Samuel E. Wright
Born: 1946-11-20 in Camden, South Carolina, USA
Died: 2021-05-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
Samuel E. Wright (November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021) was an American actor, vocal actor, and singer, best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, and the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway.
Filmography
2019
- The Little Mermaid Live! as Sebastian (voice)
2008
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning as Sebastian (voice)
2006
- Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self (achieve footage)
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess as Sebastian (voice)
2005
- Jonny Zero
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Sebastian (voice)
2002
- Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami as Sebastian
- Marsupilami - Les marsupiades as Sebastian
2001
- Disney's House of Mouse as Sebastian (voice)
- Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami as Sebastian
- Le marsupilami dans la Pampa as Sebastian
- Le Marsupilami à Hollywood as Sebastian
- Le marsupilami à New-York as Sebastian
2000
- Dinosaur as Kron (voice)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as Sebastian (voice)
1993
- Marsupilami as Sebastian (voice)
- Alex Haley's Queen as Alfred
1992
- The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)
- Raw Toonage as Sebastian (voice)
1991
- Separate But Equal as Artis Patterson
- Separate but Equal as Artis Patterson
- Sebastian's Party Gras as Sebastian
- Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree as Sebastian
1990
- Law & Order as Defense Attorney Dubois
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
- Little Mermaid's Island as Sebastian (voice)
1989
- The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)
1988
- Bird as Dizzy Gillespie
- Me and Him as Paramedic 1
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser as Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
- The Gift of Amazing Grace as Morris
1985
- Brass as Capt. Michael Shore
1984
- The Cosby Show as Dr. Dan Morgan
1981
1980
- Enos as Turk Adams
1979
- Hollow Image as Scottie