Samuel E. Wright

Known for: Acting

Born: 1946-11-20 – 2021-05-24 (aged 74)

From: Camden, South Carolina, USA

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 (38)

MOVIE★ 6.8
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006
as Self (achieve footage)
MOVIE★ 8.2
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
2006
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
as Sebastian (voice)
TV★ 5.3
Jonny Zero
2005
as Dante
MOVIE
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades
2002
as Sebastian
MOVIE
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami
2002
as Sebastian
MOVIE
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami
2001
as Sebastian
MOVIE
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa
2001
as Sebastian
MOVIE
Le marsupilami à New-York
2001
as Sebastian
MOVIE★ 7.5
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
2001
as Sebastian
TV★ 7.5
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dinosaur
2000
as Kron (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Marsupilami
1993
as Sebastian (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alfred
TV★ 8.5
Raw Toonage
1992
as Sebastian (voice)
TV★ 7.0
The Little Mermaid
1992
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
1991
as Sebastian
MOVIE
Sebastian's Party Gras
1991
as Sebastian
MOVIE★ 6.5
Separate but Equal
1991
as Artis Patterson
TV★ 6.0
Separate but Equal
1991
as Artis Patterson
TV★ 6.2
Little Mermaid's Island
1990
as Sebastian (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Dubois
MOVIE★ 8.1
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Little Mermaid
1989
as Sebastian (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.2
Me and Him
1988
as Paramedic 1
MOVIE★ 6.9
Bird
1988
as Dizzy Gillespie
MOVIE
The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986
as Morris
MOVIE★ 5.0
Brass
1985
as Capt. Michael Shore
TV★ 7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
as Dr. Dan Morgan
TV★ 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
TV★ 7.2
Enos
1980
as Turk Adams
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hollow Image
1979
as Scottie
TV★ 7.0
Ball Four
1976