Samuel E. Wright

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-11-20 (75 years old)

Deathday

2021-05-24

Place of Birth

Camden, South Carolina, USA

Samuel E. Wright

Biography

Samuel E. Wright (November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021) was an American actor, vocal actor, and singer, best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, and the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway.

Acting

1989

The Little Mermaid

as Sebastian (voice)

2000

Dinosaur

as Kron (voice)

1988

Bird

as Dizzy Gillespie

1988

Me and Him

as Paramedic 1

1991

1988

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019

The Little Mermaid Live!

as Sebastian (voice)

1985

Brass

as Capt. Michael Shore

1979

Hollow Image

as Scottie

1990

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

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