Person
Ben Wright
Acting · 1915–1989 · London, England, UK
Biography
Benjamin Huntington Wright was an English actor. He was best known for playing Herr Zeller in The Sound of Music. He also played numerous roles in famous films and worked as voice actor, having roles in animated films by Disney Studios such as One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid
Known for
Perry Mason
Walter Lumis
Dragnet
1951
Get Smart
Hillary
The Fugitive
Dr. Ferguson
The Twilight Zone
Chips
Ironside
Dr. Leon Chaffee
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mr. Sutherland
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Irving Berman
Cannon
1971
My Three Sons
1960
Filmography
- 2019The Little Mermaid Live!Grimsby (archive footage) (voice)
- 1990Hiroshima: Out of the AshesTom Reese
- 1989The Little MermaidGrimsby (voice)
- 1982Tales of the Gold Monkey
- 1980Turnover SmithFranz Gerhardt
- 197779 Park AvenueDr Lovash
- 1977The Rhinemann ExchangeDr. Azevedo
- 1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book IIDr. Baluda
- 1976The Bionic Woman
- 1975Ellery Queen
- 1975SwitchEric Von Strauss
- 1974The Six Million Dollar ManIves
- 1973ArnoldJonesy
- 1973Terror in the Wax MuseumFirst Constable
- 1973The StrangerDoctor
- 1972Chandar, the Black Leopard of CeylonNarrator (voice)
- 1972All My Darling DaughtersCarter
- 1972ProbeKurt van Niestat
- 1972Emergency!
- 1971Cannon
- 1971Raid on RommelAdmiral
- 1969TopazFrench Officer (uncredited)
- 1969Wake Me When the War Is OverPolice Officer
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968The Outsider
- 1968Way Down CellarEthan Marcus
- 1967The Jungle BookRama (voice)
- 1967Hondo
- 1967The Guns of Will SonnettDoctor
- 1967The Second Hundred YearsPackard
- 1967IronsideDr. Leon Chaffee
- 1967The InvadersEmissary
- 1966The Fortune CookieDoctor
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleDr. Irving Berman
- 1966Jericho
- 1966Occasional Wife
- 1966The MonkeesGrandfather
- 1966The Rat PatrolColonel Voss
- 1966The Time TunnelCabinet Minister
- 1966That Girl
- 1966Tarzan
- 1966Munster, Go Home!Hennessy
- 1965The F.B.I.Captain Tillman
- 1965Get SmartHillary
- 1965Hogan's HeroesCount Rudolf von Heffernick
- 1965The Wild Wild West
- 1965The Sound of MusicHerr Zeller
- 1965My Blood Runs ColdLansbury
- 1964The Addams FamilyMr. Rudolpho
- 1964The RoguesConstable Huggins
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreCasino Manager
- 1963Burke's LawAlan Rycroft
- 1963The FugitiveDr. Ferguson
- 1963The Outer LimitsGen. Benton
- 1963Arrest and TrialMr. Van DeHeuven
- 1963A Gathering of Eagles
- 1963CleopatraNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1962Mutiny on the BountyGraves (uncredited)
- 1962Combat!Count De Gontran
- 1962Stoney Burke
- 1962General Electric True
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourMr. Sutherland
- 1962The VirginianMoore
- 1961Judgment at NurembergHalbestadt
- 1961Straightaway
- 1961The New BreedFrank Andrews
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961Dr. KildareDr. Van Zandt
- 1961Operation BottleneckManders
- 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansRoger (voice)
- 1961One Must Die
- 1960Peter Loves MaryMr. Parker
- 1960My Three Sons
- 1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowDr. Bradnar Lee
- 1959Journey to the Center of the EarthPaisley
- 1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareMike Duncan
- 1959The Detectives
- 1959The UntouchablesVictor Green (uncredited)
- 1959Adventures in ParadisePolice Lieutenant
- 1959The RebelTom
- 1959The Twilight ZoneChips
- 1959RiverboatMr. Shaftoe
- 1959One Step BeyondExecutioner
- 1959Black SaddleDawes Trugnet
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958Villa!!Francisco Madero
- 1958Peter Gunn
- 1957Witness for the ProsecutionBarrister Reading Charges (uncredited)
- 1957Kiss Them for MeBritish Pilot (uncredited)
- 1957Until They SailDefense Attorney (uncredited)
- 1957The Walter Winchell File
- 1957Perry MasonWalter Lumis
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveMaxwell
- 1957Pharaoh's CurseWalter Andrews
- 1957So Soon to DieHarold Bond
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatrePaul Overland
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1956Johnny ConchoBenson
- 195623 Paces to Baker Street
- 1956Telephone Time
- 1955Desert SandsCommandant Captain (uncredited)
- 1955CrusaderBratesque
- 1955GunsmokeMr. Ross
- 1954Hell and High WaterBBC Announcer (uncredited)
- 1953The Desert RatsMick
- 1952Botany BayDeck Officer Green
- 1952Terry and the Pirates
- 1952Cavalcade of America
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseJeweler
- 1952China Smith
- 1952Dangerous AssignmentDuval
- 1951Dragnet
- 1947The ExileMilbanke
- —Now Is TomorrowThe Doctor
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