Ralph Wright

Writer

Born: May 17, 1908
Died: December 31, 1983 (age 75)
From: Grants Pass, Oregon, USA

Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who is best known for providing the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular Winnie-the-Pooh franchise. Wright came to the studio in the 1940s, and became well known throughout the ensuing decades for his endearingly gloomy and sullen personality traits as well as his bass voice. He turned out to be a natural model for Eeyore when the studio…

Filmography (8)

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
Eeyore (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Eeyore (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Eeyore (voice)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Gloomy Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Eeyore (voice)
Perri (1957)
Director
The Blue Men of Morocco (1957)
Director
Siam (1954)
Director