About
Will Wright
Overview
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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.
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.
Known for
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| 1964 | Fail Safe | Actor | Bit Part (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | Actor | Dr. Pearsall | 66 Fair |
| 1961 | Twenty Plus Two | Actor | Newspaper morgue attendant | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Deadly Companions | Actor | Doctor Acton | 58 Average |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Christmas Show | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Actor | Bible Salesman (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1959 | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Actor | Pentagon General | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Actor | Titus Queasley | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Actor | Fire Chief (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk | Actor | Judge | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Quantrill's Raiders | Actor | Judge Wood | 58 Average |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveler | Actor | Sheriff Marvin Peavy | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Actor | Marshal (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Johnny Tremain | Actor | Ephraim Lapham | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Wayward Bus | Actor | Van Brunt | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Iron Sheriff | Actor | Judge | 58 Average |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | Actor | Old Cab Driver | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Actor | Admiral William S. Sims | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Actor | 62 Fair |
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| 1955 | The Tall Men | Actor | Gus - Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Actor | John Decker (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Actor | Mr. Roberts (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Atomic Energy as a Force for Good | Actor | Tim Summers | N/A N/A |
| 1954 | The Raid | Actor | Josiah Anderson | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Actor | Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1954 | River of No Return | Actor | Trader (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1953 | The Wild One | Actor | Art Kleiner | 61 Fair |
| 1953 | The Last Posse | Actor | Todd Mitchell | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Niagara | Actor | Boatman | 62 Fair |
| 1952 | The Happy Time | Actor | Family Doctor | 59 Average |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Actor | Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Actor | Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Holiday for Sinners | Actor | The Man with a Cigar | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Lure of the Wilderness | Actor | Sheriff Brink | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Lydia Bailey | Actor | Consul (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Paula | Actor | Raymond Bascom | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Actor | Mike Fogarty | 59 Average |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Actor | Uncle John Higgins (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Actor | Thomas Ogden (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Never Trust a Gambler | Actor | Cap Douglas (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | Actor | Race judge | 59 Average |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | Actor | Luther Toplady | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Actor | Mr. Willoughby | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Dallas | Actor | Judge Harper | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Actor | Jake, Poker Player (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Sunset in the West | Actor | Sheriff Tad Osborne | 59 Average |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Actor | Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde | Actor | Judge Thomas Cole | 59 Average |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Actor | Marshal Kit Dodge | 59 Average |
| 1950 | House by the River | Actor | Inspector Sarten | 60 Fair |
| 1949 | Mrs. Mike | Actor | Dr. McIntosh | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib | Actor | Judge Marcasson | 63 Fair |
| 1949 | All the King's Men | Actor | Dolph Pillsbury | 61 Fair |
| 1949 | They Live by Night | Actor | Mobley | 61 Fair |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Actor | Roscoe Johnson (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Brimstone | Actor | Martin Tredwell | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold | Actor | Parsons (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | The Price of Freedom | Actor | McTrees | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | Grape Nutty | Actor | Crow (Voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Actor | Will Farnsworth | 59 Average |
| 1949 | The Green Promise | Actor | Mr. Grenstedt | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Little Women | Actor | Mr. Grace (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1949 | Act of Violence | Actor | Pop | 60 Fair |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Actor | Sheriff McSwiggin | 59 Average |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder | Actor | Judge Jim Wilder | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Disaster | Actor | Pop Hansford | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho | Actor | Dr. Patterson (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Black Eagle | Actor | Sheriff Clancy | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Relentless | Actor | Sam - the Horse Dealer | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Green Grass of Wyoming | Actor | Jake Willis | 59 Average |
| 1948 | So This Is New York | Actor | Uncle Fergus (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Actor | Eph Hackett (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Actor | J. J. Johnson | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle | Actor | Pop Williams | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home | Actor | Babirusa / Pig (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | California's Golden Beginning | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1947 | Wild Harvest | Actor | Mike Alperson | N/A N/A |
| 1947 | Along the Oregon Trail | Actor | Jim Bridger | N/A N/A |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Actor | Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights | Actor | Withers (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Uncle Tom's Cabana | Actor | Uncle Tom (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Keeper of the Bees | Actor | Dr. Grayson | N/A N/A |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women | Actor | Commissioner (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1947 | Danger Street | Actor | Police Chief Bullward | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Actor | Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Actor | Mr. Thomas | 59 Average |
| 1947 | California | Actor | Chairman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Fair Weather Fiends | Actor | Wolfie Wolf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Blue Skies | Actor | Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story | Actor | Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Reckless Driver | Actor | Wally Walrus (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Big Town | Actor | Station Agent (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Actor | Prof. Morris | N/A N/A |
| 1946 | The Inner Circle | Actor | Henry Boggs | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Actor | Elmer Snodgrass | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Hot Cargo | Actor | Tim Chapman | N/A N/A |
| 1946 | Who's Cookin Who? | Actor | Wolfie Wolf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | One Exciting Week | Actor | Otis Piper | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Actor | Pullman Conductor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | They Made Me a Killer | Actor | Henry, the Blacksmith | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Actor | "Dad" Newell | 60 Fair |
| 1946 | Apple Andy | Actor | Devil | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Johnny Comes Flying Home | Actor | Foreman (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Actor | Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Actor | Mr. Latimer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | Actor | The Riverman | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Prospecting for Petroleum | Actor | The Professor (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Actor | Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1945 | The Loose Nut | Actor | Construction Worker (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | State Fair | Actor | Hog Judge (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Actor | Mr. Nelson | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Actor | Mr. Herkheimer | 58 Average |
| 1945 | You Came Along | Actor | Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue | Actor | Rachmaninoff | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Salome, Where She Danced | Actor | Sheriff | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Fall Guy | Actor | Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | High Powered | Actor | Jeff Hines | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Actor | John Frey | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Practically Yours | Actor | Sen. Cowling (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1944 | Dangerous Passage | Actor | Postal Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Actor | Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Wilson | Actor | Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Take It Big | Actor | Rodeo Judge (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1944 | You Can't Ration Love | Actor | Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1944 | The Navy Way | Actor | Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Actor | Doctor | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Here Comes Elmer | Actor | Horace Parrot | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Actor | Colonel Clark (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Sleepy Lagoon | Actor | Cyrus Coates | 58 Average |
| 1943 | The Good Fellows | Actor | Brother from Danville (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | Cowboy in Manhattan | Actor | Higgins | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | Actor | Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Actor | Alderman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Actor | Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1942 | A Letter From Bataan | Actor | Mr. Limpert | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Actor | John 'Paw' Smithers | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Actor | Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Postman Didn't Ring | Actor | Mr. Slade | N/A N/A |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Actor | J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Actor | Jim Long | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Bambi | Actor | Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1942 | USS VD: Ship of Shame | Actor | Commandant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Actor | Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1941 | The Tell-Tale Heart | Actor | Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Nothing But the Truth | Actor | Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Mob Town | Actor | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Actor | Townsman at Meeting House | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Actor | Senator | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Richest Man in Town | Actor | Frederick Johnson | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Actor | Sylvanus Boogle | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Actor | Judge Thatcher (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | You, the People | Actor | Mr. Roberts | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid | Actor | Mr. Tucker | 59 Average |
| 1935 | It's A Small World | Actor | Courtroom spectator (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Pure Feud | Actor | Lem (uncredited) | N/A N/A |