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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- Born:
- Mar 26, 1894 In San Francisco, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 182
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Pure Feud 1934-04-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie APEX: The Secret Race Across America 2019-10-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | APEX: The Secret Race Across America | Self | 2019-10-20 |
| Movie | How Videogames Changed the World | Himself | 2013-11-30 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1964-10-07 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Dr. Pearsall | 1962-04-12 |
| Series | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
| Movie | The Deadly Companions | Doctor Acton | 1961-06-06 |
| Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Movie | Twenty Plus Two | Newspaper morgue attendant | 1961-08-13 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Bible Salesman (uncredited) | 1960-07-07 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
| Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Ben Weaver | 1960-10-03 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Alias Jesse James | Titus Queasley | 1959-03-20 |
| Movie | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Pentagon General | 1959-08-06 |
| Series | Dennis the Menace | Merrivale | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Movie | Gunman's Walk | Judge | 1958-07-01 |
| Movie | Quantrill's Raiders | Judge Wood | 1958-04-27 |
| Movie | The Missouri Traveler | Sheriff Marvin Peavy | 1958-01-21 |
| Movie | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Fire Chief (uncredited) | 1958-07-23 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
| Movie | Johnny Tremain | Ephraim Lapham | 1957-06-19 |
| Movie | The Wayward Bus | Van Brunt | 1957-05-27 |
| Series | Official Detective | Unknown | 1957-01-01 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Movie | The Iron Sheriff | Judge | 1957-04-01 |
| Movie | Jeanne Eagels | Marshal (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
| Series | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | The Real McCoys | Unknown | 1957-10-03 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | These Wilder Years | Old Cab Driver | 1956-08-17 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Not as a Stranger | Mr. Roberts (uncredited) | 1955-07-01 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | Atomic Energy as a Force for Good | Tim Summers | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | The Kentuckian | John Decker (uncredited) | 1955-07-22 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Admiral William S. Sims | 1955-12-31 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | 1955-12-26 | |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Movie | The Tall Men | Gus - Bartender (uncredited) | 1955-09-22 |
| Movie | River of No Return | Trader (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
| Movie | Johnny Guitar | Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1954-05-26 |
| Movie | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | Joel D. Angier | 1954-03-29 |
| Movie | The Raid | Josiah Anderson | 1954-08-04 |
| Series | December Bride | Unknown | 1954-10-04 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Series | You Are There | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Niagara | Boatman | 1953-01-26 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | The Last Posse | Todd Mitchell | 1953-07-04 |
| Movie | The Wild One | Art Kleiner | 1953-12-30 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | Lydia Bailey | Consul (uncredited) | 1952-05-30 |
| Movie | Paula | Raymond Bascom | 1952-05-15 |
| Movie | Lure of the Wilderness | Sheriff Brink | 1952-07-16 |
| Movie | The Las Vegas Story | Mike Fogarty | 1952-01-30 |
| Movie | Young Man with Ideas | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1952-05-02 |
| Movie | Holiday for Sinners | The Man with a Cigar | 1952-07-25 |
| Movie | The Happy Time | Family Doctor | 1952-10-30 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | O. Henry's Full House | Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) | 1952-08-07 |
| Movie | Excuse My Dust | Race judge | 1951-06-27 |
| Movie | My Forbidden Past | Luther Toplady | 1951-04-25 |
| Movie | Never Trust a Gambler | Cap Douglas (uncredited) | 1951-07-13 |
| Movie | Vengeance Valley | Mr. Willoughby | 1951-02-14 |
| Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
| Movie | The Tall Target | Thomas Ogden (uncredited) | 1951-08-17 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | People Will Talk | Uncle John Higgins (uncredited) | 1951-08-29 |
| Movie | The Savage Horde | Judge Thomas Cole | 1950-05-22 |
| Movie | House by the River | Inspector Sarten | 1950-03-25 |
| Movie | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Marshal Kit Dodge | 1950-05-19 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |
| Movie | Sunset in the West | Sheriff Tad Osborne | 1950-09-25 |
| Movie | Dallas | Judge Harper | 1950-12-30 |
| Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Jake, Poker Player (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
| Movie | Big Jack | Will Farnsworth | 1949-04-12 |
| Movie | The Green Promise | Mr. Grenstedt | 1949-03-22 |
| Movie | Act of Violence | Pop | 1949-01-22 |
| Movie | Lust for Gold | Parsons (uncredited) | 1949-06-10 |
| Movie | Little Women | Mr. Grace (uncredited) | 1949-03-10 |
| Movie | Adam's Rib | Judge Marcasson | 1949-11-18 |
| Movie | Brimstone | Martin Tredwell | 1949-08-15 |
| Movie | All the King's Men | Dolph Pillsbury | 1949-11-16 |
| Movie | Mrs. Mike | Dr. McIntosh | 1949-12-23 |
| Movie | They Live by Night | Mobley | 1949-11-01 |
| Movie | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Roscoe Johnson (uncredited) | 1949-10-20 |
