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