Birthday
1894/03/25
Day of death
1962/06/19 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also know as
William Henry Wright, William H. Wright
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 ...Read more
(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)
(1950) House by the River
as Inspector Sarten
(1942) Saboteur
as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited)
(1942) The Postman Didn't Ring
as Mr. Slade
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)
(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)
(1944) Dangerous Passage
as Postal Clerk (uncredited)
(1945) Fall Guy
as Mr. Nedsen, Parkson's Attorney (uncredited)
(1945) Salome, Where She Danced
as Sheriff
(1945) You Came Along
as Col. Dale V. Armstrong (uncredited)
(1945) State Fair
as Hog Judge (uncredited)
(1946) Johnny Comes Flying Home
as Foreman (uncredited)
(1946) Who's Cookin Who?
as Wolfie Wolf (voice)
(1946) Hot Cargo
as Tim Chapman
(1946) Big Town
as Station Agent (uncredited)
(1946) The Jolson Story
as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1946) Prospecting for Petroleum
as The Professor (voice)
(1947) California
as Chairman (uncredited)
(1947) The Long Night
as Mr. Tully - the Janitor (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) Green Grass of Wyoming
as Jake Willis
(1943) The Good Fellows
as Brother from Danville (uncredited)
(1948) So This Is New York
as Uncle Fergus (uncredited)
(1948) The Walls of Jericho
as Dr. Patterson (uncredited)
(1948) Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
as Babirusa / Pig (voice)
(1949) Grape Nutty
as Crow (Voice)
(1949) The Price of Freedom
as McTrees
(1949) Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)
(1950) Dallas
as Judge Harper
(1951) Never Trust a Gambler
as Cap Douglas (uncredited)
(1952) Lydia Bailey
as Consul (uncredited)
(1955) Not as a Stranger
as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
(1964) Fail Safe
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1949) Lust for Gold
as Parsons (uncredited)
(1949) All the King's Men
as Dolph Pillsbury
(1949) Adam's Rib
as Judge Marcasson
(1952) The Las Vegas Story
as Mike Fogarty
(1949) Act of Violence
as Pop
(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) Cowboy in Manhattan
as Higgins
(1958) Gunman's Walk
as Judge
(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) They Live by Night
as Mobley
(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)
(1955) The Man with the Golden Arm
as ---
(1950) Sunset in the West
as Sheriff Tad Osborne
(1952) Paula
as Raymond Bascom
(1947) Blaze of Noon
as Mr. Thomas
(1957) The Iron Sheriff
as Judge
(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)
(1945) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Mr. Nelson
(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) Shut My Big Mouth
as Jim Long
(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) Along the Oregon Trail
as Jim Bridger
(1948) Black Eagle
as Sheriff Clancy
(1948) Relentless
as Sam - the Horse Dealer
(1941) Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House
(1941) Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
(1948) California's Golden Beginning
as ---
(1934) Pure Feud
as Lem (uncredited)
(1952) The Happy Time
as Family Doctor
(1943) In Old Oklahoma
as Doctor
(1955) Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Tim Summers
(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) The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Pentagon General
(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
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Ben Weaver
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1961) The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Sam Petrie
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mr. Walters
(1951) Dragnet
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as James Vardon
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Sheriff
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1957) Leave It to Beaver
as Pete at Firehouse #7
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Grandfather
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as Merrivale
(1955) The Millionaire
as Grandpa Costello
(1960) Thriller
as Constable Tom Walker
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Pop
(1957) The Real McCoys
as ---
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1953) You Are There
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Charlie Cade
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Billy Willow
(1959) Riverboat
as J.C. Sickel
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as King - Newspaper Editor
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as George's Father
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Uncle Ed
(1957) Official Detective
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Father Gourdian
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as McClish
(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Judge Kramer
(1957) Perry Mason
as Adam Thompson
(1957) Maverick
as General Hoyt Bosco
(1957) Maverick
as Jabe Hallock
(1957) Maverick
as General Eakins
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Judge O'Neill
(1954) Lassie
as Caleb Brown
(1957) Sugarfoot
as John Chamberlain
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Job Turner
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Jake Marley
(1953) General Electric Theater
as McCrain
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Grandpaw
(1952) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Mr. Jackson
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Willie
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Scupper
(1957) Perry Mason
as Chuck Clark
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Luther Hanks
(1957) Maverick
as Sheriff Chester Bentley
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as Oliver
(1961) Mister Ed
as Mr. Thompson
(1951) The Living Christ
as Herod The Great
(1951) The Living Christ
as Annas
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as The Leadville Kid
(1957) Trackdown
as Zack