
Biography
Ralph Waldo Wright (May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983) was a Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who provided 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 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 "story board," a bulletin board pinned with sequential sketches of the cartoon's scenes. Early on, with Goofy's Glider and other "How To" cartoons, Ralph pioneered the story concept featuring a hero's failed attempt at achieving his goals. This technique is still in use today in most major animation studios. Warner Bros. Cartoons incorporated this premise into Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Sylvester and Tweety, and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. This highly reusable format proved to be wildly successful. In fact, full credit was attributed by Frank Tashlin interviewed by Michael Barrier in 2004: "That all came from a marvelous fellow who came from Tillamook, Oregon, a fellow by the name of Ralph Wright. He came down, and his pants were twelve inches too short for him, and he wore suspenders—he was out of the hills. But he had a crazy, crazy mind, almost as wild as Roy Williams, who is the best of all. Ralph did the first story of that type for Jack Kinney, called How to Ride a Horse. The Goof tried to stay on the horse—boom, off, another joke. That was the beginning of what still seems to be going on today. Then he and Kinney made more—a series of jokes, just one problem and working it out. It's like a symphony, with a theme and then the development of that theme."He spent the last 30 years of his life in San Luis Obispo County in Los Osos, California.
He died on the final day of 1983, at his home in Los Osos from a heart attack, at the age of 75.
Filmography
All 58
Movies 58
Writter 41
Director 3
Voice 1

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Dingo aux jeux olympiques (1992)

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

The Aristocats (1970)

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

The Jungle Book (1967)

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

Yellowstone Cubs (1963)

Salmon Loafer (1963)

Gay Purr-ee (1962)

Aquamania (1961)

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Perri (1957)

The Blue Men of Morocco (1957)

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? (1956)

On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends (1956)

Our Unsung Villians (1956)

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Siam (1954)

Don's Fountain of Youth (1953)

Peter Pan (1953)

Trick or Treat (1952)

Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)

R'Coon Dawg (1951)

Plutopia (1951)

Dude Duck (1951)

The Australian Platypus (1949)

Beside the Seaside (1948)

Early One Morning (1948)

The House-Cat (Felis Vulgaris) (1948)

The Cuckoo (1948)

Crazy with the Heat (1947)

Song of the South (1946)

No Sail (1945)

Donald's Crime (1945)

The Eyes Have It (1945)

The Three Caballeros (1944)

How to Be a Sailor (1944)

Victory Vehicles (1943)

Private Pluto (1943)

Bellboy Donald (1942)

How to Swim (1942)

The Olympic Champ (1942)

Saludos Amigos (1942)

El Gaucho Goofy (1942)

Donald's Garden (1942)

Bambi (1942)

The Art of Self Defense (1941)

The Art of Skiing (1941)

How to Ride a Horse (1941)

Goofy's Glider (1940)

Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)

Mickey's Polo Team (1936)

Peter Pan & Wendy
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Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1908-05-17
Deathday1983-12-30 (75 years old)
Place of birthGrants Pass, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asRalph Waldo Wright
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