Acting
Samuel E. Wright
Birth Date
November 20, 1946
Death Date
May 24, 2021
(passed away at 74)
Place of Birth
Camden, South Carolina, USA
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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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Law & Order
Defense Attorney Dubois
1990 • 1 episode
Simon & Simon
1981 • 1 episode
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan
1984 • 1 episode
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1989
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian (voice)
2001 • 4 episodes
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1992 • 31 episodes
Dinosaur
Kron (voice)
2000
Marsupilami
Sebastian (voice)
1993 • 39 episodes
Raw Toonage
Sebastian (voice)
1992 • 2 episodes
Jonny Zero
Dante
2005 • 3 episodes
Alex Haley's Queen
Alfred
1993 • 3 episodes
Enos
Turk Adams
1980 • 18 episodes
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie
1988
The Little Mermaid Live!
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
2019
Ball Four
1976 • 7 episodes
Little Mermaid's Island
Sebastian (voice)
1990 • 2 episodes
Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson
1991 • 2 episodes
Me and Him
Paramedic 1
1988
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Sebastian (voice)
2000
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988