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Samuel Wright Biography (1948-)

Born November 20, 1948, in Camden, SC; married; wife's name, Amanda; children: Keely, Dee, Sam. Career: Actor. Appeared as the purple bunch of grapes in the Fruit-of-the-Loom commercials. Also taught acting at the Hudson Valley Conservatory. Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award, best actor in a featured role-musical, 1984, for The Tap Dance Kid. Addresses: Office: The Lion King, New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036-7202.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

November 20, 1948

Camden, South Carolina, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Dizzy Gillespie, Bird, Warner Bros., 1988
• Voice of Sebastian, The Little Mermaid (animated), Buena Vista, 1989
• Narrator, Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (documentary), Warner Bros., 1989
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Officer Turk Adams, Enos, CBS, 1980
• Voice of Sebastian, The Little Mermaid (also known as Disney'sLittle Mermaid and A Whale of a Tale; animated), CBS, 1992
• Movies
• Scotty, Hollow Image, ABC, 1979
• The Neighborhood, NBC, 1982
• Captain Michael Shore, Brass (also known as Police Brass),CBS, 1985
• Dave, Strapped, HBO, 1993
• Miniseries
• Artis Patterson, Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991
• Alfred, Alex Haley's Queen (also known as Queen), CBS, 1993
• Episodic
• Voice of Sebastian, "Sebastian," Marsupilami, CBS, 1993
• Jerome Osbourne, Law and Order, NBC, 1994
• Old Man Dismoore, Matt Waters (also known as Educating Matt Waters and The Education of Matt Waters), CBS, 1996
• Also appeared in The Cosby Show, NBC; and Simon and Simon,CBS.
• Specials
• "The Gift of Amazing Grace," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1986
• Voice of Sebastian, Sebastian Caribbean Jamboree (animated), The Disney Channel, 1991
• Voice of Sebastian, Sebastian's Party Gras (animated), The DisneyChannel, 1991
• Stage Appearances
• Reporter, apostle, and leper, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1971-73
• Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1972-73
• Sam, Over Here!, Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1974
• Leading player, Pippin, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1974-75
• Potholes, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Oedipus Rex, Players State Theatre, Coconut Grove, FL, 1981-82
• William, The Tap Dance Kid, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1983-84
• I'm Not Rappaport, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, then Pennsylvania Stage Company, Allentown, PA, 1988
• I'm Not Rappaport, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988-89
• Bruce Aiken, Welcome to the Club, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Mayor Joe Clark, Mule Bone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1991
• Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT 1994-95
• Mufasa, The Lion King, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• USA Today, November 13, 1997, p. 7D.*