Will Wright
154 movies · 46 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 25, 1894
- Died
- Jun 19, 1962 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- William Henry Wright · William H. Wright
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Will Wright: movies and TV shows
Acting (200)
- 1964 Fail Safe
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1962 Cape Fear
as Dr. Pearsall
- 1961
- 1961 Twenty Plus Two
as Newspaper morgue attendant
- 1961 The Deadly Companions
as Doctor Acton
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Inherit the Wind
as Bible Salesman (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Pentagon General
- 1959 Alias Jesse James
as Titus Queasley
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
- 1958 Gunman's Walk
as Judge
- 1958 Quantrill's Raiders
as Judge Wood
- 1958 The Missouri Traveler
as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Maverick · TV
as General Hoyt Bosco / Jabe Hallock / General Eakins / Sheriff Chester Bentley · 6 episodes
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Jeanne Eagels
as Marshal (uncredited)
- 1957 Johnny Tremain
as Ephraim Lapham
- 1957 The Wayward Bus
as Van Brunt
- 1957 The Iron Sheriff
as Judge
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 These Wilder Years
as Old Cab Driver
- 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Admiral William S. Sims
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Tall Men
as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)
- 1955 The Kentuckian
as John Decker (uncredited)
- 1955 Not as a Stranger
as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955 Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Tim Summers
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Raid
as Josiah Anderson
- 1954 Johnny Guitar
as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1954 River of No Return
as Trader (uncredited)
- 1954
- 1953 The Wild One
as Art Kleiner
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 The Last Posse
as Todd Mitchell
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Niagara
as Boatman
- 1952 The Happy Time
as Family Doctor
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House
as Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) / Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
- 1952 Holiday for Sinners
as The Man with a Cigar
- 1952 Lure of the Wilderness
as Sheriff Brink
- 1952 Lydia Bailey
as Consul (uncredited)
- 1952 Paula
as Raymond Bascom
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1952 The Las Vegas Story
as Mike Fogarty
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 People Will Talk
as John Higgins (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tall Target
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
- 1951 Never Trust a Gambler
as Cap Douglas (uncredited)
- 1951 Excuse My Dust
as Race judge
- 1951 My Forbidden Past
as Luther Toplady
- 1951
- 1951 Vengeance Valley
as Mr. Willoughby
- 1951
- 1950 Dallas
as Judge Harper
- 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
as Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 Sunset in the West
as Sheriff Tad Osborne
- 1950 No Way Out
as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)
- 1950 The Savage Horde
as Judge Thomas Cole
- 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Marshal Kit Dodge
- 1950 House by the River
as Inspector Sarten
- 1949 Mrs. Mike
as Dr. McIntosh
- 1949 Adam's Rib
as Judge Marcasson
- 1949 All the King's Men
as Dolph Pillsbury
- 1949 They Live by Night
as Mobley
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
- 1949
- 1949 Brimstone
as Martin Tredwell
- 1949 Lust for Gold
as Parsons (uncredited)
- 1949 The Price of Freedom
as McTrees
- 1949 Grape Nutty
as Crow (Voice)
- 1949 Big Jack
as Will Farnsworth
- 1949 The Green Promise
as Mr. Grenstedt
- 1949 Little Women
as Mr. Grace (uncredited)
- 1949 Act of Violence
as Pop
- 1948 Whispering Smith
as Sheriff McSwiggin
- 1948 An Act of Murder
as Judge Jim Wilder
- 1948 Disaster
as Pop Hansford
- 1948 The Walls of Jericho
as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
- 1948 Black Eagle
as Sheriff Clancy
- 1948 Relentless
as Sam - the Horse Dealer
- 1948 Green Grass of Wyoming
as Jake Willis
- 1948 So This Is New York
as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Eph Hackett (uncredited)
- 1948 The Inside Story
as J. J. Johnson
- 1948 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
as Pop Williams
- 1948 Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Babirusa / Pig (voice)
- 1948
- 1947 Wild Harvest
