Samuel E. Wright
Acting1946Camden, 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
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 Morris Stokely / Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn / Defense Attorney Dubois
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie
Acting History
2019
The Little Mermaid Live!
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
2008
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
as Sebastian (voice)
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)
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
TVas Sebastian (voice)
2000
Dinosaur
as Kron (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
as Sebastian (voice)
1994
Law & Order
TVas Defense Attorney Morris Stokely / Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn / Defense Attorney Dubois• 1 eps
1993
Alex Haley's Queen
TVas Alfred
Marsupilami
TVas Sebastian (voice)
1992
Raw Toonage
TVas Sebastian (voice)• 2 eps
The Little Mermaid
TVas Sebastian (voice)• 31 eps
1991
Separate But Equal
as Artis Patterson
1990
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
1989
The Little Mermaid
as Sebastian (voice)
1988
Bird
as Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Me and Him
as Paramedic 1
1986
The Cosby Show
TVas Dr. Dan Morgan• 1 eps
1985
Brass
as Capt. Michael Shore