Wright made his west coast film debut in 1940 "Blondie Plays Cupid". In 1942, he provided the voice of Friend Owl in Walt Disney's animated film "Bambi". Wright also had roles in "Shadow of the Thin Man" (1941), "The Major and the Minor" (1943), "So Proudly We Hail!" (1943), "Road to Utopia" (1946), "Mother Wore Tights" (1947), "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948), "Little Women" (1949), "Walk Softly, Stranger" (1950), "Sunset in the West" (1950), "People Will Talk" (1951), "The Happy Time" (1952), "River of No Return" (1954), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1955), "Jeanne Eagels" (1957), and "Gunman's Walk" (1958).