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Biography

Thomas Wright Thornberg King was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma in 1923. Wright was always interested in acting; after high school, he was studying to…more

Born

1/11/1923, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Deputy Sheriff Jason Nichols (eps 57-68)
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Medicine Man
    11/23/60
  - S 3: Ep 8 To the Victor
    11/9/60
  - S 3: Ep 7 Surprise Witness
    11/2/60
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Showdown
    10/26/60
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Twain Shall Meet
    10/19/60
  - + 28 More Credits
- Captain Video And His Video Rangers
  Midshipman Bascomb
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Return of Tobor
    12/6/54
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Star Smugglers
    11/15/54
  - S 6: Ep 17 The Invisible Planet
    10/4/54
  - S 6: Ep 14 Outlaws of the Asteroids
    8/2/54
  - S 6: Ep 12 The Enemy From Within
    4/12/54
  - + 15 More Credits
- Johnny Jupiter
  Ernest P. Duckweather
Recurring Role (10)

Role
- Gunsmoke
  Lon Jensen
  - S 11: Ep 7 The Bounty Hunter
    10/30/65
- Gunsmoke
  Lon Ginnis
  - S 9: Ep 19 No Hands
    2/8/64
- Gunsmoke
  Bud Groves
  - S 8: Ep 11 Abe Blocker
    11/24/62
- Gunsmoke
  Rod Ellison
  - S 6: Ep 38 Colorado Sheriff
    6/17/61
- Gunsmoke
  Hi Stevens
  - S 6: Ep 28 Little Girl
    4/1/61
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Deputy Sheriff Jason Nichols (eps 57-68)
  - S 3: Ep 3 Journey for Josh
    10/5/60
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Cure
    9/28/60
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Trial
    9/21/60
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Jason Nichols
  - S 2: Ep 32 Pay-Off at Pinto
    5/21/60
  - S 2: Ep 31 Prison Trail
    5/14/60
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Inheritance
    4/30/60
  - S 2: Ep 29 Death Divided by Three
    4/23/60
  - S 2: Ep 28 Vendetta
    4/9/60
  - + 7 More Credits
- Gunsmoke
  Romey Crep
  - S 5: Ep 14 False Witness
    12/12/59
- Gunsmoke
  Joe Digger
  - S 3: Ep 8 Born to Hang
    11/2/57
- Gunsmoke
  Ben Walling
  - S 1: Ep 4 Home Surgery
    10/8/55
Guest Star (78)

