Samuel E. Wright
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-11-20 in Camden, South Carolina, USA
Died
2021-05-24
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Dubois
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Dan Morgan
Simon & Simon
Disney's House of Mouse
as Sebastian (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
as Sebastian
The Little Mermaid
as Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid
as Sebastian (voice)
Marsupilami
as Sebastian (voice)
Dinosaur
as Kron (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
as Alfred
Raw Toonage
as Sebastian (voice)
Enos
as Turk Adams
Ball Four
Jonny Zero
Bird
as Dizzy Gillespie
Me and Him
as Paramedic 1
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
as Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid Live!
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)