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Samuel E. Wright

Acting Born Nov 20, 1946 Camden, South Carolina, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Dubois

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn

The Cosby Show

as Dr. Dan Morgan
Film

The Little Mermaid

as Sebastian (voice)

Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Dubois
  • Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
  • Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
  • The Cosby Show (1984) as Dr. Dan Morgan
  • Simon & Simon (1981)
  • Marsupilami (1993) as Sebastian (voice)
  • The Little Mermaid (1989) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Disney's House of Mouse (2001) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Disney's House of Mouse (2001) as Sebastian
  • The Little Mermaid (1992) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Dinosaur (2000) as Kron (voice)
  • Raw Toonage (1992) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Enos (1980) as Turk Adams
  • Alex Haley's Queen (1993) as Alfred
  • Jonny Zero (2005) as Dante
  • Jonny Zero (2005) as Jericho
  • Separate but Equal (1991) as Artis Patterson
  • Bird (1988) as Dizzy Gillespie
  • Me and Him (1988) as Paramedic 1
  • The Little Mermaid Live! (2019) as Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
  • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Little Mermaid's Island (1990) as Sebastian (voice)
  • Ball Four (1976)
  • Separate But Equal (1991) as Artis Patterson