From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Will Wright (born William Henry Wright on March 26, 1891 in San Francisco, California - June 19, 1962 in Hollywood, California) was an American character actor. He was frequently cast in curmudgeonly roles. He was sometimes credited as Will J. Wright. Wright guest starred on the 1954-1955 CBS legal drama, The Public Defender, starring Reed Hadley. He appeared twice in the 1956-1957 CBS situation comedy Hey, Jeannie!, with Jeannie Carson. In 1958, Wright guest starred in the episode "The Woman from Sacramento" on John Payne's NBC western series, The Restless Gun, in the role of Jim Blackwell, a wealthy but dying rancher who doubts the identity of his estranged daughter, played by Kathleen Crowley, who has arrived for a final visit with her father, of whom she has virtually no memory. Wright portrayed department store owner and grasping landlord Ben Weaver in several episodes of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and was the voice of Friend Owl in Walt Disney's animated film Bambi. He also appeared in Johnny Tremain. From 1960-1962, he appeared four times as Doc Bigelow on the NBC western series Laramie, with John Smith and Robert Fuller. He also guest starred with child actor Stephen Talbot in the 1960 episode "Don't Scream at a Jet" in the syndicated series The Blue Angels, fictional stories about elite fliers of the United States Navy. Wright died of cancer. His interment was in Fairfield's Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Almost A Weekend | Will | 2015-04-09 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Dr. Pearsall | 1962-04-12 |
Movie | The Deadly Companions | Doctor Acton | 1961-06-06 |
Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | Twenty Plus Two | Newspaper morgue attendant | 1961-08-13 |
Movie | Inherit the Wind | Bible Salesman (uncredited) | 1960-07-07 |
Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Movie | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Pentagon General | 1959-08-06 |
Movie | Alias Jesse James | Titus Queasley | 1959-03-20 |
Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | Gunman's Walk | Judge | 1958-07-01 |
Movie | Quantrill's Raiders | Judge Wood | 1958-04-27 |
Movie | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Fire Chief (uncredited) | 1958-07-23 |
Movie | The Missouri Traveler | Sheriff Marvin Peavy | 1958-01-21 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Movie | The Wayward Bus | Van Brunt | 1957-05-27 |
Movie | The Iron Sheriff | Judge | 1957-04-01 |
Movie | Johnny Tremain | Ephraim Lapham | 1957-06-19 |
Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Jeanne Eagels | Marshal (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
Movie | These Wilder Years | Old Cab Driver | 1956-08-17 |
Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Admiral William S. Sims | 1955-12-31 |
Movie | Not as a Stranger | Mr. Roberts (uncredited) | 1955-07-01 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Kentuckian | John Decker (uncredited) | 1955-07-22 |
Movie | The Tall Men | Gus - Bartender (uncredited) | 1955-09-22 |
Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | 1955-12-26 | |
Movie | River of No Return | Trader (uncredited) | 1954-04-30 |
Series | December Bride | Unknown | 1954-10-04 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | You Are There | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Wild One | Art Kleiner | 1953-12-30 |
Movie | The Last Posse | Todd Mitchell | 1953-07-04 |
Movie | Lydia Bailey | Consul (uncredited) | 1952-05-30 |
Movie | Paula | Raymond Bascom | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Young Man with Ideas | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1952-05-02 |
Movie | Lure of the Wilderness | Sheriff Brink | 1952-07-16 |
Movie | The Las Vegas Story | Mike Fogarty | 1952-01-30 |
Movie | Holiday for Sinners | The Man with a Cigar | 1952-07-25 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Happy Time | Family Doctor | 1952-10-30 |
Movie | O. Henry's Full House | Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) | 1952-08-07 |
Movie | Excuse My Dust | Race judge | 1951-06-27 |
Movie | My Forbidden Past | Luther Toplady | 1951-04-25 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Never Trust a Gambler | Cap Douglas (uncredited) | 1951-07-13 |
Movie | The Tall Target | Thomas Ogden (uncredited) | 1951-08-17 |
Movie | People Will Talk | Uncle John Higgins (uncredited) | 1951-08-29 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Marshal Kit Dodge | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | The Savage Horde | Judge Thomas Cole | 1950-05-22 |
Movie | House by the River | Inspector Sarten | 1950-03-25 |
Movie | Dallas | Judge Harper | 1950-12-30 |
Movie | No Way Out | Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |
Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Jake, Poker Player (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | Sunset in the West | Sheriff Tad Osborne | 1950-09-25 |
Movie | Big Jack | Will Farnsworth | 1949-04-12 |
Movie | The Green Promise | Mr. Grenstedt | 1949-03-22 |
Movie | Act of Violence | Pop | 1949-02-01 |
Movie | Little Women | Mr. Grace (uncredited) | 1949-03-10 |
Movie | Lust for Gold | Parsons (uncredited) | 1949-06-10 |
Movie | Brimstone | Martin Tredwell | 1949-08-15 |
