Samuel E. Wright

★ Acting #5,083

1946 - 2021 (age 74) • Acting

Born: 11/20/1946 in Camden, South Carolina, USA

Died: 5/24/2021 (age 74)

Known for: Acting

Samuel E. Wright

★ Acting #5,083

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

74%

Sebastian (voice)

1989

Dinosaur

66%

Kron (voice)

2000

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

64%

Sebastian (voice)

2000

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

67%

Sebastian (voice)

2008

The Little Mermaid

70%

Sebastian (voice)

1992

Law & Order

73%

Defense Attorney Morris Stokely / Defense Attorney Dubois / Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn

1990

The Cosby Show

70%

Dr. Dan Morgan

1984

Bird

69%

Dizzy Gillespie

1988

The Little Mermaid Live!

67%

Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

2019

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

67%

Sebastian (voice)

2008

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

80%

Self (achieve footage)

2006

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess

82%

Sebastian (voice)

2006

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

80%

Sebastian (voice)

2005

Jonny Zero

53%

Unknown

2005

Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami

Sebastian

2002

Marsupilami - Les marsupiades

Sebastian

2002

Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami

Sebastian

2001

Le marsupilami dans la Pampa

Sebastian

2001

Le marsupilami à New-York

Sebastian

2001

Le Marsupilami à Hollywood

75%

Sebastian

2001

Disney's House of Mouse

77%

Sebastian (voice)

2001

Dinosaur

66%

Kron (voice)

2000

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

64%

Sebastian (voice)

2000

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

100%

Self

1996

Marsupilami

57%

Sebastian (voice)

1993

Alex Haley's Queen

70%

Alfred

1993

Raw Toonage

85%

Sebastian (voice)

1992

The Little Mermaid

70%

Sebastian (voice)

1992

Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree

70%

Sebastian

1991

Sebastian's Party Gras

Sebastian

1991

Separate but Equal

65%

Artis Patterson

1991

Separate but Equal

60%

Artis Patterson

1991

Little Mermaid's Island

62%

Sebastian (voice)

1990

Law & Order

73%

Defense Attorney Morris Stokely / Defense Attorney Dubois / Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn

1990

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

81%

Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

1990

The Little Mermaid

74%

Sebastian (voice)

1989