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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.
Filmography13 titles
The Little Mermaid
1989as Sebastian (voice)
1989as Sebastian (voice)
Law & Order
1990as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
1990as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988as Self - Narrator (voice)
1988as Self - Narrator (voice)
Queen
1993as Alfred
1993as Alfred
The Little Mermaid
1992as Sebastian (voice)
1992as Sebastian (voice)
The Cosby Show
1984as Dr. Dan Morgan
1984as Dr. Dan Morgan
Bird
1988as Dizzy Gillespie
1988as Dizzy Gillespie
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
2019as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008as Sebastian (voice)
2008as Sebastian (voice)
Simon & Simon
1981
1981
Dinosaur
2000as Kron (voice)
2000as Kron (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000as Sebastian (voice)
2000as Sebastian (voice)
Separate but Equal
as Artis Patterson
as Artis Patterson