
Wright King
Department: Acting
Biography
Wright Thornburgh King (January 11, 1923 – November 25, 2018) was an American stage, film and television actor whose career lasted for over forty years. He is best known for playing Jason Nichols in the television series Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961).
Known For

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951

Day is Done
1955

Invasion of the Bee Girls
1973

House Made of Dawn
1972

The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959

The Young Guns
1956

Hot Rod Rumble
1957

The Bold and the Brave
1956

Dangerous Charter
1962

Stagecoach To Fury
1956

Shadow Over Elveron
1968

Planet of the Apes
1968

The Andersonville Trial
1970

Journey Through Rosebud
1972

Friendly Persuasion
1956

We Learn About The Telephone
1965

Cast a Long Shadow
1959

King Rat
1965

Along Came a Spider
1970

Finian's Rainbow
1968

Nightmare
1974

The Spell
1977

The Macahans
1976

Cheyenne
1955

Captain Video and His Video Rangers
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Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The F.B.I.
1965

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The Twilight Zone
1959

Mannix
1967

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

Studio One
1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Twilight Zone
1959

Outlaws
1960

Rawhide
1959

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

The Outcasts
1968

The Fugitive
1963

Lancer
1968

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

McCloud
1970

Hazel
1961

Bronco
1958

Judd for the Defense
1967

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Navy Log
1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Sugarfoot
1957

The Texan
1958

Johnny Ringo
1959

Telephone Time
1956

The Fugitive
1963

Bronk
1975

Logan's Run
1977

Maverick
1957

The F.B.I.
1965

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Perry Mason
1957

The Invaders
1967

The Critical List
1978

The Rebel
1959