1942
7.1
The Major and the Minor
1942
5.2
A Letter From Bataan
1942
5.7
Wildcat
1942
7.0
Bambi
1942
6.4
Tales of Manhattan
1942
7.0
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
6.9
Saboteur
1942
8.3
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
4.5
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
7.0
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
6.6
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
7.3
Nothing but the Truth
1941
8.0
Mob Town
1941
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
6.6
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
10.0
The Richest Man in Town
1941
7.0
Cracked Nuts
1941
7.0
Maisie Was a Lady
19416.2
You, the People
1940
6.8
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
6.0
It's A Small World
1935
7.0
Pure Feud
1934