Biography
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
Wrote 46
2000s
- 2002
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Scenario Writer
1990s
- 1992
Goofy at the Olympic Games
Writer
1970s
- 1977
Halloween Hall o' Fame
Story
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Story
- 1967
- 1966
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Story
- 1963
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google
Writer
- 1961
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
Writer
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Rusty and the Falcon
Teleplay
- 1957
The Blue Men of Morocco
Writer
All About Magic
Writer
- 1956
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Writer
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
Writer
- 1955
- 1954
Siam
Writer
- 1953
Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities
Writer
- 1952
- 1951
R'Coon Dawg
Story
Plutopia
Story
1940s
- 1947
Crazy with the Heat
Story
- 1946
- 1945
No Sail
Story
Donald's Crime
Story
The Eyes Have It
Story
- 1944
- 1943
Victory Vehicles
Writer
Private Pluto
Story
- 1942
Donald's Garden
Story
- 1941
The Art of Self Defense
Writer
- 1940
Acted in 6
1980s
- 1983
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Eeyore (voice)
1960s
- 1968
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Eeyore (voice)
- 1967
- 1966
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Eeyore (voice)
Winnie the Pooh
Eeyore · 3 episodes
Directed 3
1950s
- 1957
The Blue Men of Morocco
Director
- 1954
Siam
Director
Other crew 1
1960s
- 1962
Visual effects 1
1940s
- 1941
The Art of Self Defense
Animation