| Movie | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Eph Hackett (uncredited) | 1948-03-25 |
| Movie | The Inside Story | J. J. Johnson | 1948-03-14 |
| Movie | California's Golden Beginning | 1948-01-01 | |
| Movie | So This Is New York | Uncle Fergus (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
| Movie | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle | Pop Williams | 1948-01-02 |
| Movie | Green Grass of Wyoming | Jake Willis | 1948-06-03 |
| Movie | Whispering Smith | Sheriff McSwiggin | 1948-12-09 |
| Movie | The Walls of Jericho | Dr. Patterson (uncredited) | 1948-11-22 |
| Movie | An Act of Murder | Judge Jim Wilder | 1948-12-05 |
| Movie | Black Eagle | Sheriff Clancy | 1948-09-16 |
| Movie | Relentless | Sam - the Horse Dealer | 1948-06-15 |
| Movie | Danger Street | Police Chief Bullward | 1947-06-20 |
| Movie | The Long Night | Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited) | 1947-05-28 |
| Movie | California | Chairman (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | Keeper of the Bees | Dr. Grayson | 1947-07-10 |
| Movie | Blaze of Noon | Mr. Thomas | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | The Trouble with Women | Commissioner (uncredited) | 1947-06-25 |
| Movie | Along the Oregon Trail | Jim Bridger | 1947-08-30 |
| Movie | Cynthia | Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | Wild Harvest | Mike Alperson | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Mother Wore Tights | Withers (uncredited) | 1947-08-20 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabana | Uncle Tom (uncredited) | 1947-07-19 |
| Movie | The Blue Dahlia | "Dad" Newell | 1946-04-16 |
| Movie | They Made Me a Killer | Henry, the Blacksmith | 1946-05-03 |
| Movie | Apple Andy | Devil | 1946-04-09 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Mr. Latimer (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Without Reservations | Pullman Conductor (uncredited) | 1946-05-13 |
| Movie | The Madonna's Secret | The Riverman | 1946-02-16 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | One Exciting Week | Otis Piper | 1946-06-08 |
| Movie | Big Town | Station Agent (uncredited) | 1946-08-23 |
| Movie | Blue Skies | Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1946-10-15 |
| Movie | Down Missouri Way | Prof. Morris | 1946-08-15 |
| Movie | The Jolson Story | Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
| Movie | Rendezvous with Annie | Elmer Snodgrass | 1946-07-22 |
| Movie | The Inner Circle | Henry Boggs | 1946-08-07 |
| Movie | Salome, Where She Danced | Sheriff | 1945-04-17 |
| Movie | Fall Guy | Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
| Movie | High Powered | Jeff Hines | 1945-02-27 |
| Movie | Rhapsody in Blue | Rachmaninoff | 1945-06-27 |
| Movie | Grissly's Millions | John Frey | 1945-01-16 |
| Movie | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Mr. Nelson | 1945-08-17 |
| Movie | Bewitched | Mr. Herkheimer | 1945-07-04 |
| Movie | State Fair | Hog Judge (uncredited) | 1945-08-29 |
| Movie | Scarlet Street | Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
| Movie | You Came Along | Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited) | 1945-07-04 |
| Movie | Take It Big | Rodeo Judge (uncredited) | 1944-06-09 |
| Movie | You Can't Ration Love | Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | 1944-02-28 |
| Movie | Wilson | Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited) | 1944-08-01 |
| Movie | The Navy Way | Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
| Movie | The Town Went Wild | Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
| Movie | Practically Yours | Sen. Cowling (uncredited) | 1944-12-20 |
| Movie | Dangerous Passage | Postal Clerk (uncredited) | 1944-12-18 |
| Movie | The Good Fellows | Brother from Danville (uncredited) | 1943-08-11 |
| Movie | The Meanest Man in the World | Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited) | 1943-02-12 |
| Movie | Cowboy in Manhattan | Higgins | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Sleepy Lagoon | Cyrus Coates | 1943-09-05 |
| Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Colonel Clark (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
| Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Doctor | 1943-12-06 |
| Movie | Here Comes Elmer | Horace Parrot | 1943-11-15 |
| Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Jim Long | 1942-02-19 |
| Movie | Bambi | Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-02-11 |
| Movie | USS VD: Ship of Shame | Commandant (uncredited) | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | Saboteur | J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Major and the Minor | Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
| Movie | The Postman Didn't Ring | Mr. Slade | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | Wildcat | John 'Paw' Smithers | 1942-09-03 |
| Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Alderman (uncredited) | 1942-12-01 |
| Movie | Tales of Manhattan | Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited) | 1942-08-05 |
| Movie | Blossoms in the Dust | Senator | 1941-08-15 |
| Movie | The Richest Man in Town | Frederick Johnson | 1941-08-02 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Sylvanus Boogle | 1941-07-02 |
| Movie | Maisie Was a Lady | Judge Thatcher (Uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Mob Town | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | The Tell-Tale Heart | Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1941-10-25 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited) | 1941-11-21 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited) | 1941-10-10 |
| Movie | Blondie Plays Cupid | Mr. Tucker | 1940-10-31 |
| Movie | You, the People | Mr. Roberts | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | It's A Small World | Courtroom spectator (uncredited) | 1935-04-12 |
| Movie | Pure Feud | Lem (uncredited) | 1934-04-20 |