Ben Wright
Known for Acting · 116 credits
- Born
- 1915-05-05
- Died
- 1989-07-02
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ben H. Wright
Biography
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
Known For
TV Shows (73)
Perry Mason
1957
as Walter Lumis / Crawford Wright / Clarence Keller
The Fugitive
1963
as Dr. Ferguson
Ironside
1967
as Dr. Leon Chaffee / Mr. Hawkins
Dragnet
1951
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Dr. Irving Berman / Kleister
Get Smart
1965
as Hillary
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mr. Sutherland / Tony Niles / Dr. Norton
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Count Gaspar di Cassals / Will Harvey
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Chips / Captain Wilbur / Doctor
The Virginian
1962
as Moore / McCabe
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Count Rudolf von Heffernick / General Felix Mercer
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Ives / Benno Reichert
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Van Zandt / Mr. Baker
Emergency!
1972
My Three Sons
1960
Combat!
1962
as Count De Gontran / Boulange
The F.B.I.
1965
as Captain Tillman
Ben Casey
1961
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Jeweler
The Untouchables
1959
as Victor Green (uncredited) / Jacques Villon
The Wild Wild West
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Paul Overland / Doc Tyler
Burke's Law
1963
as Alan Rycroft
The Outer Limits
1963
as Gen. Benton / Elder of Luminos / Philip Exeter Dundee
Cannon
1971
The Invaders
1967
as Emissary
That Girl
1966
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Henri Delain / Dr. Benjamin Gregg (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mr. Ross / Drummer / Walt / Calmers / Dan Binny / Sgt. Pickens / Harris / Colonel / Father Tom / Birger Engdahl
Peter Gunn
1958
One Step Beyond
1959
as Executioner / Captain George Davis
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Police Lieutenant / Dr. Jameson
Switch
1975
as Eric Von Strauss
The Addams Family
1964
as Mr. Rudolpho
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Casino Manager / German Commandant
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Cabinet Minister
The Detectives
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Tom / Dan Wicks / Eberhart
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Maxwell
Tarzan
1966
The Mod Squad
1968
Black Saddle
1959
as Dawes Trugnet / Frank Everettes / Paul Miller
Cavalcade of America
1952
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Mr. Van DeHeuven
Ellery Queen
1975
Telephone Time
1956
The Monkees
1966
as Grandfather
Riverboat
1959
as Mr. Shaftoe
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Dr. Bradnar Lee
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Doctor
The Rogues
1964
as Constable Huggins
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Stoney Burke
1962
The New Breed
1961
as Frank Andrews
The Outsider
1968
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Colonel Voss / Col. Jameson
Hondo
1967
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Dr. Baluda
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
Movies (43)
The Little Mermaid
1989
as Grimsby (voice)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Herr Zeller
The Jungle Book
1967
as Rama (voice)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Roger (voice)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Barrister Reading Charges (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1963
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Halbestadt
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
as Paisley
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
as First Constable
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Graves (uncredited)
Topaz
1969
as French Officer (uncredited)
The Desert Rats
1953
as Mick
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
as Grimsby (archive footage) (voice)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as Mike Duncan
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Doctor
Raid on Rommel
1971
as Admiral
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
Arnold
1973
as Jonesy
Botany Bay
1952
as Deck Officer Green
Probe
1972
as Kurt van Niestat
Hell and High Water
1954
as BBC Announcer (uncredited)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Tom Reese
Munster, Go Home!
1966
as Hennessy
Until They Sail
1957
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Kiss Them for Me
1957
as British Pilot (uncredited)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
as Police Officer
Desert Sands
1955
as Commandant Captain (uncredited)
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
The Stranger
1973
as Doctor
Villa!!
1958
as Francisco Madero
Pharaoh's Curse
1957
as Walter Andrews
Operation Bottleneck
1961
as Manders
The Exile
1947
as Milbanke
Turnover Smith
1980
as Franz Gerhardt
Johnny Concho
1956
as Benson
Way Down Cellar
1968
as Ethan Marcus
All My Darling Daughters
1972
as Carter
My Blood Runs Cold
1965
as Lansbury
One Must Die
1961
Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Now Is Tomorrow
as The Doctor
So Soon to Die
1957
as Harold Bond
About Ben Wright
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 With 116 credits spanning from 1947 to 2019, Ben Wright has appeared in 43 films and 73 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ben Wright Movies
- The Little Mermaid (1989) — as Grimsby (voice)
- The Sound of Music (1965) — as Herr Zeller
- The Jungle Book (1967) — as Rama (voice)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — as Roger (voice)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — as Barrister Reading Charges (uncredited)
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