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Ralph Wright was a Disney animator and story writer who voiced Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. He also pioneered the use of gags and storyboards in cartoons and worked on many classic Disney films.
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Ralph Waldo Wright was an American actor, story/storyboard writer, director, and animation pioneer, who, for Disney, was best known for providing the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular Winnie the Pooh franchise. Wright came to the studio circa in 1940 and became well-known throughout the ensuing decades for his endearingly gloomy and sullen personality traits, as well as his notable bass voice. He turned out to be a natural model for Eeyore when the studio began development on Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
He, along with his fellow Disney contemporaries, was a pioneer in the use of "gags" within cartoons, often acted out in front of the "storyboard", a bulletin board pinned with sequential sketches of the cartoon's scenes. This technique is still in use today in most major animation studios. He spent the last 30 years of his life in San Luis Obispo County. He loved his grandchildren dearly and spent many hours teaching them to see the minute details in life, which were extraordinarily fascinating and humorous to him. He died at his home in Los Osos, California from a heart attack.
•Goofy's Glider - 1940 - Animator, story
•The Art of Self Defense - 1941 - Animator, story
•How to Ride a Horse - 1941 - Writer/storyboard team
•Saludos Amigos - 1942 - Writer/storyboard team
•Bambi - 1942 - Story developer
•The Three Caballeros - 1944 - Writer
Ralph Wright was an American actor, story/storyboard writer, director, and animation pioneer who voiced Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. He also worked on many other Disney films, such as Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, and The Jungle Book.
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Ralph Wright (1908-1983) was a Disney animator and voice actor, best known for playing Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. He also wrote and directed several shorts and features, such as Perri and The Blue Men of Morocco.
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- Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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- Los Osos, California, USA
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May 11, 2017 · The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentences Thursday of Ralph Wright Jr., exonerating the former Air Force sergeant of the 2007 killings in St. Petersburg of his...
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Ralph Wright was a writer and actor who voiced characters in Disney animated films such as Winnie the Pooh, Perri and Lady and the Tramp. He was born in 1908 in Oregon, USA, and died in 1983 in California, USA.
- May 17, 1908
- December 30, 1983
Jul 27, 2017 · Ralph Wright Jr., a former Air Force airman, becomes the 27th death row inmate in Florida to be exonerated. Wright was exonerated for the 2007 murder of his girlfriend and their baby son in St. Petersburg.
Jan 13, 2020 · Ralph Wright originated the voice of Eeyore for Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree in 1966. Learn more about the actors who have voiced the gloomy donkey in different Disney projects, including Brad Garrett and Jim Cummings.
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