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Ralph Wright (May 17, 1908 - March 20, 1988). Wright was a 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 began development on Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He died in Salem, Oregon, from a stroke.

Disney credits

Writer/storyboard team

• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) (story)
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974)
• Rogue's Rock (1974) TV Series (writer)
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (animation story)
• The Aristocats (1970)
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) (story)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
• The Wonderful World of Disney (3 episodes, 1957-1964)
• All About Magic (1957) TV Episode (writer)
• Yellowstone Cubs (1963)
• Gay Purr-ee (1962)
• Aquamania (1961) (story)
• Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959) (additional story)
• Perri (1957)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• Siam (1954)
• Don's Fountain of Youth (1953) (story)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Trick or Treat (1952) (story)
• R'coon Dawg (1951) (story)
• Plutopia (1951) (story)
• Dude Duck (1951) (story)
• Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1951) (story)
• Crazy with the Heat (1947) (story)
• Song of the South (1946) (cartoon story)
• Donald's Crime (1945) (story)
• The Eyes Have It (1945) (story)
• The Three Caballeros (1944)
• Saludos Amigos (1942)

Actor

• Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) (voice) .... Eeyore
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) (voice) .... Eeyore
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) (voice) .... Eeyore
• The Jungle Book (1967) (voice) .... Gloomy Elephant
• Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) (voice) .... Eeyore

Director

• Perri (1957)
• Siam (1954)

Miscellaneous crew

• Bambi (1942) (story developer)
• The Art of Self Defense (1941) (animator)
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) (performer: "Hip Hip Pooh-ray!")

External links

• Ralph Wright at the Internet Movie Database

Winnie-the-Pooh Books When We Were Very Young (1924) · Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) · Now We Are Six (1927) · The House at Pooh Corner (1928) · Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009) Characters Winnie-the-Pooh · Piglet · Tigger · Christopher Robin · Rabbit · Eeyore · Kanga · Roo · Owl · Gopher · Heffalump · Woozle · List Storybook classical stories Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) · Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) · Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) · Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) Feature films and DTV The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)  · Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981)  · Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) · Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) · The Tigger Movie (2000) · Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) · Piglet's Big Movie (2003) · Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) · Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) · Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) · My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) Television Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) · The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) · The Book of Pooh (2001–2002) · My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–present) Specials Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) · Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996) · A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) · Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You (1999) Video games Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood · Tigger's Honey Hunt · Piglet's Big Game · Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure · Ready to Read with Pooh · Kingdom Hearts Songs "Winnie the Pooh" (1966) · "Up, Down and Touch the Ground" (1966) · "Mind Over Matter" (1966) · "Rumbly in My Tumbly" (1966) · "A Rather Blustery Day" (1968) · "When the Rain Rain Rain Came Down" (1968) · "Little Black Rain Cloud" (1968) · "Heffalumps and Woozles" (1968) · "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!" (1968) · "The Wonderful Things About Tiggers" (1974) · "I Hum to Myself" (1983) · "Just Say, 'Yes I Can'" (1983) · "The Right Side" (1983) · "You're the Only You" (1983) · "Try a Little Something New" (1983) · "Ev'ry Season Has A Reason" (1999) · "Someone Like Me" (2000) · "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce" (2000) · "Pooh's Lullabee" (2000) · "How To Be A Tigger" (2000) · "Round My Family Tree" (2000) · "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" (2000) People A. A. Milne · Christopher Robin Milne · Sherman Brothers · Jim Cummings · Peter Dennis · Walt Disney · Sterling Holloway · Paul Winchell · Yevgeny Leonov  · E. H. Shepard · Shirley Slesinger Lasswell · Stephen Slesinger · David Benedictus Related articles Ashdown Forest · Bother! The Brain of Pooh · Hundred Acre Wood · Methuen & Co. Ltd. · More Songs from Pooh Corner · Poohsticks · Return to Pooh Corner · The Tao of Pooh · The Te of Piglet · Winnipeg the Bear Category ·  Wikiquote ·  Commons ·  Wikinews