Will Wright
1894-03-25 ( 131 years old ) in San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Movies

Fail Safe 1964-10-07
Cape Fear 1962-04-12
Twenty Plus Two 1961-08-13
The Deadly Companions 1961-06-06
Inherit the Wind 1960-07-07
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock 1959-08-06
Alias Jesse James 1959-03-20
Rock-a-Bye Baby 1958-07-23
Gunman's Walk 1958-07-01
Quantrill's Raiders 1958-04-27
The Missouri Traveler 1958-01-21
Jeanne Eagels 1957-08-02
Johnny Tremain 1957-06-19
The Wayward Bus 1957-05-27
The Iron Sheriff 1957-04-01
These Wilder Years 1956-08-17
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955-12-31
The Man with the Golden Arm 1955-12-26
The Tall Men 1955-09-22
The Kentuckian 1955-07-22
Not as a Stranger 1955-07-01
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good 1955-01-01
The Raid 1954-08-04
Johnny Guitar 1954-05-26
River of No Return 1954-04-30
The Wild One 1953-12-30
The Last Posse 1953-07-04
Niagara 1953-01-26
The Happy Time 1952-10-30
O. Henry's Full House 1952-08-07
O. Henry's Full House 1952-08-07
Holiday for Sinners 1952-07-25
Lure of the Wilderness 1952-07-16
Lydia Bailey 1952-05-30
Paula 1952-05-15
Young Man with Ideas 1952-05-02
The Las Vegas Story 1952-01-30
People Will Talk 1951-08-29
The Tall Target 1951-08-17
Never Trust a Gambler 1951-07-13
Excuse My Dust 1951-06-27
My Forbidden Past 1951-04-25
Vengeance Valley 1951-02-14
Dallas 1950-12-30
Walk Softly, Stranger 1950-10-14
Sunset in the West 1950-09-25
No Way Out 1950-08-16
The Savage Horde 1950-05-22
A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950-05-19
House by the River 1950-03-25
Mrs. Mike 1949-12-23
Adam's Rib 1949-11-18
All the King's Men 1949-11-16
They Live by Night 1949-11-01
Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949-10-20
Brimstone 1949-08-15
Lust for Gold 1949-06-10
The Price of Freedom 1949-04-29
Grape Nutty 1949-04-13
Big Jack 1949-04-12
The Green Promise 1949-03-22
Little Women 1949-03-10
Act of Violence 1949-01-22
Whispering Smith 1948-12-09
An Act of Murder 1948-12-05
Disaster 1948-12-03
The Walls of Jericho 1948-11-22
Black Eagle 1948-09-16
Relentless 1948-06-15
Green Grass of Wyoming 1948-06-03
So This Is New York 1948-06-01
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948-03-25
The Inside Story 1948-03-14
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle 1948-01-02
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home 1948-01-01
California's Golden Beginning 1948-01-01
Wild Harvest 1947-09-26
Along the Oregon Trail 1947-08-30
Cynthia 1947-08-29
Mother Wore Tights 1947-08-20
Uncle Tom's Cabana 1947-07-19
Keeper of the Bees 1947-07-10
The Trouble with Women 1947-06-25
Danger Street 1947-06-20
The Long Night 1947-05-28
Blaze of Noon 1947-05-02
California 1947-02-21
Fair Weather Fiends 1946-11-18
Blue Skies 1946-10-15
The Jolson Story 1946-10-10
The Reckless Driver 1946-08-26
Big Town 1946-08-23
Down Missouri Way 1946-08-15
The Inner Circle 1946-08-07
Rendezvous with Annie 1946-07-22
Hot Cargo 1946-06-28
Who's Cookin Who? 1946-06-23
One Exciting Week 1946-06-08
Without Reservations 1946-05-13
They Made Me a Killer 1946-05-03
The Blue Dahlia 1946-04-16
Apple Andy 1946-04-09
Johnny Comes Flying Home 1946-04-05
The Hoodlum Saint 1946-04-04
Road to Utopia 1946-02-27
The Madonna's Secret 1946-02-16
Prospecting for Petroleum 1946-01-01
Scarlet Street 1945-12-25
The Loose Nut 1945-12-17
State Fair 1945-08-29
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945-08-17
You Came Along 1945-07-04
Bewitched 1945-07-04
Rhapsody in Blue 1945-06-27
Salome, Where She Danced 1945-04-17
Fall Guy 1945-04-14
High Powered 1945-02-27
Grissly's Millions 1945-01-16
Practically Yours 1944-12-20
Dangerous Passage 1944-12-18
The Town Went Wild 1944-12-15
Wilson 1944-08-01
Take It Big 1944-06-09
You Can't Ration Love 1944-02-28
The Navy Way 1944-02-26
In Old Oklahoma 1943-12-06
Here Comes Elmer 1943-11-15
So Proudly We Hail 1943-09-09
Sleepy Lagoon 1943-09-05
The Good Fellows 1943-08-11
Cowboy in Manhattan 1943-05-21
The Meanest Man in the World 1943-02-12
Tennessee Johnson 1942-12-01
The Major and the Minor 1942-09-16
A Letter From Bataan 1942-09-15
Wildcat 1942-09-03
Bambi 1942-08-14
Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05
The Postman Didn't Ring 1942-07-03
Saboteur 1942-04-24
Shut My Big Mouth 1942-02-19
USS VD: Ship of Shame 1942-01-02
Shadow of the Thin Man 1941-11-21
The Tell-Tale Heart 1941-10-25
Nothing But the Truth 1941-10-10
Mob Town 1941-10-03
Honky Tonk 1941-10-01
Blossoms in the Dust 1941-08-15
The Richest Man in Town 1941-08-02
Cracked Nuts 1941-07-02
Maisie Was a Lady 1941-01-10
You, the People 1940-11-30
Blondie Plays Cupid 1940-10-31
It's A Small World 1935-04-12
Pure Feud 1934-04-20

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