Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-11-20

Deathday

2021-05-24 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Camden, South Carolina, USA

Samuel E. Wright

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

7.4%

The Little Mermaid

Nov 17, 1989

6.5%

Dinosaur

May 19, 2000

6.4%

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Jan 23, 2000

6.7%

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Aug 25, 2008

7.0%

The Little Mermaid

Sep 11, 1992

7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

7.4%

Law & Order

Sep 13, 1990

7.0%

The Cosby Show

Sep 20, 1984

6.8%

Bird

Jun 1, 1988

6.7%

Simon & Simon

Nov 24, 1981

7.4%

Disney's House of Mouse

Jan 13, 2001

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Acting

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Little Mermaid's Island as Sebastian (voice)

2019

The Little Mermaid Live! as Sebastian (voice)

2008

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning as Sebastian (voice)

2006		Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self (achieve footage)
2006		Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess as Sebastian (voice)

2005		Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party as Sebastian (voice)
2005		Jonny Zero

2002		Marsupilami - Les marsupiades as Sebastian
2002		Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami as Sebastian

2001		Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami as Sebastian
2001		Le marsupilami dans la Pampa as Sebastian
2001		Le marsupilami à New-York as Sebastian
2001		Le Marsupilami à Hollywood as Sebastian
2001		Disney's House of Mouse as Sebastian (voice)
2001		Disney's House of Mouse as Sebastian

2000		Dinosaur as Kron (voice)
2000		The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as Sebastian (voice)

1993		Marsupilami as Sebastian (voice)
1993		Alex Haley's Queen as Alfred

1992		Raw Toonage as Sebastian (voice)
1992		The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)

1991		Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree as Sebastian
1991		Sebastian's Party Gras as Sebastian
1991		Separate but Equal as Artis Patterson

1990		Law & Order as Defense Attorney Dubois
1990		Law & Order as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
1990		Law & Order as Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
1990		Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

1989

The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)

1988		Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser as Self - Narrator (voice)
1988		Me and Him as Paramedic 1
1988		Bird as Dizzy Gillespie

1986

The Gift Of Amazing Grace as Morris

1985

Brass as Capt. Michael Shore

1984

The Cosby Show as Dr. Dan Morgan

1981

Simon & Simon

1980

Enos as Turk Adams

1979

Hollow Image as Scottie

1976

Ball Four