Will Wright
Acting
Born March 25, 1894 ยท 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.
Films (154)
Fail Safe
1964
Cape Fear
1962
Twenty Plus Two
1961
The Deadly Companions
1961
Inherit the Wind
1960
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Alias Jesse James
1959
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Gunman's Walk
1958
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
The Missouri Traveler
1958
Jeanne Eagels
1957
Johnny Tremain
1957
The Wayward Bus
1957
The Iron Sheriff
1957
These Wilder Years
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
The Tall Men
1955
The Kentuckian
1955
Not as a Stranger
1955
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
The Raid
1954
Johnny Guitar
1954
River of No Return
1954
The Wild One
1953
The Last Posse
1953
Niagara
1953
The Happy Time
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Holiday for Sinners
1952
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
Lydia Bailey
1952
Paula
1952
Young Man with Ideas
1952
The Las Vegas Story
1952
People Will Talk
1951
The Tall Target
1951
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
Excuse My Dust
1951
My Forbidden Past
1951
Vengeance Valley
1951
Dallas
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
Sunset in the West
1950
No Way Out
1950
The Savage Horde
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
House by the River
1950
Mrs. Mike
1949
Adam's Rib
1949
All the King's Men
1949
They Live by Night
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Brimstone
1949
Lust for Gold
1949
The Price of Freedom
1949
Grape Nutty
1949
Big Jack
1949
The Green Promise
1949
Little Women
1949
Act of Violence
1949
Whispering Smith
1948
An Act of Murder
1948
Disaster
1948
The Walls of Jericho
1948
Black Eagle
1948
Relentless
1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
So This Is New York
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Inside Story
1948
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1948
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948
California's Golden Beginning
1948
Wild Harvest
1947
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
Cynthia
1947
Mother Wore Tights
1947
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947
Keeper of the Bees
1947
The Trouble with Women
1947
Danger Street
1947
The Long Night
1947
Blaze of Noon
1947
California
1947
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
Blue Skies
1946
The Jolson Story
1946
The Reckless Driver
1946
Big Town
1946
Down Missouri Way
1946
The Inner Circle
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
Hot Cargo
1946
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
One Exciting Week
1946
Without Reservations
1946
They Made Me a Killer
1946
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Apple Andy
1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Road to Utopia
1946
The Madonna's Secret
1946
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
Scarlet Street
1945
The Loose Nut
1945
State Fair
1945
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
You Came Along
1945
Bewitched
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
Fall Guy
1945
High Powered
1945
Grissly's Millions
1945
Practically Yours
1944
Dangerous Passage
1944
The Town Went Wild
1944
Wilson
1944
Take It Big
1944
You Can't Ration Love
1944
The Navy Way
1944
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Here Comes Elmer
1943
So Proudly We Hail
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
The Good Fellows
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
Tennessee Johnson
1942
The Major and the Minor
1942
A Letter From Bataan
1942
Wildcat
1942
Bambi
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
Saboteur
1942
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
Nothing but the Truth
1941
Mob Town
1941
Honky Tonk
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
The Richest Man in Town
1941
Cracked Nuts
1941
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
You, the People
1940
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
It's A Small World
1935
Pure Feud
1934