Known for Acting
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
Born
May 5, 1915
Died
July 2, 1989 (age 74)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Filmography
44 films, 73 shows


The Little Mermaid Live!
2019 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Live musical performances by a star-studded cast will be interwoven into the broadcast of the animated classic.


Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at Hiroshima, during World War II.


The Little Mermaid
1989 · 1h 23m
country: United States
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.


Turnover Smith
1980 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A criminology professor uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to track down a crazed killer in San Francisco.


Arnold
1973 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.


Terror in the Wax Museum
1973 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Terrifying wax figures of renowned personalities, such as Attila the Hun and Jack the Ripper, surround the sale of a London museum.


The Stranger
1973 · 1h 34m
country: United States
An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.


Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
1972 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.


All My Darling Daughters
1972 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.


Probe
1972 · 1h 35m
country: United States
That hipster ring that special agent Hugh Lockwood wears? It's a camera, transmitting image and sound of his surroundings. It's also a scanner, detecting telltale changes in pulse or other biometric readings of himself and the people around him. This ring and more electronic devices -- some embedded -- keep Lockwood linked with Probe Control, where experts and banks of computers provide instant mission-critical warnings, intel, even language translations. In this pilot film for the short-lived series "Search," Lockwood is on a quest to recover priceless diamonds stolen by the Nazis during World War II.


Raid on Rommel
1971 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.


Topaz
1969 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.


Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · 1h 14m
country: United States
During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!


Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The pilot film for the long-run series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby's lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo, remaining as regulars.


Way Down Cellar
1968 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Three friends find a secret tunnel under the ruins of a church that leads them to the basement of a dilapidated house and, incidentally, a group of counterfeiters.


The Jungle Book
1967 · 1h 18m
country: United States
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.


The Fortune Cookie
1966 · 2h 5m
country: United States
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.


Munster, Go Home!
1966 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.


The Sound of Music
1965 · 2h 54m
country: United States
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.


My Blood Runs Cold
1965 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther.


A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A B-52 commander must prepare his men to pass a grueling inspection.


Cleopatra
1963 · 4h 11m
country: United Kingdom
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.


Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · 3h 5m
country: United States
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.


Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · 3h 11m
country: United States
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.


Operation Bottleneck
1961 · 1h 17m
country: United States
WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.


One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 · 1h 19m
country: United States
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.


One Must Die
1961 · 30m
country: United States
John Baylor is summoned to the home of a friend of his fathers. The man is dying and wishes to leave everything to one of his two daughters. John wants to find out why one daughter is excluded.


Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 · 2h 12m
country: United States
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.


The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.


Villa!!
1958 · 1h 12m
country: United States
Biographical south-of-the-border cowboy western adventure thriller of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa


Now Is Tomorrow
1958 · 30m
country: United States
"Now Is Tomorrow" was a pilot for a hosted series from Roncom Telefilms. A military captain is given a new assignment, the high-stress task of making a life-or-death decision for everyone on earth. One by one they wash out from the stress.


Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · 1h 56m
country: United States
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.


Kiss Them for Me
1957 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.


Until They Sail
1957 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.


Pharaoh's Curse
1957 · 1h 6m
country: United States
Archaeologists in Egypt find one of their crew has been turned into a blood sucking mummy after they have unleashed a three thousand year curse.


So Soon to Die
1957 · 1h 7m
country: United States
An unemployed actor, Lionel Amblin, is hired to kill a young girl before she reaches her 25th birthday. He becomes curious to know why someone would want her dead, and begins an investigation of the girl and her friends.


Massacre at Sand Creek
1956 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A fictionalized account of the infamous massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek by a militia unit led by an extremist Colonel.


Johnny Concho
1956 · 1h 24m
country: United States
In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!


23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.


Desert Sands
1955 · 1h 27m
country: United States
The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.


Hell and High Water
1954 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.


The Desert Rats
1953 · 1h 28m
country: United States
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.


Botany Bay
1952 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.


The Exile
1947 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.