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
Filmography
Cast Credits
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Character: Eeyore (voice)
MOVIE • 1983
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Character: Eeyore (voice)
MOVIE • 1977
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Character: Eeyore (voice)
MOVIE • 1968
The Jungle Book
Character: Gloomy Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1967
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Character: Eeyore (voice)
MOVIE • 1966
Crew
Crew Credits
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Role: Characters
MOVIE • 2019
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Role: Scenario Writer
MOVIE • 2002
Goofy at the Olympic Games
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1992
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1977
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1971
The Aristocats
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1970
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1968
The Jungle Book
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1967
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1966
Yellowstone Cubs
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1963
Snuffy Smith and Barney Google
Role: Writer
TV • 1963
Gay Purr-ee
Role: Additional Dialogue
MOVIE • 1962
Aquamania
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1961
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1961
Popeye the Sailor
Role: Writer
TV • 1960
Sleeping Beauty
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1959
Rusty and the Falcon
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 1958
Perri
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Perri
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1957
The Blue Men of Morocco
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957