Will Wright

Career timeline

1. 1894 · Born

   Born in San Francisco, California, USA

2. 1941 · Screen debut

   Shadow of the Thin Man (Movie)

3. 1942 · Breakthrough

   Bambi (Movie)

4. 1962 · Died

   June 19, 1962

5. 1964 · Latest release

   Fail Safe (Movie)

Career in numbers

14 1940s

43 1950s

8 1960s

• Drama31
• Comedy22
• Western15
• Crime12
• Family9
• Romance6

Highest-rated title I Love Lucy 1951 7.9 Most popular title Bambi 1942 7.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Will Wright in our catalogue.

Robert Altman

5 titles together

Abner Biberman

4 titles together

Robert Stevenson

3 titles together

Sidney Lumet

2 titles together

Janet Leigh

2 titles together

Harry Morgan

2 titles together

Dick Wesson

2 titles together

Robert Mitchum

2 titles together

William Beaudine

2 titles together

Robert Douglas

2 titles together

1. 1964 Fail Safe as Bit Part (uncredited) 7.8 Movie
2. 1962 Cape Fear as Dr. Pearsall 7.5 Movie
3. 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show as Sam Petrie 7.6 TV
4. 1961 Mister Ed as Mr. Thompson 6.7 TV
5. 1960 Outlaws TV
6. 1960 Pete and Gladys TV
7. 1960 Thriller as Constable Tom Walker 6.7 TV
8. 1960 The Tall Man TV
9. 1959 Mr. Lucky as The Leadville Kid TV
10. 1959 Dennis the Menace as Merrivale 6.6 TV
11. 1959 Riverboat as J.C. Sickel TV
12. 1959 Rawhide as Grandfather 7.3 TV
13. 1958 77 Sunset Strip as Luther Hanks 7.2 TV
14. 1958 Bat Masterson as Billy Willow TV
15. 1958 Lawman TV
16. 1958 The Donna Reed Show as Oliver 6.5 TV
17. 1958 Bronco TV
18. 1957 Leave It to Beaver as Pete at Firehouse #7 7.0 TV
19. 1957 Trackdown TV
20. 1957 The Real McCoys TV
21. 1957 Maverick 7.1 TV
22. 1957 Perry Mason as James Vardon 7.7 TV
23. 1957 Sugarfoot as Charlie Cade TV
24. 1957 Official Detective TV
25. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as King - Newspaper Editor TV
26. 1956 Conflict TV
27. 1956 Hey, Jeannie! as McClish TV
28. 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Admiral William S. Sims 6.8 Movie
29. 1955 The Man with the Golden Arm 7.1 Movie
30. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Judge O'Neill TV
31. 1955 The Millionaire as Grandpa Costello TV
32. 1954 December Bride TV
33. 1954 Lassie as Caleb Brown 6.3 TV
34. 1954 Johnny Guitar as Ned - Bank Teller (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
35. 1954 River of No Return as Trader (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
36. 1954 Public Defender as Horace Bascomb TV
37. 1953 The Wild One as Art Kleiner 6.5 Movie
38. 1953 The Danny Thomas Show as Mr. Johnson 6.2 TV
39. 1953 Letter to Loretta as Father Gourdian TV
40. 1953 Niagara as Boatman 6.8 Movie
41. 1953 You Are There as Philip Arnold TV
42. 1953 General Electric Theater TV
43. 1952 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Jackson TV
44. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Mr. Crane TV
45. 1952 Cavalcade of America as George's Father TV
46. 1952 Four Star Playhouse as Willie TV
47. 1951 Dragnet 6.5 TV
48. 1951 I Love Lucy as Mr. Walters 7.9 TV
49. 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV
50. 1951 The Living Christ as Annas TV
51. 1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Judge Kramer 7.2 TV
52. 1949 Adam's Rib as Judge Marcasson 7.1 Movie
53. 1949 All the King's Men as Dolph Pillsbury 7.0 Movie
54. 1949 They Live by Night as Mobley 6.8 Movie
55. 1949 The Lone Ranger as Uncle Ed 6.7 TV
56. 1949 Little Women as Mr. Grace (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
57. 1949 Act of Violence as Pop 6.9 Movie
58. 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Eph Hackett (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
59. 1946 The Blue Dahlia as "Dad" Newell 6.7 Movie
60. 1945 Scarlet Street as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
61. 1945 State Fair as Hog Judge (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
62. 1942 The Major and the Minor as Ticket Agent #1 (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
63. 1942 Bambi as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
64. 1942 Saboteur as J.C. Lormans - Company Official (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
65. 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man as Maguire (uncredited) 7.0 Movie

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