Samuel E. Wright

Wright was born on November 20, 1946, in Camden, South Carolina. He was a student at Camden High School, where he was involved with sports and the arts. ==Career==

In 1968, Wright moved to New York City to pursue his acting career full time. (1974). In addition, on Broadway, Wright replaced Ben Vereen as the Leading Player in Pippin He originated the role of Mayor Joe Clark in Mule Bone (1991). He was nominated for a Tony Award again in 1998 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's animated classic of the same name. Music and voice-over work Wright narrated the 1988 documentary film Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, produced by Clint Eastwood. Wright performed and recorded several songs for the Walt Disney Pictures animated film The Little Mermaid, as Sebastian the Crab, Wright also voiced Kron, the leader of the Iguanadon herd, Dinosaur, another Disney animated film. ==Personal life and death==

Wright met his wife Amanda Wright, a dance director, at a production of William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona in London's West End. Wright died from prostate cancer at his home in Walden, New York on May 24, 2021, aged 74. The cancer had been diagnosed three years earlier. ==Filmography==

Film Television Video games ==Theatre==

• Sebastian from The Little Mermaid (1990) • Sebastian: Party Gras! (1991) • The Little Mermaid: Songs from the Sea (1992) ==References==