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.
200 acting credits
Acting · 200
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Dragnet
1951
Lassie
1954
Maverick
1957
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Lawman
1958
Rawhide
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Thriller
1960
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Lone Ranger
1949
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
Mister Ed
1961
Sugarfoot
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Trackdown
1957
Bronco
1958
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Cavalcade of America
1952
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
The Tall Man
1960
Outlaws
1960
Riverboat
1959
Public Defender
1954
December Bride
1954
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Pete and Gladys
1960
Bambi
1942
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Official Detective
1957
You Are There
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
Little Women
1949
Conflict
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
Cape Fear
1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Living Christ
1951
River of No Return
1954
Fail Safe
1964
Johnny Guitar
1954
Niagara
1953
Scarlet Street
1945
The Tall Men
1955
Inherit the Wind
1960
Saboteur
1942
All the King's Men
1949
The Wild One
1953
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Adam's Rib
1949
Johnny Tremain
1957
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Alias Jesse James
1959
Without Reservations
1946
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Act of Violence
1949
California
1947
No Way Out
1950
The Blue Dahlia
1946
The Major and the Minor
1942
The Kentuckian
1955
Honky Tonk
1941
State Fair
1945
The Tall Target
1951
Brimstone
1949
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
People Will Talk
1951
Lust for Gold
1949
The Deadly Companions
1961
Wilson
1944
Relentless
1948
Not as a Stranger
1955
Tennessee Johnson
1942
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Dallas
1950
House by the River
1950
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
They Live by Night
1949
Road to Utopia
1946
Gunman's Walk
1958
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
The Inner Circle
1946
Jeanne Eagels
1957
The Jolson Story
1946
So Proudly We Hail
1943
Mother Wore Tights
1947
Blue Skies
1946
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
Vengeance Valley
1951
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Whispering Smith
1948
Here Comes Elmer
1943
The Long Night
1947
The Missouri Traveler
1958
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
It's A Small World
1935
Paula
1952
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
Young Man with Ideas
1952
The Raid
1954
Wildcat
1942
Bewitched
1945
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
You, the People
1940
Wild Harvest
1947
Mrs. Mike
1949
The Wayward Bus
1957
The Town Went Wild
1944
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
The Inside Story
1948
The Last Posse
1953
Nothing but the Truth
1941
Cynthia
1947
The Las Vegas Story
1952
The Reckless Driver
1946
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
Big Town
1946
They Made Me a Killer
1946
Practically Yours
1944
The Walls of Jericho
1948
Twenty Plus Two
1961
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
Lydia Bailey
1952
The Trouble with Women
1947
The Iron Sheriff
1957
High Powered
1945
My Forbidden Past
1951
Grissly's Millions
1945
Mob Town
1941
An Act of Murder
1948
You Came Along
1945
The Green Promise
1949
Hot Cargo
1946
The Navy Way
1944
These Wilder Years
1956
Take It Big
1944
Cracked Nuts
1941
One Exciting Week
1946
Dangerous Passage
1944
The Madonna's Secret
1946
The Loose Nut
1945
Big Jack
1949
Excuse My Dust
1951
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946
Danger Street
1947
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
Down Missouri Way
1946
Disaster
1948
Sunset in the West
1950
The Happy Time
1952
The Savage Horde
1950
So This Is New York
1948
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943
Holiday for Sinners
1952
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Keeper of the Bees
1947
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942
The Richest Man in Town
1941
The Good Fellows
1943
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
California's Golden Beginning
1948
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
Black Eagle
1948
Pure Feud
1934
Fall Guy
1945
A Letter From Bataan
1942
Blaze of Noon
1947
The Price of Freedom
1949
Never Trust a Gambler
1951
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947
Grape Nutty
1949
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1948
Apple Andy
1946
You Can't Ration Love
1944
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948