Will Wright

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-03-25 (68 years old)

Deathday

1962-06-19

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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 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. Bland...

Acting

1940

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Mr. Tucker

1943

Here Comes Elmer

as Horace Parrot

1935

It's A Small World

as Courtroom spectator (uncredited)

1941

Mob Town

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)

1942

Saboteur

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

1950

House by the River

as Inspector Sarten

1942

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Alderman (uncredited)

1962

Cape Fear

as Dr. Pearsall

1944

You Can't Ration Love

as Judge Cary - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1944

The Navy Way

as Baldy - Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)

1944

Wilson

as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)

1944

The Town Went Wild

as Judge Harry Schrank (uncredited)

1945

Fall Guy

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

1944

Dangerous Passage

as Postal Clerk (uncredited)

1945

State Fair

as Hog Judge (uncredited)

1946

Johnny Comes Flying Home

as Foreman (uncredited)

1945

You Came Along

as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)

1946

Who's Cookin Who?

as Wolfie Wolf (voice)

1946

Hot Cargo

as Tim Chapman

1946

Prospecting for Petroleum

as The Professor (voice)

1946

Big Town

as Station Agent (uncredited)

1946

The Jolson Story

as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)

1947

The Long Night

as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)

1947

California

as Chairman (uncredited)

1947

The Trouble with Women

as Commissioner (uncredited)

1947

Uncle Tom's Cabana

as Uncle Tom (uncredited)

1948

Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

as Pop Williams

1948

1948

The Walls of Jericho

as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)

1943

The Good Fellows

as Brother from Danville (uncredited)

1948

So This Is New York

as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)

1948

Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home

as Babirusa / Pig (voice)

1949

Grape Nutty

as Crow (Voice)

1949

1964

Fail Safe

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1952

Lydia Bailey

as Consul (uncredited)

1955

Not as a Stranger

as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)

1950

Dallas

as Judge Harper

1951

Never Trust a Gambler

as Cap Douglas (uncredited)

1949

Lust for Gold

as Parsons (uncredited)

1949

Adam's Rib

as Judge Marcasson

1949

All the King's Men

as Dolph Pillsbury

1952

The Las Vegas Story

as Mike Fogarty

1949

1952

Holiday for Sinners

as The Man with a Cigar

1945

The Loose Nut

as Construction Worker (voice)

1946

The Reckless Driver

as Wally Walrus (voice)

1946

Fair Weather Fiends

as Wolfie Wolf (voice)

1945

Bewitched

as Mr. Herkheimer

1950

The Savage Horde

as Judge Thomas Cole

1946

The Madonna's Secret

as The Riverman

1943

1958

1951

Vengeance Valley

as Mr. Willoughby

1949

Little Women

as Mr. Grace (uncredited)

1957

Johnny Tremain

as Ephraim Lapham

1946

Without Reservations

as Pullman Conductor (uncredited)

1946

The Blue Dahlia

as "Dad" Newell

1949

1956

These Wilder Years

as Old Cab Driver

1942

The Major and the Minor

as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited)

1959

Alias Jesse James

as Titus Queasley

1961

The Deadly Companions

as Doctor Acton

1948

Disaster

as Pop Hansford

1953

Niagara

as Boatman

1946

The Inner Circle

as Henry Boggs

1946

Blue Skies

as Dan - Stage Manager (uncredited)

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)

1941

Nothing But the Truth

as Mr. Bart Prichard (uncredited)

1961

Twenty Plus Two

as Newspaper morgue attendant

1947

Mother Wore Tights

as Withers (uncredited)

1941

The Tell-Tale Heart

as Second Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Colonel Clark (Uncredited)

1953

The Last Posse

as Todd Mitchell

1957

The Wayward Bus

as Van Brunt

1958

Quantrill's Raiders

as Judge Wood

1947

Danger Street

as Police Chief Bullward

1948

The Inside Story

as J. J. Johnson

1954

River of No Return

as Trader (uncredited)

1949

Big Jack

as Will Farnsworth

1952

O. Henry's Full House

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

1950

Sunset in the West

as Sheriff Tad Osborne

1952

Paula

as Raymond Bascom

1947

Blaze of Noon

as Mr. Thomas

1957

1947

Keeper of the Bees

as Dr. Grayson

1952

Lure of the Wilderness

as Sheriff Brink

1958

The Missouri Traveler

as Sheriff Marvin Peavy

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

1947

Cynthia

as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep

1949

Brimstone

as Martin Tredwell

1942

Wildcat

as John 'Paw' Smithers

1949

The Green Promise

as Mr. Grenstedt

1948

Whispering Smith

as Sheriff McSwiggin

1941

Cracked Nuts

as Sylvanus Boogle

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Eph Hackett (uncredited)

1953

The Wild One

as Art Kleiner

1954

The Raid

as Josiah Anderson

1942

A Letter From Bataan

as Mr. Limpert

1944

Practically Yours

as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)

1945

High Powered

as Jeff Hines

1942

Bambi

as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)

1943

The Meanest Man in the World

as Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)

1952

O. Henry's Full House

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

1940

You, the People

as Mr. Roberts

1946

One Exciting Week

as Otis Piper

1946

Rendezvous with Annie

as Elmer Snodgrass

1945

Scarlet Street

as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Bible Salesman (uncredited)

1944

Take It Big

as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

as Dr. Cheney (uncredited)

1942

1941

The Richest Man in Town

as Frederick Johnson

1949

Mrs. Mike

as Dr. McIntosh

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

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

1957

Jeanne Eagels

as Marshal (uncredited)

1948

An Act of Murder

as Judge Jim Wilder

1945

Rhapsody in Blue

as Rachmaninoff

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as Judge Thatcher (Uncredited)

1954

Johnny Guitar

as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited)

1947

Wild Harvest

as Mike Alperson

1945

Grissly's Millions

as John Frey

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Marshal Kit Dodge

1942

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Commandant (uncredited)

1947

1948

Black Eagle

as Sheriff Clancy

1948

Relentless

as Sam - the Horse Dealer

1941

Honky Tonk

as Townsman at Meeting House

1941

1934

Pure Feud

as Lem (uncredited)

1952

The Happy Time

as Family Doctor

1943

1950

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Jake, Poker Player (uncredited)

1951

My Forbidden Past

as Luther Toplady

1946

Road to Utopia

as Mr. Latimer (uncredited)

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1951

The Tall Target

as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)

1946

They Made Me a Killer

as Henry, the Blacksmith

1955

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

as Admiral William S. Sims

1955

The Kentuckian

as John Decker (uncredited)

1951

Excuse My Dust

as Race judge

1955

The Tall Men

as Gus - Bartender (uncredited)

1959

1946

Down Missouri Way

as Prof. Morris

1943

Sleepy Lagoon

as Cyrus Coates

1951

People Will Talk

as Uncle John Higgins (uncredited)

1946

Apple Andy

as Devil

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