Max Wright

Actor

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Birth Place

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born

August 02, 1943

Biography

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Prolific character player of TV and some films best known as the high-strung father of a suburban family that shelters an irascible alien visitor in their home on the hit sitcom "ALF" (NBC, 1986-90). With his light hair, slight build, spectacles and lined, worried-looking face, Wright seems born to play nervous accountants, as he did well in "Trick or Treat" (syndicated, 1983), the pilot...

Filmography

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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Robin Starveling

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Dead By Midnight (1997)

A Mother's Gift (1995)

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

Photos & Videos

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Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Epstein, Rats And Chickens

Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Get The Fluids?

Family & Companions

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Linda Wright

Wife

Biography

Prolific character player of TV and some films best known as the high-strung father of a suburban family that shelters an irascible alien visitor in their home on the hit sitcom "ALF" (NBC, 1986-90). With his light hair, slight build, spectacles and lined, worried-looking face, Wright seems born to play nervous accountants, as he did well in "Trick or Treat" (syndicated, 1983), the pilot for "Tales From the Darkside." As nervous station manager Karl Shub, he had to deal with the outrageous on- and off-air antics of "Buffalo Bill" (NBC, 1983-84), Dabney Coleman's churlish TV personality. On "Misfits of Science" (NBC, 1985-86), Wright was the director of an institute that studied the extraordinary powers of the teen protagonists while uneasily tolerating their amateur crime fighting activities. He demonstrated a capability for expressing a darker side as the Nazi Dr. Mengele in the acclaimed TV-movie "Playing for Time" (CBS, 1980). Wright has also appeared in small character roles in a variety of features including "All That Jazz" (1979), "Reds" (1981) and "The Shadow" (1994).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Robin Starveling

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Dead By Midnight (1997)

A Mother's Gift (1995)

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

White Mile (1994)

The Shadow (1994)

Wedding Day Blues (1988)

Touch and Go (1986)

Soul Man (1986)

Fraternity Vacation (1985)

Scandal Sheet (1985)

The Sting II (1982)

Dangerous Company (1982)

For Ladies Only (1981)

Playing for Time (1980)

Last Embrace (1979)

All That Jazz (1979)

Cast (Special)

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1998)

You Are the Jury (1987)

The Faculty (1986)

I Gave at the Office (1984)

Tales From the Darkside (1983)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Stephen King's The Stand (1994)

James A. Michener's "Space" (1985)

Life Events

1979

Feature acting debut, Jonathan Demme's "Last Embrace"

1980

TV-movie debut, portrayed Dr. Mengele in "Playing for Time", an acclaimed CBS docudrama scripted by Arthur Miller and starring Vanessa Redgrave

1993

Cast as a regular on "Dudley", a short-lived sitcom vehicle for Dudley Moore

1997

Returned to Broadway as co-star of "Ivanov"; earned raves for his performance

Videos

Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Epstein, Rats And Chickens Austin Pendleton as Becker leads the team at the comical “Institute For Advanced Concepts” in flattering professor Alan Arkin (title character) into believing he’s being brought on as a colleague, rather than a test subject, introducing Madeline Kahn as Dr. Mallory with a powerful pitch, in writer-director Marshall Brickman’s Simon, 1980.

Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Get The Fluids? Madeline Kahn as scheming Dr. Malllory, with her colleagues at the unglued “Institute For Advanced Concepts” (William Finley, Austin Pendleton, and Wallace Shawn as Eric Van Dongen) confirms she’s collected bodily fluids from Alan Arkin, the unwitting title character, the professor they’re planning to brainwash, who believes he’s conducting his own research, with a sensory deprivation tank, in Marshall Brickman’s Simon, 1980.

Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Institute For Advanced Concepts Opening narration by James Dukas harkens Sleeper, 1973, which writer-director Marshall Brickman wrote with Woody Allen, and introduces Max Wright as Hundertwasser, Wallace Shawn as Van Dongen, Jayant as Barundi, William Finley as Fichlander and Austin Pendleton as the boss Becker, in Simon, 1980, starring Alan Arkin.

Simon (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Dare To Dream! At the unbridled “Institute For Advanced Concepts,” boss Becker (Austin Pendleton) introduces an idea, picked up by Hundertwasser (Max Wright), with help from Wallace Shawn, and Doris the computer (voice of Louise Lasser!), introducing Alan Arkin as the title character professor, director Marshall Brickman shooting on location at Columbia, in Simon, 1980.

Reds -- (Original Trailer) Warren Beatty directed and co-starred, with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Reds, 1981, the story of John Reed, the American Communist who is buried in the Kremlin.

Family

Daisy Wright

Daughter

Born c. 1969.

Ben Wright

Son

Born c. 1975.

Companions

Linda Wright

Wife

Bibliography

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