Samuel E. Wright
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Dubois
1990
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
1990
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
1990
Series
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan
1984
Series
Simon & Simon
1981
Film
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1989
Series
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1992
Series
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian (voice)
2001
Series
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian
2001
Film
Dinosaur
Kron (voice)
2000
Series
Marsupilami
Sebastian (voice)
1993
Series
Raw Toonage
Sebastian (voice)
1992
Series
Alex Haley's Queen
Alfred
1993
Series
Jonny Zero
Dante
2005
Series
Jonny Zero
Jericho
2005
Series
Enos
Turk Adams
1980
Film
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie
1988
Series
Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson
1991
Ball Four
1976
Film
The Little Mermaid Live!
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
2019
Film
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Sebastian (voice)
2000
Series
Little Mermaid's Island
Sebastian (voice)
1990
Film
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Film
Me and Him
Paramedic 1
1988
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
Sebastian (voice)
2006
Film
Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson
1991
Film
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
Sebastian
2001
Film
Brass
Capt. Michael Shore
1985
Film
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades
Sebastian
2002
Film
Le marsupilami à New-York
Sebastian
2001
Film
Hollow Image
Scottie
1979
Film
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami
Sebastian
2002
Film
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami
Sebastian
2001
Film
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
1990
Film
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
1996
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Sebastian (voice)
2005
Film
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Morris
1986
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self (achieve footage)
2006
Film
Sebastian's Party Gras
Sebastian
1991
Film
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
Sebastian
1991
Film
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa
Sebastian
2001
Film
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Sebastian (voice)
2008