Samuel E. Wright
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1946-11-20 · Camden, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- 2021-05-24
Known for
- The Little Mermaid (1989) — Sebastian (voice)
- Dinosaur (2000) — Kron (voice)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) — Sebastian (voice)
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) — Sebastian (voice)
- Law & Order (1990) — Defense Attorney Dubois
- The Little Mermaid (1992) — Sebastian (voice)
- The Cosby Show (1984) — Dr. Dan Morgan
- Bird (1988) — Dizzy Gillespie
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- Disney's House of Mouse (2001) — Sebastian (voice)
- The Little Mermaid Live! (2019) — Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
- Marsupilami (1993) — Sebastian (voice)
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alex Haley's Queen (1993) — Alfred
- Me and Him (1988) — Paramedic 1
- Separate but Equal (1991) — Artis Patterson