Movie | Adam's Rib | Judge Marcasson | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | Mrs. Mike | Dr. McIntosh | 1949-12-23 |
Movie | All the King's Men | Dolph Pillsbury | 1949-11-16 |
Movie | They Live by Night | Mobley | 1949-11-01 |
Movie | So This Is New York | Uncle Fergus (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
Movie | The Inside Story | J. J. Johnson | 1948-03-14 |
Movie | Green Grass of Wyoming | Jake Willis | 1948-06-03 |
Movie | California's Golden Beginning | 1948-01-01 | |
Movie | Whispering Smith | Sheriff McSwiggin | 1948-12-09 |
Movie | Relentless | Sam - the Horse Dealer | 1948-06-15 |
Movie | The Walls of Jericho | Dr. Patterson (uncredited) | 1948-11-22 |
Movie | An Act of Murder | Judge Jim Wilder | 1948-12-05 |
Movie | Black Eagle | Sheriff Clancy | 1948-09-16 |
Movie | The Long Night | Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited) | 1947-05-28 |
Movie | Blaze of Noon | Mr. Thomas | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | California | Chairman (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
Movie | Danger Street | Police Chief Bullward | 1947-06-20 |
Movie | The Trouble with Women | Commissioner (uncredited) | 1947-06-25 |
Movie | Along the Oregon Trail | Jim Bridger | 1947-08-30 |
Movie | Cynthia | Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep | 1947-08-29 |
Movie | Wild Harvest | Mike Alperson | 1947-09-26 |
Movie | Mother Wore Tights | Withers (uncredited) | 1947-08-20 |
Movie | Keeper of the Bees | Dr. Grayson | 1947-07-10 |
Movie | The Blue Dahlia | "Dad" Newell | 1946-04-16 |
Movie | Without Reservations | Pullman Conductor (uncredited) | 1946-05-13 |
Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
Movie | The Madonna's Secret | The Riverman | 1946-02-16 |
Movie | One Exciting Week | Otis Piper | 1946-06-08 |
Movie | Road to Utopia | Mr. Latimer (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
Movie | Blue Skies | Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1946-10-15 |
Movie | Rendezvous with Annie | Elmer Snodgrass | 1946-07-22 |
Movie | Big Town | Station Agent (uncredited) | 1946-08-23 |
Movie | The Jolson Story | Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | Down Missouri Way | Prof. Morris | 1946-08-15 |
Movie | The Inner Circle | Henry Boggs | 1946-08-07 |
Movie | Salome, Where She Danced | Sheriff | 1945-04-17 |
Movie | Fall Guy | Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
Movie | Rhapsody in Blue | Rachmaninoff | 1945-06-27 |
Movie | High Powered | Jeff Hines | 1945-02-27 |
Movie | Grissly's Millions | John Frey | 1945-01-16 |
Movie | You Came Along | Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited) | 1945-07-04 |
Movie | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Mr. Nelson (uncredited) | 1945-08-17 |
Movie | Scarlet Street | Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
Movie | Bewitched | Mr. Herkheimer | 1945-07-04 |
Movie | Take It Big | Rodeo Judge (uncredited) | 1944-06-09 |
Movie | The Navy Way | Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
Movie | Wilson | Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited) | 1944-08-01 |
Movie | You Can't Ration Love | Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | 1944-02-28 |
Movie | The Town Went Wild | Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | Dangerous Passage | Postal Clerk (uncredited) | 1944-12-18 |
Movie | Practically Yours | Sen. Cowling (uncredited) | 1944-12-20 |
Movie | The Good Fellows | Brother from Danville (uncredited) | 1943-08-11 |
Movie | The Meanest Man in the World | Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited) | 1943-02-12 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Colonel Clark (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | Here Comes Elmer | Horace Parrot | 1943-11-15 |
Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Doctor | 1943-12-06 |
Movie | Saboteur | J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | The Postman Didn't Ring | Mr. Slade | 1942-07-03 |
Movie | USS VD: Ship of Shame | Commandant (uncredited) | 1942-01-02 |
Movie | Shut My Big Mouth | Jim Long | 1942-02-19 |
Movie | Wildcat | John 'Paw' Smithers | 1942-09-03 |
Movie | Tales of Manhattan | Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited) | 1942-08-05 |
Movie | The Major and the Minor | Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Alderman (uncredited) | 1942-12-01 |
Movie | Bambi | Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-08-14 |
Movie | Blossoms in the Dust | Senator | 1941-08-15 |
Movie | The Richest Man in Town | Frederick Johnson | 1941-08-02 |
Movie | Cracked Nuts | Sylvanus Boogle | 1941-07-02 |
Movie | Maisie Was a Lady | Judge Thatcher (Uncredited) | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
Movie | Mob Town | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | 1941-10-03 |
Movie | The Tell-Tale Heart | Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1941-10-25 |
Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited) | 1941-11-21 |
Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited) | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Blondie Plays Cupid | Mr. Tucker | 1940-10-31 |
Movie | You, the People | Mr. Roberts | 1940-11-30 |
Movie | It's A Small World | Courtroom spectator (uncredited) | 1935-04-12 |
Movie | Pure Feud | Lem (uncredited) | 1934-04-20 |
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