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Will Wright

American character actor

Will Wright was an American actor frequently cast in Westerns and as a curmudgeonly, argumentative old man. Over his career he played more than 200 film and television roles, with credits including They Live by Night (1948), All the King's Men (1949) and The Wild One (1953).

Will Wright appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1948 to 1953. Most of that work is in crime, drama and thriller. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Jay C. Flippen (2).

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What movies and TV shows has Will Wright been in?
Will Wright appears in The Wild One (1953), House by the River (1950), All the King’s Men (1949) and They Live by Night (1948) on The Remote.
When was Will Wright born?
Will Wright was born on 26 March 1891.

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