Cast & creator
Samuel E. Wright
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order, Law & Order
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.
25
film credits
18
television credits
43
1976–2019 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (43)
Showing 43 of 43 credits
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Dubois
1990Law & Order
Defense Attorney Morris Stokely
1990Law & Order
Defense Attorney Jerome Osborn
1990
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan
1984
Simon & Simon
1981
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1989
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian (voice)
2001Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian
2001
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice)
1992
Marsupilami
Sebastian (voice)
1993
Dinosaur
Kron (voice)
2000
Jonny Zero
Dante
2005Jonny Zero
Jericho
2005
Enos
Turk Adams
1980
Raw Toonage
Sebastian (voice)
1992
Alex Haley's Queen
Alfred
1993Ball Four
1976
Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson
1991
Little Mermaid's Island
Sebastian (voice)
1990
The Little Mermaid Live!
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
2019
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie
1988
Me and Him
Paramedic 1
1988
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Sebastian (voice)
2000
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
Sebastian (voice)
2006
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Sebastian (voice)
2005Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self (achieve footage)
2006
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
1996
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)
1990
Hollow Image
Scottie
1979
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Morris
1986
Le marsupilami à New-York
Sebastian
2001Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson
1991
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
Sebastian
2001
Marsupilami - Le trésor du Marsupilami
Sebastian
2002
Marsupilami - Le rallye du Marsupilami
Sebastian
2001
Brass
Capt. Michael Shore
1985
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
Sebastian
1991
Marsupilami - Les marsupiades
Sebastian
2002
Sebastian's Party Gras
Sebastian
1991
Le marsupilami dans la Pampa
Sebastian
2001
Sebastian
Sebastian (Voice)
1993
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Sebastian (voice)
2008