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Will Wright
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…
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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.
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1964
Fail Safe
Movie Bit Part (uncredited)
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1962
Cape Fear
Movie Dr. Pearsall
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1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Sam Petrie
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1961
Twenty Plus Two
Movie Newspaper morgue attendant
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1961
The Deadly Companions
Movie Doctor Acton
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1961
Mister Ed
TV show Mr. Thompson
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Ben Weaver
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1960
Outlaws
TV show
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1960
Pete and Gladys
TV show
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1960
Thriller
TV show Constable Tom Walker
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1960
The Tall Man
TV show
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1960
Inherit the Wind
Movie Bible Salesman (uncredited)
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1959
Mr. Lucky
TV show The Leadville Kid
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1959
Dennis the Menace
TV show Merrivale
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1959
Riverboat
TV show J.C. Sickel
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1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Movie Pentagon General
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1959
Alias Jesse James
Movie Titus Queasley
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Grandfather
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show Luther Hanks
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1958
Bat Masterson
TV show Billy Willow
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1958
Lawman
TV show
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show Oliver
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1958
Bronco
TV show
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1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie Fire Chief (uncredited)
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1958
Gunman's Walk
Movie Judge
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1958
Quantrill's Raiders
Movie Judge Wood
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1958
The Missouri Traveler
Movie Sheriff Marvin Peavy
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1957
Leave It to Beaver
TV show Pete at Firehouse #7
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1957
Trackdown
TV show
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1957
The Real McCoys
TV show
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1957
Maverick
TV show
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show James Vardon
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Charlie Cade
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1957
Jeanne Eagels
Movie Marshal (uncredited)
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1957
Johnny Tremain
Movie Ephraim Lapham
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1957
The Wayward Bus
Movie Van Brunt
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1957
The Iron Sheriff
Movie Judge
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1957
Official Detective
TV show
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show King - Newspaper Editor
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1956
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