Samuel E. Wright
Acting
Born 1946-11-20
Camden, South Carolina, USA
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
Popular credits
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
Dinosaur
Kron (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Sebastian (voice)
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Dubois
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie
Simon & Simon
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian
The Little Mermaid Live!
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
Marsupilami
Sebastian (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
Alfred
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Self - Narrator (voice)
Separate But Equal
Artis Patterson
Me and Him
Paramedic 1
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)