
Will Wright
Biography
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 …
Known For
Bambi
Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
Cape Fear
Dr. Pearsall
Fail Safe
Bit Part (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
Saboteur
J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Judge Marcasson
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Filmography
Acting (199)
Movies (154)
Fail Safe
1964as Bit Part (uncredited)
Cape Fear
1962as Dr. Pearsall
The Deadly Companions
1961as Doctor Acton
Twenty Plus Two
1961as Newspaper morgue attendant
Inherit the Wind
1960as Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
1959as Titus Queasley
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959as Pentagon General
Quantrill's Raiders
1958as Judge Wood
Gunman's Walk
1958as Judge
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958as Fire Chief (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
Jeanne Eagels
1957as Marshal (uncredited)
The Wayward Bus
1957as Van Brunt
The Iron Sheriff
1957as Judge
Johnny Tremain
1957as Ephraim Lapham
These Wilder Years
1956as Old Cab Driver
The Tall Men
1955as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)
The Kentuckian
1955as John Decker (uncredited)
Not as a Stranger
1955as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955as Admiral William S. Sims
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955as Tim Summers
Johnny Guitar
1954as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)
River of No Return
1954as Trader (uncredited)
The Raid
1954as Josiah Anderson
The Wild One
1953as Art Kleiner
Niagara
1953as Boatman
The Last Posse
1953as Todd Mitchell
Holiday for Sinners
1952as The Man with a Cigar
Young Man with Ideas
1952as Party Guest (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
1952as Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Paula
1952as Raymond Bascom
The Happy Time
1952as Family Doctor
The Las Vegas Story
1952as Mike Fogarty
Lydia Bailey
1952as Consul (uncredited)
Lure of the Wilderness
1952as Sheriff Brink
People Will Talk
1951as Uncle John Higgins (uncredited)
The Tall Target
1951as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
My Forbidden Past
1951as Luther Toplady
Vengeance Valley
1951as Mr. Willoughby
Never Trust a Gambler
1951as Cap Douglas (uncredited)
Excuse My Dust
1951as Race judge
Dallas
1950as Judge Harper
No Way Out
1950as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)
House by the River
1950as Inspector Sarten
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950as Jake - Poker Player (uncredited)
The Savage Horde
1950as Judge Thomas Cole
Sunset in the West
1950as Sheriff Tad Osborne
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950as Marshal Kit Dodge
The Price of Freedom
1949as McTrees
Little Women
1949as Mr. Grace (uncredited)
The Green Promise
1949as Mr. Grenstedt
Act of Violence
1949as Pop
Adam's Rib
1949as Judge Marcasson
They Live by Night
1949as Mobley
Big Jack
1949as Will Farnsworth
Mrs. Mike
1949as Dr. McIntosh
All the King's Men
1949as Dolph Pillsbury
Brimstone
1949as Martin Tredwell
Lust for Gold
1949as Parsons (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
Grape Nutty
1949as Crow (Voice)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948as Eph Hackett (uncredited)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948as Babirusa / Pig (voice)
The Inside Story
1948as J. J. Johnson
California's Golden Beginning
1948
An Act of Murder
1948as Judge Jim Wilder
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948as Jake Willis
Relentless
1948as Sam - the Horse Dealer
Whispering Smith
1948as Sheriff McSwiggin
So This Is New York
1948as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho
1948as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
Black Eagle
1948as Sheriff Clancy
Disaster
1948as Pop Hansford
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
1948as Pop Williams
Along the Oregon Trail
1947as Jim Bridger
Blaze of Noon
1947as Mr. Thomas
California
1947as Chairman (uncredited)
Danger Street
1947as Police Chief Bullward
Cynthia
1947as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
Wild Harvest
1947as Mike Alperson
The Long Night
1947as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabana
1947as Uncle Tom (uncredited)
Mother Wore Tights
1947as Withers (uncredited)
Keeper of the Bees
1947as Dr. Grayson
The Trouble with Women
1947as Commissioner (uncredited)
The Jolson Story
1946as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946as Foreman (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946as Elmer Snodgrass
The Reckless Driver
1946as Wally Walrus (voice)
Hot Cargo
1946as Tim Chapman
Blue Skies
1946as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)
The Inner Circle
1946as Henry Boggs
The Blue Dahlia
1946as "Dad" Newell
One Exciting Week
1946as Otis Piper
The Hoodlum Saint
1946as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
Apple Andy
1946as Devil
The Madonna's Secret
1946as The Riverman
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946as The Professor (voice)
Fair Weather Fiends
1946as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
Who's Cookin Who?
