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William Henry "Will" Wright (March 26, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American actor.〔Obituary ''Variety'', June 27, 1962, page 52.〕 He was frequently cast in westerns and as curmudgeonly old men. Over the course of his career, Wright appeared in more than 200 film and television roles. ==Career== Born in San Francisco, Wright worked as a newspaperman before beginning a career in show business. He started his acting career in vaudeville and later moved to the stage. While on the NY stages, he picked up some film roles at Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn; one confirmed sighting is in the Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy short subject ''Pure Feud'' (1934) as 'Lem'. Wright also worked in radio, appearing in more than five thousand radio programs. His radio performances have included Zeb on ''Al Pearce and His Gang'', George Honeywell in ''My Little Margie'', Mahoney on ''Glamour Manor'' and the title character, Ephraim Tutt in ''The Amazing Mr. Tutt''.〔(Will Wright's bio at OTRpedia.com )〕 He has also guest starred on radio shows, such as ''The Man Called X'', ''The Charlotte Greenwood Show'' and ''The Jack Benny Program'' (he later appeared on the television version of the program).〔(The Great Radio Heroes )〕 Wright made his west coast film debut in 1940 ''Blondie Plays Cupid''. In 1942, he provided the voice of Friend Owl in Walt Disney's animated film ''Bambi''. Wright also had roles in ''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), ''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 picture, ''All the King's Men''. During the 1950s, he guest starred on several television series, including ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'', ''Where's Raymond?'', ''The Bob Cummings Show'', ''Our Miss Brooks'', ''Father Knows Best'', ''The Millionaire'', ''Circus Boy'', ''Fury'', ''The Real McCoys'', ''The Donna Reed Show'', ''The Restless Gun'', ''Lawman'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', and ''The Rough Riders''. He even took a shift as Pete the fireman at the auxiliary fire station on Leave It To Beaver before Burt Mustin's Gus permanently replaced him. Wright was cast in the 1958 episode "The Cave-In" episode of the syndicated series ''Rescue 8,'' starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries. He played an elderly man who attempts with shovel and bucket to build a backyard swimming pool for his grandchildren with disastrous results because of the lack of proper shoring. In 1959, he was cast as J.C. Sickel in the episode, "Payment in Full" of the NBC western series, ''Riverboat'', starring Darren McGavin. Also appearing in this episode were Aldo Ray as Hunk Farber, John Larch as Touhy, and Barbara Bel Geddes as Missy. In the story line, Farber betrays his friend and employer to collect reward money, which he uses to court his girlfriend, Missy. From 1959-1961, Wright had recurring roles on NBC's ''Bat Masterson'' and CBS's ''Dennis the Menace''. He also made multiple appearances on ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', ''The Lone Ranger'', ''Sugarfoot'', ''December Bride'', and ''Maverick.'' Wright made three guest appearances on ''Perry Mason'' between 1959-1961. He first appeared as Chuck Clark in "The Case of the Petulant Partner," then as Adam Thompson in "The Case of the Nimble Nephew," and finally as James Vardon in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest". In 1960, Wright appeared as Mr. Johnson on CBS's ''The Danny Thomas Show'' in the episode entitled, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", the spin-off for ''The Andy Griffith Show''. On ''The Andy Griffith Show'', Wright portrayed department store owner and landlord Ben Weaver in three episodes from 1960 to 1962. After his death, he was replaced as Ben Weaver, first by Tol Avery, and then by Jason Johnson. Wright made his last onscreen appearances in a 1962 episode of NBC's ''Bonanza''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Will Wright (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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