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  • Ben Wright
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  • Ben Wright wrote and sang the song Summer Sunday from Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
  • Ben Wright wrote the song Summer Sunday for Thomas and the Magic Railroad and performed it with Dominic Gibbeson, Dominic Goundar, Rob Jenkins and Gerard McLachan.
  • Ben Wright (May 5, 1915 – July 2, 1989) was an English actor mostly known for his roles in The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady. He voiced Roger Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Rama in The Jungle Book, and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid.
  • Ben Wright (1915-1989) was an accomplished veteran of sound, stage, and screen on two continents. Series fans will remember him from his appearances in The Kommandant Dies at Dawn and The Big Gamble, in both of which he played Major Feldkamp (a part originated by Howard Caine). A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England, Wright temporarly left his calling to serve in the British Army's Royal Rifle Corps during World War II. He got his start in acting during the heyday of radio, where he quickly became known for his mastery of dialects and voices. In the televison era, his command of foreign dialects assured him a steady stream of acting jobs, usually playing British or German characters in the many World War II related shows of the 1960s and 1970s. He retired in th
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  • Muriel Roberts-Wright
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  • Wright, Ben
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Years Active
  • 1936(xsd:integer)
Date of Death
  • 1989(xsd:integer)
Cause of Death
  • Heart failure post-surgery
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
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  • Actor and voice actor
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Date of Birth
  • 1915(xsd:integer)
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  • 20(xsd:integer)
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  • Ben Wright wrote and sang the song Summer Sunday from Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
  • Ben Wright (1915-1989) was an accomplished veteran of sound, stage, and screen on two continents. Series fans will remember him from his appearances in The Kommandant Dies at Dawn and The Big Gamble, in both of which he played Major Feldkamp (a part originated by Howard Caine). A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England, Wright temporarly left his calling to serve in the British Army's Royal Rifle Corps during World War II. He got his start in acting during the heyday of radio, where he quickly became known for his mastery of dialects and voices. In the televison era, his command of foreign dialects assured him a steady stream of acting jobs, usually playing British or German characters in the many World War II related shows of the 1960s and 1970s. He retired in the 1970s from all save the occasional voice acting stint. His final role was providing the voice of Grimsby in the Disney animated feature The Little Mermaid. Wright died of heart failure on July 2, 1989, after failing to recover from quadruple heart bypass surgery.
  • Ben Wright wrote the song Summer Sunday for Thomas and the Magic Railroad and performed it with Dominic Gibbeson, Dominic Goundar, Rob Jenkins and Gerard McLachan.
  • Ben Wright (May 5, 1915 – July 2, 1989) was an English actor mostly known for his roles in The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady. He voiced Roger Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Rama in The Jungle Book, and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid. During the production of The Little Mermaid, nobody knew that Ben had provided the voice of Roger in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and he had to tell them that he played the character. The role of Grimsby was the last role that he ever played before his death on July 2, 1989 from heart failure after having heart surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California at the age of 74.
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