About
Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who is best known for providing the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular Winnie-the-Pooh franchise. Wright came to the studio in the 1940s, and became well known throughout the ensuing decades for his endearingly gloomy and sullen personality traits as well as his bass voice. He turned out to be a natural model for Eeyore when the studio began development on Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He, along with his fellow Disney contemporaries, was a pioneer in the use of "gags" within cartoons, often acted out in front of the "story board," a bulletin board pinned with sequential sketches of the cartoon's scenes. This technique is still in use today in most major animation studios. He spent the last 30 years of his life in San Luis Obispo County in Los Osos. He died at his home in Los Osos, CA from a heart attack. -Wikipedia
Known for
Sleeping BeautyMovie • 1959
Popeye the SailorSeries • 1960
The AristocatsMovie • 1970
The Jungle BookMovie • 1967
Lady and the TrampMovie • 1955
Peter PanMovie • 1953
The Mr. Magoo ShowSeries • 1960
BambiMovie • 1942
The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohMovie • 1977
Saludos AmigosMovie • 1942
The Three CaballerosMovie • 1944
Bedknobs and BroomsticksMovie • 1971
Song of the SouthMovie • 1946
Lambert the Sheepish LionMovie • 1952
Trick or TreatMovie • 1952
The Art of SkiingMovie • 1941
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeMovie • 1966
Don's Fountain of YouthMovie • 1953
PerriMovie • 1957
Gay Purr-eeMovie • 1962
AquamaniaMovie • 1961
Donald's Dog LaundryMovie • 1940
No SailMovie • 1945
Donald's GardenMovie • 1942