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 Gunmans Walk (1958). One of his most famous and memorable film roles was corrupt city official Dolph Pillsbury in the Academy Award-winning All the Kings Men (1949).Wright provided the voice of Friend Owl in Walt Disneys animated film Bambi (1942). He guest starred on several television series.Will Wright died of cancer in 1962.

Films indisponible à partir de Will Wright

Here Comes Elmer

Horace Parrot

Film 1943

It's A Small World

Courtroom spectator (uncredited)

Film 1935

Mob Town

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Film 1941

Saboteur

J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)

Film 1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

Mr. Slade

Film 1942

Tales of Manhattan

Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)

Film 1942

Tennessee Johnson

Alderman (uncredited)

Film 1942

You Can't Ration Love

Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Film 1944

The Navy Way

Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Film 1944

Wilson

Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)

Film 1944

The Town Went Wild

Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)

Film 1944

Dangerous Passage

Postal Clerk (uncredited)

Film 1944

Fall Guy

Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)

Film 1945

Salome, Where She Danced

Sheriff

Film 1945

You Came Along

Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)

Film 1945

State Fair

Hog Judge (uncredited)

Film 1945

Johnny Comes Flying Home

Foreman (uncredited)

Film 1946

Who's Cookin Who?

Wolfie Wolf (voice)

Film 1946

Hot Cargo

Tim Chapman

Film 1946

Big Town

Station Agent (uncredited)

Film 1946

The Jolson Story

Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)

Film 1946

Prospecting for Petroleum

The Professor (voice)

Film 1946

California

Chairman (uncredited)

Film 1947

The Long Night

Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)

Film 1947

The Trouble with Women

Commissioner (uncredited)

Film 1947

Uncle Tom's Cabana

Uncle Tom (uncredited)

Film 1947

Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

Pop Williams

Film 1948

The Good Fellows

Brother from Danville (uncredited)

Film 1943

So This Is New York

Uncle Fergus (uncredited)

Film 1948

The Walls of Jericho

Dr. Patterson (uncredited)

Film 1948

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

Babirusa / Pig (voice)

Film 1948

Grape Nutty

Crow (Voice)

Film 1949

The Price of Freedom

McTrees

Film 1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)

Film 1949

Dallas

Judge Harper

Film 1950

Never Trust a Gambler

Cap Douglas (uncredited)

Film 1951

Lydia Bailey

Consul (uncredited)

Film 1952

Not as a Stranger

Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

Film 1955

Fail Safe

Bit Part (uncredited)

Film 1964

Lust for Gold

Parsons (uncredited)

Film 1949

Adam's Rib

Judge Marcasson

Film 1949

The Las Vegas Story

Mike Fogarty

Film 1952

Act of Violence

Pop

Film 1949

Holiday for Sinners

The Man with a Cigar

Film 1952

The Loose Nut

Construction Worker (voice)

Film 1945

The Reckless Driver

Wally Walrus (voice)

Film 1946

Fair Weather Fiends

Wolfie Wolf (voice)

Film 1946

The Savage Horde

Judge Thomas Cole

Film 1950

The Madonna's Secret

The Riverman

Film 1946

Cowboy in Manhattan

Higgins

Film 1943

Gunman's Walk

Judge

Film 1958

Vengeance Valley

Mr. Willoughby

Film 1951

Little Women

Mr. Grace (uncredited)

Film 1949

Johnny Tremain

Ephraim Lapham

Film 1957

Without Reservations

Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

Film 1946

The Blue Dahlia

"Dad" Newell

Film 1946

They Live by Night

Mobley

Film 1949

These Wilder Years

Old Cab Driver

Film 1956

The Major and the Minor

Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)

Film 1942

Disaster

Pop Hansford

Film 1948

Niagara

Boatman

Film 1953

The Inner Circle

Henry Boggs

Film 1946

Blue Skies

Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)

Film 1946

Shadow of the Thin Man

Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Film 1941

Nothing But the Truth

Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)

Film 1941

Twenty Plus Two

Newspaper morgue attendant

Film 1961

Mother Wore Tights

Withers (uncredited)

Film 1947

The Tell-Tale Heart

Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Film 1941

So Proudly We Hail

Colonel Clark (Uncredited)

Film 1943

The Last Posse

Todd Mitchell

Film 1953

The Wayward Bus

Van Brunt

Film 1957

Quantrill's Raiders

Judge Wood

Film 1958

Danger Street

Police Chief Bullward

Film 1947

River of No Return

Trader (uncredited)

Film 1954

O. Henry's Full House

Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Film 1952

The Man with the Golden Arm

Film 1955

Sunset in the West

Sheriff Tad Osborne

Film 1950

Blaze of Noon

Mr. Thomas

Film 1947

Keeper of the Bees

Dr. Grayson

Film 1947

Lure of the Wilderness

Sheriff Brink

Film 1952

The Missouri Traveler

Sheriff Marvin Peavy

Film 1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Fire Chief (uncredited)

Film 1958

Cynthia

Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep

Film 1947

Brimstone

Martin Tredwell

Film 1949

Wildcat

John 'Paw' Smithers

Film 1942

The Green Promise

Mr. Grenstedt

Film 1949

Whispering Smith

Sheriff McSwiggin

Film 1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Eph Hackett (uncredited)