1946as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
Big Town
1946as Station Agent (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
1946as Prof. Morris
They Made Me a Killer
1946as Henry, the Blacksmith
The Loose Nut
1945as Construction Worker (voice)
State Fair
1945as Hog Judge (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
1945as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
Salome, Where She Danced
1945as Sheriff
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945as Mr. Nelson
Grissly's Millions
1945as John Frey
Fall Guy
1945as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
Bewitched
1945as Mr. Herkheimer
Rhapsody in Blue
1945as Rachmaninoff
You Came Along
1945as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
High Powered
1945as Jeff Hines
You Can't Ration Love
1944as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace
Wilson
1944as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)
Practically Yours
1944as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
1944as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)
Dangerous Passage
1944as Postal Clerk (uncredited)
The Navy Way
1944as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Take It Big
1944as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
1943as Doctor
So Proudly We Hail
1943as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer
1943as Horace Parrot
The Meanest Man in the World
1943as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)
The Good Fellows
1943as Brother from Danville (uncredited)
Sleepy Lagoon
1943as Cyrus Coates
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943as Higgins
Bambi
1942as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942as Commandant (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942as Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942as Mr. Slade
The Major and the Minor
1942as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
1942as Alderman (uncredited)
Wildcat
1942as John 'Paw' Smithers
Shut My Big Mouth
1942as Jim Long
A Letter From Bataan
1942as Mr. Limpert
Honky Tonk
1941as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941as Maguire (uncredited)
Nothing but the Truth
1941as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
1941as Senator
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
1941as Sylvanus Boogle
The Richest Man in Town
1941as Frederick Johnson
Mob Town
1941as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
1941as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)
You, the People
1940as Mr. Roberts
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940as Mr. Tucker
It's A Small World
1935as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)
Pure Feud
1934as Lem (uncredited)
Television (45)
Mister Ed
1961as Mr. Thompson
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961as Sam Petrie
The Andy Griffith Show
1960as Ben Weaver
Thriller
1960as Constable Tom Walker
The Tall Man
1960
Outlaws
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Rawhide
1959as Grandfather
Dennis the Menace
1959as Merrivale
Mr. Lucky
1959as The Leadville Kid
Riverboat
1959as J.C. Sickel
Bat Masterson
1958as Billy Willow
77 Sunset Strip
1958as Luther Hanks
Lawman
1958
Bronco
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958as Oliver
Perry Mason
1957as Chuck Clark
Maverick
1957as Jabe Hallock
Leave It to Beaver
1957as Pete at Firehouse #7
Trackdown
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Sugarfoot
1957as Charlie Cade
Official Detective
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as King - Newspaper Editor
Conflict
1956Hey, Jeannie!
1956as McClish
The Millionaire
1955as Grandpa Costello
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955as Judge O'Neill
Lassie
1954as Caleb Brown
December Bride
1954
The Danny Thomas Show
1953as Mr. Johnson
You Are There
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953as Father Gourdian
Four Star Playhouse
1952as Willie
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952as Mr. Jackson
The Ford Television Theatre
1952as Mr. Crane
Cavalcade of America
1952as George's Father
Dragnet
1951
I Love Lucy
1951as Mr. Walters
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951as Pop
The Living Christ
1951as Herod The Great
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950as Judge Kramer
The Lone Ranger
1949as Uncle Ed
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