How old was Samuel E. Wright in the movie Bird?
Samuel E. Wright was 40 in Bird when he played the character 'Dizzy Gillespie'.
That was over 36 years ago in 1988.
In 2021 he died aged 74, starring in 12 films in his career, 11 of those after Bird was first released. If he were alive today he would be 77.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Bird, I think Samuel E. Wright looks:
Did you know?
- Director Clint Eastwood has worked with Samuel E. Wright a total of 2 times in his career.
- Samuel E. Wright's first movie was as 'Scottie' in Hollow Image, released in 1979 when he was 31
- Bird scores 6.9 out of 10 on TMDB.
