Ralph Wright

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Ralph Wright
Academy Award for Animated Short Film
Born(1908-05-17)May 17, 1908
Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1983(1983-12-31) (aged 75)
Los Osos, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, actor, director, animation pioneer
Years active1931–1983
EmployerWalt Disney Animation Studios (1940-1983)
SpouseIrmgard Julia Wright (died 2011) (m. 1956–1983; his death)

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. He turned out to be a natural model for

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."[1]

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.

Credits

Everything that Ralph Wright worked on are by Walt Disney Productions except as noted.

Writer/Storyboard Team

Actor

Director

Miscellaneous crew

References

  1. ^ "MichaelBarrier.com -- Interviews: Frank Tashlin". MichaelBarrier.com -- Home. 1971-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-02.

External links

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