Role
- How the West Was Won
  Infantry Captain
  - S 2: Ep 1 2/12/78
    2/12/78
- Logan's Run
  Jonathan
  - S 1: Ep 10 Carousel
    1/16/78
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Judas Goat (aka Wake The Dead)
    12/19/77
- Police Woman (1978)
  Marston
  - S 4: Ep 8 Death Game
    12/21/77
- Logan's Run
  Jonathon
  - S 1: Ep 0 Logan's Run
    9/16/77
- McCloud
  Carter
  - S 6: Ep 4 Three Guns for New York
    11/23/75
- Bronk
  Guest Star
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Joe Smiley
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Toothpaste Millionaire
    11/27/74
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Lester Stauson
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
    11/8/73
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Unknown
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
    11/8/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Color of Respect
    2/10/72
- Lancer
  Zack Blake
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Knot
    3/18/69
- The Outcasts
  Fred Willard
  - S 1: Ep 16 Act of Faith
    2/10/69
- Mannix
  Jonathan Webber
  - S 2: Ep 10 Night Out of Time
    12/7/68
- Judd for the Defense
  J.W. Roe
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Death Farm
    11/1/68
- Mannix
  Hartigan
  - S 1: Ep 16 License to Kill---Limit Three People
    1/13/68
- The Invaders
  Ed Tonkin
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Condemned
    5/9/67
- The F.B.I.
  SAC Parker
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Camel's Nose
    12/11/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Joe Penny
  - S 3: Ep 22 Running Scared
    2/22/66
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Major Coefield
  - S 2: Ep 15 Target 802
    12/27/65
- The F.B.I.
  Scott Boles
  - S 1: Ep 12 An Elephant is Like a Rope
    12/5/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Dr. Baines
  - S 1: Ep 10 Submarine Sunk Here
    11/16/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Chaplain
  - S 1: Ep 28 A Cruel and Unusual Night
    6/4/64
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Dave
  - S 1: Ep 27 Never Stop Running
    3/31/64
- Perry Mason
  Sidney Weplo
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
    12/12/63
- Rawhide
  Collie Quade
  - S 6: Ep 8 Incident of the Rawhiders
    11/14/63
- The Twilight Zone
  Hecate
  - S 4: Ep 14 Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
    4/11/63
- The New Loretta Young Show
  Priest
  - S 1: Ep 25 When You Are Near
    3/11/63
- Margie
  Bradford
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Professional Man
    4/12/62
- Perry Mason
  Lee Gregson
  - S 5: Ep 20 The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal
    2/10/62
- Bronco
  Allen Miller
  - S 4: Ep 5 Harrigan
    12/25/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Alejandro
  - S 5: Ep 13 A Knight to Remember
    12/9/61
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Will Norris
  - S 6: Ep 10 Man of Another Breed
    12/2/61
- Outlaws
  Sondberg
  - S 2: Ep 9 No Luck on Friday
    11/30/61
- Hazel
  Leroy
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hazel Makes a Will
    10/5/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Cull
  - S 4: Ep 33 Brother's Keeper
    5/6/61
- The Twilight Zone
  Paul Carson
  - S 2: Ep 26 Shadow Play
    5/5/61
- Outlaws
  Little Dick
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Bill Doolin Story
    3/2/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Lane Kilmer
  - S 3: Ep 39 The Search
    6/18/60
- Johnny Ringo
  Junior Kavalo
  - S 1: Ep 28 Judgement Day
    4/14/60
- This Is The Life
  Paul Brandt
  - S 8: Ep 24 Red Tape
    2/21/60
- The Rebel
  Woody
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Vagrants
    12/20/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Joe Hooker
  - S 2: Ep 13 No Trail Back
    11/28/59
- David Niven Show
  Harry Nichols
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Vengeance
    6/30/59
- Sugarfoot
  Wolf Wilkes
  - S 2: Ep 20 Wolf
    6/9/59
- Playhouse 90
  Riley
  - S 3: Ep 34 The Rank and File
    5/28/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Seth Blake
  - S 1: Ep 36 Amos Carter
    5/9/59
- Tombstone Territory
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 9 Warrant for Death
    5/8/59
- David Niven Show
  David
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Promise
    5/5/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Gyppo
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Chase
    4/11/59
- The D.A.'s Man
  Lima
  - S 1: Ep 14 Jail Watch
    4/11/59
- The Texan
  MacKernin
  - S 1: Ep 10 Desert Passage
    12/1/58
- The Walter Winchell File
  Fisher
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Night Prowlers
    7/9/58
- Loretta Young Show
  Father Moore
  - S 5: Ep 27 South American Uncle
    5/4/58
- Loretta Young Show
  Chuck Hendricks
  - S 5: Ep 24 Thanks to You
    4/13/58
- Cheyenne
  The Kiowa Kid
  - S 3: Ep 14 Ghost of the Cimarron
    3/25/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Jimmy O'Riley
  - S 1: Ep 16 Helen of Abajinian
    12/28/57
- Maverick
  Rick
  - S 1: Ep 8 Hostage
    11/10/57
- Boots and Saddles
  Private Bennett
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Obsession
    10/3/57
- You Are There
  Charley Ball
  - S 5: Ep 8 The End of the Dalton Gang
    5/12/57
- Cheyenne
  Blaney Wilcox
  - S 2: Ep 15 Born Bad
    3/26/57
- Navy Log
  Thack
  - S 2: Ep 15 Thack Weaves a Trap
    1/23/57
- Telephone Time
  Hans
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
    5/6/56
- Cheyenne
  Frank Endicott
  - S 1: Ep 11 Quicksand
    4/3/56
- Conflict
  Endicott
  - S 1: Ep 29 Cheyenne: Quicksand
    4/3/56
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  2nd Soldier
  - S 1: Ep 2 Day is Done
    10/12/55
- Navy Log
  Joey
  - S 1: Ep 4 Home is the Sailor
    10/11/55
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 15 One Hill, One River
    1/5/55
  - S 8: Ep 7 The World and the Werners
    11/10/54
  - S 7: Ep 44 The Man Most Likely
    6/30/54
  - S 6: Ep 30 The New Servant
    4/22/53
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Shadow of Willie Greer
    5/30/54
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Tender Age
    2/24/52
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 38 The Paris Feeling
    6/22/53
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Paris Feeling
    12/31/51
  - S 3: Ep 44 Lonely Boy
    6/25/51
  - S 3: Ep 36 Portrait by Rembrandt
    4/30/51
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 20 Expectant Relations
    6/21/53
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Nervous Wreck
    10/27/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Danny
  - S 1: Ep 18 Night Must Fall
    8/18/52
- Danger
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Hands Of The Enemy
    2/12/52
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Net Draws Tight
    2/13/51
- Suspense
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 22 Death Drum
    1/29/52
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Doctor Serocold
    1/6/52
- Out There (1951)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Sense of Wonder
    11/11/51
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Stolen City
    5/28/51
  - S 1: Ep 21 Valley Forge
    2/23/51
- The Trap
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lonely Boy
    5/6/50

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Wright King

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Guest Star (78)

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