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Ralph Wright (other)
Ralph Wright (1908–1983) was an American animator. Ralph Wright may also refer to: * Ralph Wright (American football) (1908–1976), American football player * Ralph Wright (footballer) (1947–2020), English footballer * Ralph G. Wright (born 1935), American politician {{hndis, Wright, Ralph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Wright
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. Biography 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. Shortly after World War II, Wright came to England to serve as an animation supervisor for ''Animaland'' in David Hand's Gaumont-British Animation studio in Cookham. He returned to the United States shortly after the studio's closure in 1950. In his later years, he turned out to be a natural model for Eeyore when the studio began development on ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree''. Wright, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Wright (American Football)
Ralph B. "Babe" Wright (January 16, 1908 – August 3, 1976) was an American football player. He played college football at Kentucky from 1929 to 1931. He was captain of the 1931 Kentucky team and was selected as the best tackle of the year by a committee of 10 southern sports editors. He later played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle for the Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brook ... in 1933. He appeared in six NFL games during the 1933 season. References 1908 births 1976 deaths American football tackles Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Kentucky Wildcats football players People from Union County, Kentucky Players of American football from Kentucky {{US-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Wright (footballer)
Ralph Wright (3 August 1947 – 7 June 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Active in England and the United States, Wright made over 200 appearances in an 8-year career. Career Born in Newcastle, Wright played professionally in England and the United States for Spennymoor United, Norwich City, Bradford Park Avenue, Hartlepool United, Stockport County, Bolton Wanderers, Southport, the New York Cosmos, the Miami Toros and the Dallas Tornado The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas, Texas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981. Of the twelve teams that comprised the U.S. in 1967, the Tornado franchise played the longest–15 seasons. T .... Wright died on 7 June 2020. References 1947 births 2020 deaths English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |