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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-11-20 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Camden, South Carolina, USA

Samuel E. Wright

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

Acting

2019

The Little Mermaid Live! as Sebastian (voice)

2008

2006

2005

2002

2001

Disney's House of Mouse as Sebastian (voice)

2000

Dinosaur as Kron (voice)

1993

Marsupilami as Sebastian (voice)

1992

The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)
Raw Toonage as Sebastian (voice)

1991

Separate but Equal as Artis Patterson

1990

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Dubois
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn

1989

The Little Mermaid as Sebastian (voice)

1988

Bird as Dizzy Gillespie
Me and Him as Paramedic 1
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser as Self - Narrator (voice)

1986

1985

Brass as Capt. Michael Shore

1984

The Cosby Show as Dr. Dan Morgan

1981

1980

Enos as Turk Adams

1979

Hollow Image as Scottie

1976

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Little Mermaid's Island as Sebastian (voice)