as Mike Alperson
- 1947 Along the Oregon Trail
as Jim Bridger
- 1947 Cynthia
as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
- 1947 Mother Wore Tights
as Withers (uncredited)
- 1947 Uncle Tom's Cabaña
as Uncle Tom (uncredited)
- 1947 Keeper of the Bees
as Dr. Grayson
- 1947 The Trouble with Women
as Commissioner (uncredited)
- 1947 Danger Street
as Police Chief Bullward
- 1947 The Long Night
as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)
- 1947 Blaze of Noon
as Mr. Thomas
- 1947 California
as Chairman (uncredited)
- 1946 Fair Weather Fiends
as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
- 1946 Blue Skies
as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1946 The Jolson Story
as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
- 1946 The Reckless Driver
as Wally Walrus (voice)
- 1946 Big Town
as Station Agent (uncredited)
- 1946 Down Missouri Way
as Prof. Morris
- 1946 The Inner Circle
as Henry Boggs
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie
as Elmer Snodgrass
- 1946 Hot Cargo
as Tim Chapman
- 1946 Who's Cookin Who?
as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
- 1946 One Exciting Week
as Otis Piper
- 1946 Without Reservations
as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
- 1946 They Made Me a Killer
as Henry, the Blacksmith
- 1946 The Blue Dahlia
as "Dad" Newell
- 1946 Apple Andy
as Devil
- 1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home
as Foreman (uncredited)
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint
as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
- 1946 Road to Utopia
as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)
- 1946 The Madonna's Secret
as The Riverman
- 1946 Prospecting for Petroleum
as The Professor (voice)
- 1945 Scarlet Street
as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
- 1945 The Loose Nut
as Construction Worker (voice)
- 1945 State Fair
as Hog Judge (uncredited)
- 1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Mr. Nelson
- 1945 You Came Along
as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
- 1945 Bewitched
as Mr. Herkheimer
- 1945 Rhapsody in Blue
as Rachmaninoff
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced
as Sheriff
- 1945 Fall Guy
as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
- 1945 High Powered
as Jeff Hines
- 1945 Grissly's Millions
as John Frey
- 1944 Practically Yours
as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)
- 1944 Dangerous Passage
as Postal Clerk (uncredited)
- 1944 The Town Went Wild
as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)
- 1944 Wilson
as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)
- 1944 Take It Big
as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)
- 1944 You Can't Ration Love
as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace
- 1944 The Navy Way
as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma
as Doctor
- 1943 Here Comes Elmer
as Horace Parrot
- 1943 So Proudly We Hail
as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)
- 1943 Sleepy Lagoon
as Cyrus Coates
- 1943 The Good Fellows
as Brother from Danville (uncredited)
- 1943 Cowboy in Manhattan
as Higgins
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World
as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Alderman (uncredited)
- 1942 The Major and the Minor
as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
- 1942 A Letter From Bataan
as Mr. Limpert
- 1942 Wildcat
as John 'Paw' Smithers
- 1942 Bambi
as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
- 1942 The Postman Didn't Ring
as Mr. Slade
- 1942 Saboteur
as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
- 1942 Shut My Big Mouth
as Jim Long
- 1942 USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Commandant (uncredited)
- 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man
as Maguire (uncredited)
- 1941 The Tell-Tale Heart
as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1941 Nothing but the Truth
as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)
- 1941 Mob Town
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- 1941 Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
- 1941 Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
- 1941 The Richest Man in Town
as Frederick Johnson
- 1941 Cracked Nuts
as Sylvanus Boogle
- 1941 Maisie Was a Lady
as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)
- 1940 You, the People
as Mr. Roberts
- 1940 Blondie Plays Cupid
as Mr. Tucker
- 1935 It's A Small World
as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)
- 1934 Pure Feud
as Lem (uncredited)