Will Wright
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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.
Known for
Credits
Bambi (1942)
as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Little Women (1949)
as Mr. Grace (uncredited)
All the King's Men (1949)
as Dolph Pillsbury
Cape Fear (1962)
as Dr. Pearsall
They Live by Night (1949)
as Mobley
Dallas (1950)
as Judge Harper
River of No Return (1954)
as Trader (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Actor
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
Niagara (1953)
as Boatman
Inherit the Wind (1960)
as Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
as Mr. Willoughby
Fail Safe (1964)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
as Doctor
The Tall Men (1955)
as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Adam's Rib (1949)
as Judge Marcasson
The Wild One (1953)
as Art Kleiner
Paula (1952)
as Raymond Bascom
Blue Skies (1946)
as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Without Reservations (1946)
as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
as Maguire (uncredited)
Act of Violence (1949)
as Pop
Alias Jesse James (1959)
as Titus Queasley
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Admiral William S. Sims
The Kentuckian (1955)
as John Decker (uncredited)
So This Is New York (1948)
as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
Gunman's Walk (1958)
as Judge
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Senator
Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)
as Uncle Tom (uncredited)
Big Jack (1949)
as Will Farnsworth
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
as Marshal Kit Dodge
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
House by the River (1950)
as Inspector Sarten
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Eph Hackett (uncredited)
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Not as a Stranger (1955)
as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
The Savage Horde (1950)
as Judge Thomas Cole
Who's Cookin Who? (1946)
as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
The Deadly Companions (1961)
as Doctor Acton
Here Comes Elmer (1943)
as Horace Parrot
An Act of Murder (1948)
as Judge Jim Wilder
The Long Night (1947)
as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)
You, the People (1940)
as Mr. Roberts
People Will Talk (1951)
as John Higgins (uncredited)
No Way Out (1950)
as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
as Mr. Nelson
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
as "Dad" Newell
The Raid (1954)
as Josiah Anderson
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
as Marshal (uncredited)
One Exciting Week (1946)
as Otis Piper
The Inner Circle (1946)
as Henry Boggs
Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
as Sheriff
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
as Jim Long
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
as Cap Douglas (uncredited)
State Fair (1945)
as Hog Judge (uncredited)
The Tall Target (1951)
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Excuse My Dust (1951)
as Race judge
Whispering Smith (1948)
as Sheriff McSwiggin
Fall Guy (1945)
as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
You Came Along (1945)
as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Chairman (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
Apple Andy (1946)
as Devil
Fair Weather Fiends (1946)
as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
Lust for Gold (1949)
as Parsons (uncredited)
California's Golden Beginning (1948)
Actor
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset in the West (1950)
as Sheriff Tad Osborne
These Wilder Years (1956)
as Old Cab Driver
Grissly's Millions (1945)
as John Frey
Johnny Tremain (1957)
as Ephraim Lapham
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
as Mike Fogarty
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
as Mr. Slade
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
as Rachmaninoff
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret (1946)
as The Riverman
The Green Promise (1949)
as Mr. Grenstedt
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)
Cynthia (1947)
as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
Wilson (1944)
as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)
Lydia Bailey (1952)
as Consul (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
as Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)
The Jolson Story (1946)
as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Last Posse (1953)
as Todd Mitchell
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
as Jake Willis
The Wayward Bus (1957)
as Van Brunt
The Trouble with Women (1947)
as Commissioner (uncredited)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
as Withers (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Pentagon General
The Loose Nut (1945)
as Construction Worker (voice)
They Made Me a Killer (1946)
as Henry, the Blacksmith
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
as Sheriff Brink
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
Quantrill's Raiders (1958)
as Judge Wood
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
as Alderman (uncredited)
The Reckless Driver (1946)
as Wally Walrus (voice)
Relentless (1948)
as Sam - the Horse Dealer
The Happy Time (1952)
as Family Doctor
Along the Oregon Trail (1947)
as Jim Bridger
It's A Small World (1935)
as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942)
as Commandant (uncredited)
Mrs. Mike (1949)
as Dr. McIntosh
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1948)
as Pop Williams
Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Mr. Thomas
The Navy Way (1944)
as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Good Fellows (1943)
as Brother from Danville (uncredited)
Brimstone (1949)
as Martin Tredwell
The Richest Man in Town (1941)
as Frederick Johnson
The Iron Sheriff (1957)
as Judge
My Forbidden Past (1951)
as Luther Toplady
Wild Harvest (1947)
as Mike Alperson
Keeper of the Bees (1947)
as Dr. Grayson
Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)
as Foreman (uncredited)
Bewitched (1945)
as Mr. Herkheimer
Practically Yours (1944)
as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)
Holiday for Sinners (1952)
as The Man with a Cigar
Down Missouri Way (1946)
as Prof. Morris
The Inside Story (1948)
as J. J. Johnson
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
as Elmer Snodgrass
Black Eagle (1948)
as Sheriff Clancy
A Letter From Bataan (1942)
as Mr. Limpert
Big Town (1946)
as Station Agent (uncredited)
Dangerous Passage (1944)
as Postal Clerk (uncredited)
High Powered (1945)
as Jeff Hines
You Can't Ration Love (1944)
as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)
as Higgins
The Price of Freedom (1949)
as McTrees
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good (1955)
as Tim Summers
Take It Big (1944)
as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)
Pure Feud (1934)
as Lem (uncredited)
Twenty Plus Two (1961)
as Newspaper morgue attendant
Danger Street (1947)
as Police Chief Bullward
Mob Town (1941)
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
as Cyrus Coates
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home (1948)
as Babirusa / Pig (voice)
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Tim Chapman
Disaster (1948)
as Pop Hansford
Wildcat (1942)
as John 'Paw' Smithers
Grape Nutty (1949)
as Crow (Voice)
Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Sylvanus Boogle
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as Mr. Tucker
Prospecting for Petroleum (1946)
as The Professor (voice)