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Will Wright

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1894-03-25

Birth Place

San Francisco, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Letter From Bataan

A Letter From Bataan

1942

4.5

Movie
A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

5.8

Movie
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

1949

6.9

Movie
Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

1949

7.1

Movie
Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

1959

5.9

Movie
All the King's Men

All the King's Men

1949

7.0

Movie
Along the Oregon Trail

Along the Oregon Trail

1947

0.0

Movie
An Act of Murder

An Act of Murder

1948

6.8

Movie
Apple Andy

Apple Andy

1946

6.2

Movie
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

1955

0.0

Movie
Bambi

Bambi

1942

7.0

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
Bewitched

Bewitched

1945

5.3

Movie
Big Jack

Big Jack

1949

6.0

Movie
Big Town

Big Town

1946

4.8

Movie
Black Eagle

Black Eagle

1948

6.0

Movie
Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

1947

4.0

Movie
Blondie Plays Cupid

Blondie Plays Cupid

1940

6.7

Movie
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

6.5

Movie
Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1946

6.0

Movie
Brimstone

Brimstone

1949

6.5

Movie
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
California

California

1947

6.5

Movie
California's Golden Beginning

California's Golden Beginning

1948

0.0

Movie
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1962

7.4

Movie
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
Cowboy in Manhattan

Cowboy in Manhattan

1943

0.0

Movie
Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

1941

0.0

Movie
Cynthia

Cynthia

1947

5.9

Movie
Dallas

Dallas

1950

6.4

Movie
Danger Street

Danger Street

1947

4.0

Movie
Dangerous Passage

Dangerous Passage

1944

4.9

Movie
poster

December Bride

1954

5.5

TV
poster

Dennis the Menace

1959

6.7

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Disaster

Disaster

1948

5.0

Movie
Down Missouri Way

Down Missouri Way

1946

0.0

Movie
poster

Dragnet

1951

6.5

TV
Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

1951

7.2

Movie
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

1964

7.8

Movie
Fair Weather Fiends

Fair Weather Fiends

1946

7.3

Movie
Fall Guy

Fall Guy

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Grape Nutty

Grape Nutty

1949

0.0

Movie
Green Grass of Wyoming

Green Grass of Wyoming

1948

6.6

Movie
Grissly's Millions

Grissly's Millions

1945

6.0

Movie
Gunman's Walk

Gunman's Walk

1958

6.7

Movie
Here Comes Elmer

Here Comes Elmer

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

5.5

TV
High Powered

High Powered

1945

0.0

Movie
Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners

1952

5.5

Movie
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941

6.4

Movie
Hot Cargo

Hot Cargo

1946

0.0

Movie
House by the River

House by the River

1950

6.7

Movie
poster

I Love Lucy

1951

8.0

TV
In Old Oklahoma

In Old Oklahoma

1943

6.3

Movie
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960

7.7

Movie
It's A Small World

It's A Small World

1935

4.5

Movie
Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

1957

6.3

Movie
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

1948

0.0

Movie
Johnny Comes Flying Home

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946

0.0

Movie
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

1954

7.4

Movie
Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain

1957

5.8

Movie
Keeper of the Bees

Keeper of the Bees

1947

0.0

Movie
poster

Lassie

1954

6.1

TV
poster

Lawman

1958

5.4

TV
poster

Leave It to Beaver

1957

7.0

TV
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
Little Women

Little Women

1949

7.4

Movie
Lure of the Wilderness

Lure of the Wilderness

1952

6.0

Movie
Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold

1949

5.9

Movie
Lydia Bailey

Lydia Bailey

1952

6.2

Movie
Maisie Was a Lady

Maisie Was a Lady

1941

6.8

Movie
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949

5.4

Movie
poster

Mister Ed

1961

6.7

TV
Mob Town

Mob Town

1941

0.0

Movie
Mother Wore Tights

Mother Wore Tights

1947

5.3

Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

7.0

Movie
poster

Mr. Lucky

1959

7.0

TV
Mrs. Mike

Mrs. Mike

1949

2.0

Movie
My Forbidden Past

My Forbidden Past

1951

5.7

Movie
Never Trust a Gambler

Never Trust a Gambler

1951

5.4

Movie
Niagara

Niagara

1953

6.8

Movie
No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

6.9

Movie
Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger

1955

6.2

Movie
Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

1941

7.1

Movie
O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

1952

6.5

Movie
poster

Official Detective

1957

0.0

TV
One Exciting Week

One Exciting Week

1946

6.0

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
Paula

Paula

1952

6.5

Movie
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951

7.1

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
poster

Pete and Gladys

1960

6.5

TV
Practically Yours

Practically Yours

1944

0.0

Movie
Prospecting for Petroleum

Prospecting for Petroleum

1946

0.0

Movie
Pure Feud

Pure Feud

1934

0.0

Movie
Quantrill's Raiders

Quantrill's Raiders

1958

4.5

