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Samuel E. Wright

American actor (1946–2021)

PersonDied aged 74humanQ926362

Also known as Samuel Ernest Wright · Samuel Edward Wright · Samuel Wright

Born: November 20, 1946
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1.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/samuel-wright-dead-sebastian-crab-little-mermaid-1234959014/
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Died: May 24, 2021
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1.decine21.com/in-memoriam/122092-la-sirenita-samuel-e-wright-voz
2.millspaughfuneralhome.com/obituary/Samuel-Wright
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Birthplace: Camden
Place of death: Walden
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1.eu.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2021/05/26/samuel-e-wright-voice-sebastian-little-mermaid-dies/7446683002/
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: television actor
, film actor
, singer
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Samuel Ernest Wright was an American actor. He was best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, the biographical film about Charlie Parker. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in the 2000 CGI film Dinosaur.

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