Actor
Samuel E. Wright
Born 1946 · Camden, South Carolina, USA
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.
Acting
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice) · 1989
Dinosaur
Kron (voice) · 2000
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Sebastian (voice) · 2000
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Dubois · 1990
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Sebastian (voice) · 2008
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian (voice) · 1992
The Cosby Show
Dr. Dan Morgan · 1984
Bird
Dizzy Gillespie · 1988
Disney's House of Mouse
Sebastian (voice) · 2001
The Little Mermaid Live!
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice) · 2019
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1988
Alex Haley's Queen
Alfred · 1993
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self · 1996
Raw Toonage
Sebastian (voice) · 1992
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Sebastian (archive footage) (voice) · 1990
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
Sebastian (voice) · 2006
Separate But Equal
Artis Patterson · 1991
Marsupilami
Sebastian (voice) · 1993
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Sebastian (voice) · 2005
Le Marsupilami à Hollywood
Sebastian · 2001
Enos
Turk Adams · 1980
Little Mermaid's Island
Sebastian (voice) · 1990
Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
Sebastian · 1991
Separate but Equal
Artis Patterson · 1991