Samuel E. Wright

Samuel E. Wright

Known for
Acting
Born
November 20, 1946
Died
May 24, 2021 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Camden, South Carolina, USA

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.

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Filmography

2019
The Little Mermaid Live! poster

The Little Mermaid Live!

Movie · as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

2008
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning poster

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Movie · as Sebastian (voice)

2006
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess poster

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess

Movie · as Sebastian (voice)

2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Movie · as Self (achieve footage)

2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party poster

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

Movie · as Sebastian (voice)

2005
Jonny Zero poster

Jonny Zero

TV · as Dante, Jericho · 3 eps

2002
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades poster

Marsupilami - Les marsupiades

Movie · as Sebastian

2002
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami poster

Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami

Movie · as Sebastian

2001
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood poster

Le Marsupilami à Hollywood

Movie · as Sebastian

2001
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami poster

Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami

Movie · as Sebastian

2001
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa poster

Le marsupilami dans la Pampa

Movie · as Sebastian

2001
Le marsupilami à New-York poster

Le marsupilami à New-York

Movie · as Sebastian

2001
Disney's House of Mouse poster

Disney's House of Mouse

TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 4 eps

2000
Dinosaur poster

Dinosaur

Movie · as Kron (voice)

2000
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea poster

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Movie · as Sebastian (voice)

1996
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Movie · as Self

1993
Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen

TV · as Alfred · 3 eps

1993
Marsupilami poster

Marsupilami

TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 39 eps

1993
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

TV · as Sebastian (Voice) · 8 eps

1992
The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid

TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 31 eps

1992
Raw Toonage poster

Raw Toonage

TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 2 eps

1991
Sebastian's Party Gras poster

Sebastian's Party Gras

Movie · as Sebastian

1991
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree poster

Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree

Movie · as Sebastian

1991
Separate but Equal poster

Separate but Equal

Movie · as Artis Patterson

1991
Separate but Equal poster

Separate but Equal

TV · as Artis Patterson · 2 eps

1990
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea poster

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

Movie · as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Defense Attorney Dubois, Defense Attorney Morris Stokely, Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn · 1 ep

1990
Little Mermaid's Island poster

Little Mermaid's Island

TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 2 eps

1989
The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid

Movie · as Sebastian (voice)

1988
Bird poster

Bird

Movie · as Dizzy Gillespie

1988
Me and Him poster

Me and Him

Movie · as Paramedic 1

1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser poster

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1986
The Gift of Amazing Grace poster

The Gift of Amazing Grace

Movie · as Morris

1985
Brass poster

Brass

Movie · as Capt. Michael Shore

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Dr. Dan Morgan · 1 ep

1981
Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon

TV · 1 ep

1980
Enos poster

Enos

TV · as Turk Adams · 18 eps

1979
Hollow Image poster

Hollow Image

Movie · as Scottie

1976
Ball Four

Ball Four

TV · 7 eps