Biography

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.

Known For

The Little Mermaid

Sebastian (voice)

Dinosaur

Kron (voice)

Bird

Dizzy Gillespie

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Sebastian (voice)

The Little Mermaid Live!

Sebastian (archive footage) (voice)

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Self

Me and Him

Paramedic 1