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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-03-25
Place of birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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Cast
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
6.70
Here Comes Elmer
1943
0.00
It's A Small World
1935
4.50
Mob Town
1941
0.00
House by the River
1950
6.72
Saboteur
1942
6.89
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
0.00
Tales of Manhattan
1942
6.31
Tennessee Johnson
1942
6.10
Cape Fear
1962
7.45
You Can't Ration Love
1944
0.00
The Navy Way
1944
5.70
Wilson
1944
5.48
The Town Went Wild
1944
5.00
Dangerous Passage
1944
4.40
Fall Guy
1945
8.00
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
3.70
You Came Along
1945
7.00
State Fair
1945
6.60
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946
0.00
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
7.30
Hot Cargo
1946
0.00
Big Town
1946
4.80
The Jolson Story
1946
6.60
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
0.00
California
1947
6.70
The Long Night
1947
5.59
The Trouble with Women
1947
0.00
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947
5.25
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1948
0.00
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
6.80
The Good Fellows
1943
0.00
So This Is New York
1948
6.00
The Walls of Jericho
1948
4.92
Grape Nutty
1949
0.00
The Price of Freedom
1949
0.00
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
5.00
Dallas
1950
6.50
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
5.00
Lydia Bailey
1952
6.10
Not as a Stranger
1955
6.15
Fail Safe
1964
7.80
Lust for Gold
1949
5.90
All the King's Men
1949
7.00
Adam's Rib
1949
7.10
The Las Vegas Story
1952
5.90
Act of Violence
1949
6.90
Holiday for Sinners
1952
5.60
The Loose Nut
1945
6.50
The Reckless Driver
1946
7.30
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
7.30
Bewitched
1945
5.30
The Savage Horde
1950
5.80
The Madonna's Secret
1946
5.90
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
0.00
Gunman's Walk
1958
6.60
Vengeance Valley
1951
5.20
Little Women
1949
7.38
Johnny Tremain
1957
6.00
Without Reservations
1946
6.20
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.65
They Live by Night
1949
6.90
These Wilder Years
1956
6.30
The Major and the Minor
1942
7.04
Alias Jesse James
1959
5.80
The Deadly Companions
1961
5.63
Disaster
1948
5.00
Niagara
1953
6.80
The Inner Circle
1946
5.20
Blue Skies
1946
6.13
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
7.00
Nothing But the Truth
1941
7.10
Twenty Plus Two
1961
6.20
Mother Wore Tights
1947
5.30
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
6.50
So Proudly We Hail
1943
5.50
The Last Posse
1953
6.10
The Wayward Bus
1957
5.50
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
6.30
Danger Street
1947
4.00
The Inside Story
1948
6.50
River of No Return
1954
6.70
Big Jack
1949
6.00
O. Henry's Full House
1952
6.70
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
7.10
Sunset in the West
1950
7.50
Paula
1952
6.50
Blaze of Noon
1947
4.00
The Iron Sheriff
1957
6.00
Keeper of the Bees
1947
0.00
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
5.96
The Missouri Traveler
1958
6.67
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
6.80
Cynthia
1947
5.90
Brimstone
1949
6.30
Wildcat
1942
3.50
The Green Promise
1949
6.00
Whispering Smith
1948
6.60
Cracked Nuts
1941
0.00
The Wild One
1953
6.60
The Raid
1954
6.50
A Letter From Bataan
1942
4.50
Practically Yours
1944
0.00
High Powered
1945
5.00
Bambi
1942
7.00
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
6.40
O. Henry's Full House
1952
6.70
You, the People
1940
5.80
One Exciting Week
1946
6.00
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
6.00
Scarlet Street
1945
7.58
Inherit the Wind
1960
7.67
Take It Big
1944
0.00
No Way Out
1950
6.89
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
8.50
The Richest Man in Town
1941
0.00
Mrs. Mike
1949
2.00
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
5.20
Jeanne Eagels
1957
5.96
An Act of Murder
1948
6.70
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
6.40
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
6.80
Johnny Guitar
1954
7.42
Wild Harvest
1947
0.00
Grissly's Millions
1945
6.00
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
5.80
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
4.20
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
0.00
Black Eagle
1948
6.00
Relentless
1948
6.20
Honky Tonk
1941
6.40
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
6.65
California's Golden Beginning
1948
0.00
Pure Feud
1934
0.00
The Happy Time
1952
6.30
In Old Oklahoma
1943
6.24
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
5.00
My Forbidden Past
1951
5.47
Road to Utopia
1946
6.70
Young Man with Ideas
1952
4.70
The Tall Target
1951
6.84
They Made Me a Killer
1946
5.36
The Kentuckian
1955
5.70
Excuse My Dust
1951
7.20
The Tall Men
1955
6.40
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
5.82
Down Missouri Way
1946
0.00
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
4.00
People Will Talk
1951
7.13
Apple Andy
1946
6.20