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Will Wright

American character actor

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Born: March 26, 1891
, March 26, 1894
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Died: June 19, 1962
Birthplace: San Francisco
Place of death: Hollywood
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: actor
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, television actor
, stage actor
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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William Henry Wright was an American actor. He was frequently cast in Westerns and as a curmudgeonly and argumentative old man. Over the course of his career, Wright appeared in more than 200 film and television roles.

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Lydia Bailey(1952)
Paula(1952)
The Las Vegas Story(1952)
The Tall Target(1951)
My Forbidden Past(1951)
People Will Talk(1951)
Vengeance Valley(1951)
House by the River(1950)
Big Jack(1950)
No Way Out(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk(1950)
All the King's Men(1950)
Adam's Rib(1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949)
The Inside Story(1948)
So This Is New York(1948)
The Walls of Jericho(1948)
Act of Violence(1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House(1948)
They Live by Night(1948)
The Trouble with Women(1947)
Blaze of Noon(1947)
Wild Harvest(1947)
California(1947)
Hot Cargo(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint(1946)
Rendezvous with Annie(1946)
Blue Skies(1946)
Cynthia(1946)
The Jolson Story(1946)
The Blue Dahlia(1946)
You Came Along(1945)
Salome Where She Danced(1945)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry(1945)
Rhapsody in Blue(1945)
Scarlet Street(1945)
Practically Yours(1944)
The Meanest Man in the World(1943)
So Proudly We Hail!(1943)
In Old Oklahoma(1943)
A Man's World(1942)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood(1942)
Tales of Manhattan(1942)
The Major and the Minor(1942)
Saboteur(1942)
Honky Tonk(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust(1941)

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Sex or gender: male
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Given name: Will
William
Henry
Birth name: William Henry Wright
Family name: Wright
Cause of death: cancer
Manner of death: natural causes
Place of burial: California
Start of work period: 1934
Native language: English
Writing language: English

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