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