Film 1948

The Wild One

Art Kleiner

Film 1953

The Raid

Josiah Anderson

Film 1954

A Letter From Bataan

Mr. Limpert

Film 1942

Practically Yours

Sen. Cowling (uncredited)

Film 1944

High Powered

Jeff Hines

Film 1945

Bambi

Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1942

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Mr. Nelson

Film 1945

The Meanest Man in the World

Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)

Film 1943

O. Henry's Full House

Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Film 1952

You, the People

Mr. Roberts

Film 1940

One Exciting Week

Otis Piper

Film 1946

Rendezvous with Annie

Elmer Snodgrass

Film 1946

Scarlet Street

Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)

Film 1945

Inherit the Wind

Bible Salesman (uncredited)

Film 1960

Take It Big

Rodeo Judge (uncredited)

Film 1944

No Way Out

Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited)

Film 1950

Shut My Big Mouth

Jim Long

Film 1942

The Richest Man in Town

Frederick Johnson

Film 1941

Mrs. Mike

Dr. McIntosh

Film 1949

The Hoodlum Saint

Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)

Film 1946

Jeanne Eagels

Marshal (uncredited)

Film 1957

An Act of Murder

Judge Jim Wilder

Film 1948

Rhapsody in Blue

Rachmaninoff

Film 1945

Maisie Was a Lady

Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)

Film 1941

Johnny Guitar

Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)

Film 1954

Wild Harvest

Mike Alperson

Film 1947

Grissly's Millions

John Frey

Film 1945

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Marshal Kit Dodge

Film 1950

USS VD: Ship of Shame

Commandant (uncredited)

Film 1942

Along the Oregon Trail

Jim Bridger

Film 1947

Black Eagle

Sheriff Clancy

Film 1948

Relentless

Sam - the Horse Dealer

Film 1948

Blossoms in the Dust

Senator

Film 1941

California's Golden Beginning

Film 1948

Pure Feud

Lem (uncredited)

Film 1934

The Happy Time

Family Doctor

Film 1952

In Old Oklahoma

Doctor

Film 1943

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

Tim Summers

Film 1955

Walk Softly, Stranger

Jake, Poker Player (uncredited)

Film 1950

My Forbidden Past

Luther Toplady

Film 1951

Road to Utopia

Mr. Latimer (uncredited)

Film 1946

Young Man with Ideas

Party Guest (uncredited)

Film 1952

The Tall Target

Thomas Ogden (uncredited)

Film 1951

They Made Me a Killer

Henry, the Blacksmith

Film 1946

The Kentuckian

John Decker (uncredited)

Film 1955

Excuse My Dust

Race judge

Film 1951

The Tall Men

Gus - Bartender (uncredited)

Film 1955

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

Pentagon General

Film 1959

Down Missouri Way

Prof. Morris

Film 1946

Sleepy Lagoon

Cyrus Coates

Film 1943

People Will Talk

Uncle John Higgins (uncredited)

Film 1951

Apple Andy

Devil

Film 1946

Séries TV indisponible à partir de Will Wright

The Andy Griffith Show

Ben Weaver

Tv 1960

Maverick

Tv 1957

Trackdown

Tv 1957

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Sam Petrie

Tv 1961

Dragnet

Tv 1951

Perry Mason

James Vardon

Tv 1957

The Tall Man

Tv 1960

Leave It to Beaver

Pete at Firehouse #7

Tv 1957

Outlaws

Tv 1960

Dennis the Menace

Merrivale

Tv 1959

The Millionaire

Grandpa Costello

Tv 1955

Thriller

Constable Tom Walker

Tv 1960

The Real McCoys

Tv 1957

Pete and Gladys

Tv 1960

Bronco

Tv 1958

You Are There

Tv 1953

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Tv 1951

Lawman

Tv 1958

Sugarfoot

Charlie Cade

Tv 1957

Bat Masterson

Billy Willow

Tv 1958

Riverboat

J.C. Sickel

Tv 1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

King - Newspaper Editor

Tv 1956

Cavalcade of America

George's Father

Tv 1952

The Lone Ranger

Uncle Ed

Tv 1949

Official Detective

Tv 1957

Letter to Loretta

Father Gourdian

Tv 1953

Hey, Jeannie!

McClish

Tv 1956

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Judge Kramer

Tv 1950

Perry Mason

Adam Thompson

Tv 1957

Maverick

General Hoyt Bosco

Tv 1957

Maverick

Jabe Hallock

Tv 1957

Maverick

General Eakins

Tv 1957

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Judge O'Neill

Tv 1955

Lassie

Caleb Brown

Tv 1954

Sugarfoot

John Chamberlain

Tv 1957

Sugarfoot

Job Turner

Tv 1957

Four Star Playhouse

Willie

Tv 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Scupper

Tv 1952

Perry Mason

Chuck Clark

Tv 1957

77 Sunset Strip

Luther Hanks

Tv 1958

Maverick

Sheriff Chester Bentley

Tv 1957

Mr. Lucky

The Leadville Kid

Tv 1959