Will Wright
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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.
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Perry Mason
James Vardon
Perry Mason
Adam Thompson
Perry Mason
Chuck Clark
The Andy Griffith Show
Ben Weaver
Lassie
Caleb Brown
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
King - Newspaper Editor
Maverick
Maverick
General Hoyt Bosco
Maverick
Jabe Hallock
Maverick
General Eakins
Maverick
Sheriff Chester Bentley
The Donna Reed Show
Oliver
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Mr. Jackson
Dragnet
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Sam Petrie
I Love Lucy
Mr. Walters
I Love Lucy
Sheriff
Saboteur
J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
Rawhide
Grandfather
Four Star Playhouse
Willie
Four Star Playhouse
Scupper
Leave It to Beaver
Pete at Firehouse #7
The Lone Ranger
Uncle Ed
Lawman
Dennis the Menace
Merrivale
Fail Safe
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
Billy Willow
77 Sunset Strip
Luther Hanks
The Ford Television Theatre
Mr. Crane
The Real McCoys
Thriller
Constable Tom Walker
Mister Ed
Mr. Thompson
December Bride
Sugarfoot
Charlie Cade
Sugarfoot
John Chamberlain
Sugarfoot
Job Turner
Sleepy Lagoon
Cyrus Coates
Trackdown
Trackdown
Zack
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Judge O'Neill
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Judge Kramer
Black Eagle
Sheriff Clancy
Riverboat
J.C. Sickel
The Millionaire
Grandpa Costello
Bambi
Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Bronco
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Tall Man
Cavalcade of America
George's Father
Outlaws
You Are There
Pete and Gladys
Mr. Lucky
The Leadville Kid
Bewitched
Mr. Herkheimer
Official Detective
Hey, Jeannie!
McClish
Take It Big
Rodeo Judge (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
Father Gourdian
Dangerous Passage
Postal Clerk (uncredited)
The Living Christ
Annas
The Living Christ
Herod The Great
Lydia Bailey
Consul (uncredited)
Niagara
Boatman
The Navy Way
Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Little Women
Mr. Grace (uncredited)
Vengeance Valley
Mr. Willoughby
Dallas
Judge Harper
People Will Talk
Uncle John Higgins (uncredited)
Cowboy in Manhattan
Higgins
Maisie Was a Lady
Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)
Jeanne Eagels
Marshal (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pop
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Father
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Jake Marley
General Electric Theater
McCrain
General Electric Theater
Grandpaw
The Deadly Companions
Doctor Acton
Cape Fear
Dr. Pearsall
River of No Return
Trader (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
The Wild One
Art Kleiner
The Tall Men
Gus - Bartender (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
They Made Me a Killer
Henry, the Blacksmith
Paula
Raymond Bascom
Hot Cargo
Tim Chapman
Inherit the Wind
Bible Salesman (uncredited)
The Raid
Josiah Anderson
Honky Tonk
Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
No Way Out
Dr. Cheney (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Big Jack
Will Farnsworth
The Man with the Golden Arm
Adam's Rib
Judge Marcasson
O. Henry's Full House
Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Act of Violence
Pop
The Blue Dahlia
"Dad" Newell
They Live by Night
Mobley
Tales of Manhattan
Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
Gunman's Walk
Judge
The Long Night
Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)
Lust for Gold
Parsons (uncredited)
The Jolson Story
Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Fire Chief (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
Alderman (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
House by the River
Inspector Sarten
Road to Utopia
Mr. Latimer (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Mr. Nelson
Alias Jesse James
Titus Queasley
California
Chairman (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
Doctor
Shadow of the Thin Man
Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)
The Kentuckian
John Decker (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Eph Hackett (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Colonel Clark (Uncredited)
Whispering Smith
Sheriff McSwiggin
Wilson
Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)
Johnny Tremain
Ephraim Lapham
All the King's Men
Dolph Pillsbury
The Wayward Bus
Van Brunt
Salome, Where She Danced
Sheriff
Walk Softly, Stranger
Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)
Excuse My Dust
Race judge
Relentless
Sam - the Horse Dealer
Mob Town
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Mother Wore Tights
Withers (uncredited)
The Tall Target
Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
Mike Fogarty
So This Is New York
Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
Party Guest (uncredited)
These Wilder Years
Old Cab Driver
Fall Guy
Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
The Inner Circle
Henry Boggs
The Iron Sheriff
Judge
The Walls of Jericho
Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
Rhapsody in Blue
Rachmaninoff
Not as a Stranger
Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
The Loose Nut
Construction Worker (voice)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Admiral William S. Sims
State Fair
Hog Judge (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Mr. Tucker
The Richest Man in Town
Frederick Johnson
Blaze of Noon
Mr. Thomas
Grissly's Millions
John Frey
The Green Promise
Mr. Grenstedt
The Trouble with Women
Commissioner (uncredited)
The Happy Time
Family Doctor
Rendezvous with Annie
Elmer Snodgrass
Green Grass of Wyoming
Jake Willis
Big Town
Station Agent (uncredited)
Nothing but the Truth
Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Marshal Kit Dodge
You, the People
Mr. Roberts
Lure of the Wilderness
Sheriff Brink
Holiday for Sinners
The Man with a Cigar
The Meanest Man in the World
Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
It's A Small World
Courtroom spectator (uncredited)
You Came Along
Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer
Horace Parrot
Quantrill's Raiders
Judge Wood
The Good Fellows
Brother from Danville (uncredited)
An Act of Murder
Judge Jim Wilder
Down Missouri Way
Prof. Morris
The Savage Horde
Judge Thomas Cole
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Pentagon General
Shut My Big Mouth
Jim Long
Cynthia
Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
Practically Yours
Sen. Cowling (uncredited)
You Can't Ration Love
Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace
My Forbidden Past
Luther Toplady
Twenty Plus Two
Newspaper morgue attendant
Mrs. Mike
Dr. McIntosh
The Reckless Driver
Wally Walrus (voice)
The Madonna's Secret
The Riverman
One Exciting Week
Otis Piper
Brimstone
Martin Tredwell
Wildcat
John 'Paw' Smithers
Along the Oregon Trail
Jim Bridger
The Missouri Traveler
Sheriff Marvin Peavy
Wild Harvest
Mike Alperson
The Inside Story
J. J. Johnson
Apple Andy
Devil
USS VD: Ship of Shame
Commandant (uncredited)
The Postman Didn't Ring
Mr. Slade
Who's Cookin Who?
Wolfie Wolf (voice)
High Powered
Jeff Hines
Danger Street
Police Chief Bullward
Sunset in the West
Sheriff Tad Osborne
The Last Posse
Todd Mitchell
Keeper of the Bees
Dr. Grayson
Cracked Nuts
Sylvanus Boogle
The Price of Freedom
McTrees
A Letter From Bataan
Mr. Limpert
Disaster
Pop Hansford
The Tell-Tale Heart
Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Pure Feud
Lem (uncredited)
California's Golden Beginning
Fair Weather Fiends
Wolfie Wolf (voice)
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Tim Summers
Grape Nutty
Crow (Voice)
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Foreman (uncredited)
Never Trust a Gambler
Cap Douglas (uncredited)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
Babirusa / Pig (voice)
Prospecting for Petroleum
The Professor (voice)
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
Pop Williams
Uncle Tom's Cabana
Uncle Tom (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)