Ben Wright
British actor (1915-1989) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Benjamin Huntington Wright was an English actor. He was best known for playing Herr Zeller in The Sound of Music. He also played numerous roles in famous films and worked as voice actor, having roles in animated films by Disney Studios such as One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid.
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1989Died2 July 1989
The Little MermaidFilm, 1989Grimsby (voice)1980
Turnover SmithFilm, Franz Gerhardt1976
The Bionic WomanSeries1972
Emergency!Series
All My Darling DaughtersFilm, 1972Carter1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of HumanitiesFilm1967
IronsideSeries, Dr. Leon Chaffee
The Jungle BookFilm, 1967Rama (voice)1965
Get SmartSeries, Hillary
My Blood Runs ColdFilm, 1965Lansbury1963
The FugitiveSeries, Dr. Ferguson1962
Combat!Series, Count De Gontran
Mutiny on the BountyFilm, 1962Graves (uncredited)1960
My Three SonsSeries1959
Journey to the Center of the EarthFilm, Paisley1958
Peter GunnSeries
Villa!!Film, 1958Francisco Madero1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Paul Overland
23 Paces to Baker StreetFilm, 19561954
Hell and High WaterFilm, BBC Announcer (uncredited)1953
The Desert RatsFilm, Mick1951
DragnetSeries1947
The ExileFilm, Milbanke1915Born5 May 1915
The Little MermaidFilm, 1989Grimsby (voice)1980Turnover SmithFilm, Franz Gerhardt1976The Bionic WomanSeries1972Emergency!SeriesAll My Darling DaughtersFilm, 1972Carter1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of HumanitiesFilm1967IronsideSeries, Dr. Leon ChaffeeThe Jungle BookFilm, 1967Rama (voice)1965Get SmartSeries, HillaryMy Blood Runs ColdFilm, 1965Lansbury1963The FugitiveSeries, Dr. Ferguson1962Combat!Series, Count De GontranMutiny on the BountyFilm, 1962Graves (uncredited)1960My Three SonsSeries1959Journey to the Center of the EarthFilm, Paisley1958Peter GunnSeriesVilla!!Film, 1958Francisco Madero1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Paul Overland23 Paces to Baker StreetFilm, 19561954Hell and High WaterFilm, BBC Announcer (uncredited)1953The Desert RatsFilm, Mick1951DragnetSeries1947The ExileFilm, Milbanke1915Born5 May 1915People around Ben
Close ties
Robert Wise Directed The Sand Pebbles and The Desert Rats
Henry Hathaway Directed Prince Valiant (1954)
Charles Brackett Produced Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Henry Koster Directed D-Day the Sixth of June (1957)
Colin Kenny Also in My Fair Lady (1964)
Billy Wilder Directed Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
David Weisbart Produced These Thousand Hills and Jump into Hell
Alan Napier Also in My Fair Lady and Moonfleet
Otto Waldis Also in Prince Valiant and The Exile
Richard Burton Also in Cleopatra and The Desert Rats
James Mason Also in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Jerry Goldsmith Wrote The Sand Pebbles and The Prize
Elsa Lanchester Also in Witness for the Prosecution and Arnold
Anna Lee Also in The Sound of Music (1965)
Michael Rennie Also in Prince Valiant and The Desert Rats
Richard Haydn Also in The Sound of Music (1965)
Ian Wolfe Also in Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Bess Flowers Also in Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Torin Thatcher Also in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Parley Baer Also in The Addams Family and The Outer Limits
Lester Matthews Also in The Prize, The Desert Rats and Moonfleet
Noel Drayton Also in Botany Bay (1952)
J. Pat O'Malley Also in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)- Edward Small Produced Operation Bottleneck (1961)
Known for
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Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
The Sound of Music 1965
The Little Mermaid 1989
The Jungle Book 1967
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
155 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1989 · aged 74