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Relentless

Relentless

1948

6.2

Movie
Rendezvous with Annie

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

6.0

Movie
Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

1945

6.4

Movie
River of No Return

River of No Return

1954

6.7

Movie
poster

Riverboat

1959

6.2

TV
Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

1946

6.6

Movie
Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

6.7

Movie
Saboteur

Saboteur

1942

6.9

Movie
Salome, Where She Danced

Salome, Where She Danced

1945

3.7

Movie
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

7.6

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941

7.0

Movie
Shut My Big Mouth

Shut My Big Mouth

1942

10.0

Movie
Sleepy Lagoon

Sleepy Lagoon

1943

4.5

Movie
So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail

1943

5.5

Movie
So This Is New York

So This Is New York

1948

6.0

Movie
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

1948

0.0

Movie
State Fair

State Fair

1945

6.6

Movie
poster

Sugarfoot

1957

4.8

TV
Sunset in the West

Sunset in the West

1950

7.8

Movie
Take It Big

Take It Big

1944

0.0

Movie
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

6.2

Movie
Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

1942

6.2

Movie
poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

5.2

TV
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

1959

5.9

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

6.1

TV
poster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

4.5

TV
poster

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

7.6

TV
The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

1946

6.6

Movie
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

6.7

Movie
The Deadly Companions

The Deadly Companions

1961

5.6

Movie
poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961

7.4

TV
poster

The Donna Reed Show

1958

6.3

TV
poster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

6.8

TV
The Good Fellows

The Good Fellows

1943

0.0

Movie
The Green Promise

The Green Promise

1949

6.6

Movie
The Happy Time

The Happy Time

1952

6.3

Movie
The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

5.2

Movie
The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle

1946

5.2

Movie
The Inside Story

The Inside Story

1948

6.5

Movie
The Iron Sheriff

The Iron Sheriff

1957

6.2

Movie
The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story

1946

6.7

Movie
The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

1955

5.7

Movie
The Las Vegas Story

The Las Vegas Story

1952

5.8

Movie
The Last Posse

The Last Posse

1953

6.0

Movie
poster

The Living Christ

1951

5.0

TV
poster

The Lone Ranger

1949

6.8

TV
The Long Night

The Long Night

1947

5.8

Movie
The Loose Nut

The Loose Nut

1945

7.0

Movie
The Madonna's Secret

The Madonna's Secret

1946

5.9

Movie
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942

7.0

Movie
The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

7.1

Movie
The Meanest Man in the World

The Meanest Man in the World

1943

6.4

Movie
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Missouri Traveler

The Missouri Traveler

1958

6.4

Movie
The Navy Way

The Navy Way

1944

5.7

Movie
The Postman Didn't Ring

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

0.0

Movie
The Price of Freedom

The Price of Freedom

1949

0.0

Movie
The Raid

The Raid

1954

6.5

Movie
poster

The Real McCoys

1957

5.7

TV
The Reckless Driver

The Reckless Driver

1946

7.3

Movie
The Richest Man in Town

The Richest Man in Town

1941

0.0

Movie
The Savage Horde

The Savage Horde

1950

5.8

Movie
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

6.3

Movie
poster

The Tall Man

1960

6.3

TV
The Tall Men

The Tall Men

1955

6.3

Movie
The Tall Target

The Tall Target

1951

6.9

Movie
The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

1941

6.5

Movie
The Town Went Wild

The Town Went Wild

1944

5.0

Movie
The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women

1947

0.0

Movie
The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho

1948

5.7

Movie
The Wayward Bus

The Wayward Bus

1957

5.8

Movie
The Wild One

The Wild One

1953

6.6

Movie
These Wilder Years

These Wilder Years

1956

6.3

Movie
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949

6.8

Movie
They Made Me a Killer

They Made Me a Killer

1946

5.6

Movie
poster

Thriller

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Trackdown

1957

6.4

TV
Twenty Plus Two

Twenty Plus Two

1961

6.0

Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabana

Uncle Tom's Cabana

1947

5.3

Movie
USS VD: Ship of Shame

USS VD: Ship of Shame

1942

4.4

Movie
Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley

1951

5.3

Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

5.0

Movie
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948

6.5

Movie
Who's Cookin Who?

Who's Cookin Who?

1946

7.8

Movie
Wild Harvest

Wild Harvest

1947

0.0

Movie
Wildcat

Wildcat

1942

6.0

Movie
Wilson

Wilson

1944

5.5

Movie
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

6.3

Movie
poster

You Are There

1953

5.7

TV
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945

7.0

Movie
You Can't Ration Love

You Can't Ration Love

1944

0.0

Movie
You, the People

You, the People

1940

5.7

Movie
Young Man with Ideas

Young Man with Ideas

1952

4.7

Movie