Years active 1973–2008 Name Samuel Wright | Role Film actor | |
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Born November 20, 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-11-20 ) Camden, South Carolina, United States Occupation Actor, voice actor, singer Albums Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, Sebastian: Party Gras! Nominations Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Movies and TV shows The Little Mermaid, The Little Mermaid II: Return to, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Be, Dinosaur, Bird Similar People Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Kenneth Mars, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Ron Clements | ||
Samuel e wright on his role as sebastian in the little mermaid madamenoire
Samuel E. Wright is an American film and theatre actor and singer. He is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the main vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur.
Contents
- Samuel e wright on his role as sebastian in the little mermaid madamenoire
- Interview with actor samuel e wright little mermaid the lion king dinosaur and more
- Career
- Music
- Discography
- Filmography
- References
Interview with actor samuel e wright little mermaid the lion king dinosaur and more
Career
Wright was nominated for a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Tap Dance Kid and again in 1998 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's animated classic of the same name. Wright played Enos' partner Turk in the TV series Enos and originated the part of "Sam" in Over Here! on Broadway. He also played the part of Jericho on the short-lived Fox TV show Jonny Zero.
Music
Wright has performed and recorded several songs for the Walt Disney animated film The Little Mermaid, as Sebastian the Crab, and is most known for the songs "Under the Sea", and "Kiss the Girl". He released a soul music record in 1973, "There's Something Funny Going On" b/w "Three Hundred Pounds of Hungry" on the Paramount label.
Discography
Filmography
Actor
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Arcade Frenzy (Video Game) as
Sebastian (voice)
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The Little Mermaid DVD Read-Along (Video short) as
Sebastian (voice)
2008
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (Video) as
Sebastian (voice)
2005
Jonny Zero (TV Series) as
Jericho / Dante
- Man Up (2005) - Dante
- Diamonds & Guns (2005) - Jericho
- To Serve and to Protect (2005) - Jericho
- Bounty (2005) - Jericho
- Lost and Found (2005) - Jericho
- La Familia (2005) - Jericho
- No Good Deed (2005) - Dante
2001
House of Mouse (TV Series) as
Sebastian
- House of Magic (2003) - Sebastian (voice)
- Pluto vs. Figaro (2003) - Sebastian (voice, credit only)
- Ask Von Drake (2003) - Sebastian (voice)
- Where's Minnie? (2002) - Sebastian (voice, credit only)
- Max's Embarrassing Date (2002) - Sebastian (voice)
- The Mouse Who Came to Dinner (2001) - Sebastian (voice)
2000
Disney's Activity Center: The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (Video Game) as
Sebastian (voice)
2000
Dinosaur (Video Game) as
Kron (voice)
2000
Dinosaur as
Kron (voice)
2000
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (Video) as
Sebastian (voice)
1994
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Morris Stokely / Dubois / Jerome Osborn
- Trade This (2000) - Morris Stokely
- Entrapment (1997) - Dubois
- Competence (1994) - Jerome Osborn
2000
The Little Mermaid II (Video Game) as
Sebastian (voice, as Sam Wright)
1999
Giggles (Video) as
Sebastian (voice)
1997
The Lion King as
Mufasa
1997
Ariel's Story Studio (Video Game) as
Sebastian (voice)
1997
New York Undercover (TV Series) as
Gil Jefferson
- Fade Out (1997) - Gil Jefferson
1992
The Little Mermaid (TV Series) as
Sebastian
- A Little Evil (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- Ariel's Treasures (1994) - Sebastian
- The Beast Within (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- Heroes (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- Land of the Dinosaurs (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- Island of Fear (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- King Crab (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- Scuttle (1994) - Sebastian (voice)
- T'ank You for Dat, Ariel (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Metal Fish (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Tail of Two Crabs (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Giggles (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Wish Upon a Starfish (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Against the Tide (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Save the Whale (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Calliope Dreams (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Resigned to It (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Eel-Ectric City (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Trident True (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Beached (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Red (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Thingamajigger (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- The Evil Manta (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Marriage of Inconvenience (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Charmed (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Message in a Bottle (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Double Bubble (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Urchin (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Stormy (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- The Great Sebastian (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
- Whale of a Tale (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
1993
Marsupilami (TV Series short) as
Sebastian
- Royal Foil/Flambe, Bombe/Jungle Fever (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Cropsy Turvy/A Crabby Honeymoon/Safari So Good (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- A Spotless Record/A Boy and His Crab/Mars vs. Man (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Thorn O' Plenty/Basic Insting/Witch Doctor Is Which? (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Wizard of Mars/TV Jeebies/The Puck Stops Here (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Hole in Mars/Crab Scouts/The Treasure of the Sierra Marsdre (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Normzan of the Jungle/Room Service/Bath Time for Maurice (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
