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Samuel E. Wright

Acting

Samuel E. Wright

Born November 20, 1946 · Camden, South Carolina, USA · Died May 24, 2021

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.

Known for

The Little Mermaid

7.4 TMDB

The Little Mermaid

Sebastian (voice)

Dinosaur

IMDb 6.4

Dinosaur

Kron (voice)

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

6.4 TMDB

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Sebastian (voice)

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

6.7 TMDB

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Sebastian (voice)

Law & Order

7.3 TMDB

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Dubois, Defense Attorney Morris Stokely, Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn

The Little Mermaid

7.0 TMDB

The Little Mermaid

Sebastian (voice)

The Cosby Show

7.0 TMDB

The Cosby Show

Dr. Dan Morgan

Bird

6.8 TMDB

Bird

Dizzy Gillespie

Simon & Simon

6.7 TMDB

Simon & Simon

1981 · Series

Disney's House of Mouse

7.7 TMDB

Disney's House of Mouse

Sebastian (voice)

The Little Mermaid Live!

6.7 TMDB

The Little Mermaid Live!

Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

Marsupilami

5.7 TMDB

Marsupilami

Sebastian (voice)

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

7.4 TMDB

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Self - Narrator (voice)

Alex Haley's Queen

7.0 TMDB

Alex Haley's Queen

Alfred

Me and Him

3.6 TMDB

Me and Him

Paramedic 1

Separate but Equal

6.5 TMDB

Separate but Equal

Artis Patterson

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

8.1 TMDB

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

Raw Toonage

8.5 TMDB

Raw Toonage

Sebastian (voice)

Little Mermaid's Island

6.2 TMDB

Little Mermaid's Island

Sebastian (voice)

Enos

7.2 TMDB

Enos

Turk Adams

Filmography