Actor · Acting

Will Wright

Born 1894-03-25

Died 1962-06-19

📍 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.

Filmography 209

as Bit Part (uncredited)

as Dr. Pearsall

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Twenty Plus Two

as Newspaper morgue attendant

The Deadly Companions

as Doctor Acton

as Mr. Thompson

The Andy Griffith Show

Pete and Gladys

as Constable Tom Walker

Inherit the Wind

as Bible Salesman (uncredited)

as The Leadville Kid

Dennis the Menace

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

as Pentagon General

Alias Jesse James

as Titus Queasley

77 Sunset Strip

as Luther Hanks

as Billy Willow

The Donna Reed Show

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

Quantrill's Raiders

The Missouri Traveler

as Sheriff Marvin Peavy

Leave It to Beaver

as Pete at Firehouse #7

The Real McCoys

as General Hoyt Bosco

as Jabe Hallock

as General Eakins

as Sheriff Chester Bentley

as James Vardon

as Adam Thompson

as Charlie Cade

as John Chamberlain

as Marshal (uncredited)

as Ephraim Lapham

The Wayward Bus

The Iron Sheriff

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as King - Newspaper Editor

These Wilder Years

as Old Cab Driver

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

as Admiral William S. Sims

The Man with the Golden Arm

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Judge O'Neill

as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)

as John Decker (uncredited)

Not as a Stranger

as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

The Millionaire

as Grandpa Costello

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

as Josiah Anderson

as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)

River of No Return

as Trader (uncredited)

The Danny Thomas Show

Letter to Loretta

as Father Gourdian

as Todd Mitchell

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as Family Doctor

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Ford Television Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as George's Father

O. Henry's Full House

as Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

O. Henry's Full House

as Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Holiday for Sinners

as The Man with a Cigar

Lure of the Wilderness

as Sheriff Brink

as Consul (uncredited)

as Raymond Bascom

Young Man with Ideas

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Las Vegas Story

as Mike Fogarty

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

People Will Talk

as Uncle John Higgins (uncredited)

The Tall Target

as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)

Never Trust a Gambler

as Cap Douglas (uncredited)

My Forbidden Past

as Luther Toplady

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Vengeance Valley

as Mr. Willoughby

The Living Christ

as Herod The Great

The Living Christ

as Judge Harper

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Judge Kramer

Sunset in the West

as Sheriff Tad Osborne

as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)

The Savage Horde

as Judge Thomas Cole

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Marshal Kit Dodge

House by the River

as Inspector Sarten

as Dr. McIntosh

as Judge Marcasson

All the King's Men

as Dolph Pillsbury

They Live by Night

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger

as Martin Tredwell

as Parsons (uncredited)

as Crow (Voice)

as Will Farnsworth

The Green Promise

as Mr. Grenstedt

as Mr. Grace (uncredited)

Act of Violence

Whispering Smith

as Sheriff McSwiggin

An Act of Murder

as Judge Jim Wilder

as Pop Hansford

The Walls of Jericho

as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)

as Sheriff Clancy

as Sam - the Horse Dealer

Green Grass of Wyoming

So This Is New York

as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Eph Hackett (uncredited)

The Inside Story

as J. J. Johnson

California's Golden Beginning

as Mike Alperson

Along the Oregon Trail

as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep

Mother Wore Tights

as Withers (uncredited)

Uncle Tom's Cabana

as Uncle Tom (uncredited)

Keeper of the Bees

The Trouble with Women

as Commissioner (uncredited)

as Police Chief Bullward

as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)

as Chairman (uncredited)

Fair Weather Fiends

as Wolfie Wolf (voice)

as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Jolson Story

as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)

The Reckless Driver

as Wally Walrus (voice)

as Station Agent (uncredited)

Down Missouri Way

as Prof. Morris

The Inner Circle

Rendezvous with Annie

as Elmer Snodgrass

Who's Cookin Who?

as Wolfie Wolf (voice)

One Exciting Week

Without Reservations

as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

They Made Me a Killer

as Henry, the Blacksmith

The Blue Dahlia

as "Dad" Newell

Johnny Comes Flying Home

as Foreman (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)

as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)

The Madonna's Secret

as The Riverman

Prospecting for Petroleum

as The Professor (voice)

as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)

as Construction Worker (voice)

as Hog Judge (uncredited)

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)

as Mr. Herkheimer

Rhapsody in Blue

as Rachmaninoff

Salome, Where She Danced

as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)

Grissly's Millions

Practically Yours

as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)

Dangerous Passage

as Postal Clerk (uncredited)

The Town Went Wild

as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)

as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)

as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)

You Can't Ration Love

as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace

as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)

In Old Oklahoma

Here Comes Elmer

as Horace Parrot

So Proudly We Hail

as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)

as Cyrus Coates

The Good Fellows

as Brother from Danville (uncredited)

Cowboy in Manhattan

The Meanest Man in the World

as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)

Tennessee Johnson

as Alderman (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)

A Letter From Bataan

as John 'Paw' Smithers

as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)

Tales of Manhattan

as Old Concertgoer (uncredited)

The Postman Didn't Ring

as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)

Shut My Big Mouth

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Commandant (uncredited)

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Maguire (uncredited)

The Tell-Tale Heart

as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Nothing but the Truth

as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)

Blossoms in the Dust

The Richest Man in Town

as Frederick Johnson

as Sylvanus Boogle

Maisie Was a Lady

as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)

You, the People

Blondie Plays Cupid

It's A Small World

as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)

as Lem (uncredited)