- Working Class Mars/King of the Beach/The Hairy Ape (1993) - Sebastian (voice)
1993
Strapped (TV Movie) as
Dave
1993
Queen (TV Mini Series) as
Alfred
- Episode #1.3 (1993) - Alfred
- Episode #1.1 (1993) - Alfred
1992
Raw Toonage (TV Series short) as
Sebastian
- Draining Cats and Dogs/Mars vs. Man (1992) - Sebastian (voice)
1992
Ariel: The Little Mermaid (Video Game) as
Sebastian (voice)
1990
Little Mermaid's Island (TV Series) as
Sebastian
- Tell the Truth (1991) - Sebastian (voice)
- Sebastian's Birthday (1990) - Sebastian (voice)
1991
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree (Video short) as
Sebastian / Self
1991
Separate But Equal (TV Mini Series) as
Artis Patterson
- Separate But Equal: Part Two (1991) - Artis Patterson
- Separate But Equal: Part One (1991) - Artis Patterson (credit only)
1990
Disney Ariel and the Mysterious World Above (Read-Along) (Short) as
Sebastian (voice)
1989
The Little Mermaid as
Sebastian (voice)
1989
Men (TV Series) as
Rev. Williams
- When the Wind Blows (1989) - Rev. Williams
1988
Me and Him as
Paramedic 1
1988
Bird as
Dizzy
1988
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) as
Dave Watkins
- Company Man (1988) - Dave Watkins
1986
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Morris
- The Gift of Amazing Grace (1986) - Morris (as Sam Wright)
1986
Simon & Simon (TV Series) as
Luke 'Lucky' Brown
- Act Five (1986) - Luke 'Lucky' Brown
1986
The Cosby Show (TV Series) as
Dr. Dan Morgan
- Close to Home (1986) - Dr. Dan Morgan
1985
Brass (TV Movie) as
Capt. Michael Shore
1983
All My Children (TV Series) as
Bill Fisher
- Episode #1.3625 (1983) - Bill Fisher (credit only)
- Episode #1.3581 (1983) - Bill Fisher
- Episode dated 22 April 1983 (1983) - Bill Fisher (as Sam Wright)
1982
The Neighborhood (TV Movie) as
Moving Man
1980
Enos (TV Series) as
Officer Turk Adams
- Forever Blowing Bubbles (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Pistol Packing Enos (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- The Shaming of the Shrew (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- The Moonshiners (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Cops at Sea (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Once and Fur All (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- The Hostage (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- The Head Hunter (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Horse Cops (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- One Daisy Per Summer (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- The House Cleaners (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Snow Job (1981) - Officer Turk Adams
- Grits and Greens Strike Again (1980) - Officer Turk Adams
- Blu Flu (1980) - Officer Turk Adams
- Where's the Corpus? (1980) - Officer Turk Adams
- Uncle Jesse's Visit (1980) - Officer Turk Adams
- Enos (1980) - Officer Turk Adams
1979
Hollow Image (TV Movie) as
Scottie
1976
Ball Four (TV Series) as
C. B. Travis / C.B. Travis
- Closet-Phobia (1976) - C.B. Travis
- What's a Nice Watch Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1976) - C. B. Travis (as Sam Wright)
- A Quiet Day at the Iroquois Hotel (1976) - C. B. Travis (as Sam Wright)
- High-Flying Rookie (1976) - C. B. Travis (as Sam Wright)
- The Unpractical Joke (1976) - C. B. Travis (as Sam Wright)
- Work in Progress (1976) - C. B. Travis (as Sam Wright)
Music Department
1994
Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus (Video short) (vocalist: Animal Calypso)
Soundtrack
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Spyral (Documentary) (performer: "Under The Sea") (post-production)
2017
Cannonball (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4 (2017) - (performer: "Under the Sea" - uncredited)
2016
Atop the Fourth Wall (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- More Fun Comics #73: Aquaman (2016) - (performer: "Under the Sea")
2008
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (Video) (performer: "Jump in the Line")
2000
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (Video) (performer: "Down to the Sea", "Here on the Land and Sea")
1994
Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus (Video short) (performer: "Animal Calypso")
1992
The Little Mermaid (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Giggles (1993) - (performer: "The Sound of Laughter")
- Resigned to It (1993) - (performer: "Never Give Up")
- Red (1992) - (performer: "Dis Is De Life")
- Whale of a Tale (1992) - (performer: "You Got To Be You")
1989
The Little Mermaid (performer: "Under the Sea" (1989), "Kiss the Girl" (1989) - uncredited)
Thanks
2021
AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast (Podcast Series) (dedicatee - 1 episode)
- Powerpuff Pilot Problem (2021) - (dedicatee)
1998
Under the Sea: The Making of Disney's Masterpiece 'The Little Mermaid' (Video documentary short) (thanks)
Self
2000
Dinosaur: The Making of (Video documentary short)
1998
Under the Sea: The Making of Disney's Masterpiece 'The Little Mermaid' (Video documentary short) as
Self
1998
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1996
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (TV Special) as
Self
1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
1984
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special) as
Self
1984
The 38th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1983
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special) as
Self
1974
The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
1973
Broadway (TV Movie) as
Self
1972
The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
Archive Footage
2019
The Little Mermaid Live! (TV Movie) as
Sebastian
2010
Disney Sing It: Family Hits (Video Game) as
Sebastian
2008
That Fellow in the Coat (TV Series) as
Sebastian
- The Top 11 Greatest Disney Songs (2008) - Sebastian
2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (Video documentary) as
Self
2006
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess (Video short) as
Sebastian
2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Enchanted Tea Party (Video short) as
Sebastian
1996
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy (Video short) as
Sebastian
1992
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (Video documentary) as
Sebastian
1990
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea (Video short) as
Sebastian
References
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