Max Wright (born George Edward Maxwell Wright, August 2, 1943 - June 26, 2019) was an American actor best known for ALF (1986-1990), All That Jazz (1979), and A Midsummer Nights Dream (1999).
He was married to Linda Ybarrondo and they had two children.
Wright died of lymphoma in 2019 at the age of 75.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1974: Lincoln Trial By Fire as Horace Greeley
- 1979: Last Embrace as Second Commuter
- 1979: All That Jazz as Joshua Penn
- 1980: Simon as Leon Hundertwasser
- 1980: Playing For Time as Dr. Mengele
- 1981: For Ladies Only as Shakespeare Director
- 1981: Reds! as Floyd Dell
- 1982: Dangerous Company as Dr. Boone
- 1983: The Sting II as Floor Manager
- 1984: The Boy Who Loved Trolls as Secretary
- 1985: Scandal Sheet as Stan Clark
- 1985: Fraternity Vacation as Millard Tvedt
- 1985: Konrad as Dr. Al Monford
- 1986: Liberty as Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
- 1986: Touch And Go as Lester
- 1986: Soul Man as Dr. Aronson
- 1988: Going To The Chapel as Howard Haldane
- 1994: White Mile as Bill Spencer
- 1994: The Shadow as Berger
- 1995: A Mothers Gift as Herman Mandelbrot
- 1995: Grumpier Old Men as County Health Inspector
- 1997: Dead By Midnight as Dr. Jonas Reilly
- 1998: Twelfth Night Or What You Will as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream as Robin Starveling
- 1999: Snow Falling on Cedars as Horace Whaley
- 2002: Easter as Zaddock Pratt
- 2005: Back To Norm as Uncle Joe
Television Roles
- 1974: Great Performances as Etienne
- 1982: Hart to Hart as Dr. Robert Chase
- 1982: WKRP in Cincinnati as Frank Bartman
- 1982: Open All Night as Jeremy 'Duke Dizzy Zoot' Howe
- 1982: Taxi as Mr. Ambrose
- 1983: Tales from the Darkside as Mr. Bundle
- 1983-1984: Buffalo Bill as Karl Shub
- 1984: AfterMASH as Burt Philbrick
- 1984: ER as Marvin Brock
- 1985: Benson as Bernard
- 1985-1986: Misfits of Science as Dick Stetmeyer
- 1986: Cheers as Jim Fleener
- 1986: Comedy Factory as Leon Pakulski
- 1986-1990: ALF as Willie Tanner
- 1987: You Are The Jury as Judge Rhodes
- 1987: Faerie Tale Theatre as Prince Heinrick
- 1991: Murder, She Wrote as Gerald Yelvertone
- 1992: Who's the Boss? as Dr. Wormser
- 1992: Ghostwriter as Mr. Brinker
- 1992: Quantum Leap as Doc Kinman
- 1992: The Powers That Be (1992) as Justice Reynolds
- 1993: Dudley as Paul
- 1993: Murphy Brown as Marshall Corwin
- 1993: Roc as Mr. Cole
- 1994: The Stand as Dr. Herbert Denninger
- 1994: Monty as Wild, Wild Willy
- 1994-1995: Friends as Terry (2 episodes)
- 1996: The John Larroquette Show as Jackson Bishop
- 1996: Early Edition as Mayor Mike Garfield
- 1996: Aaahhreal Monsters as Herbie Hinkle
- 1996: High Incident as Gass
- 1998: From the Earth to the Moon as Guenter Wendt
- 1998: Mad About You as Man in Elevator
- 1999: The Drew Carey Show as Drew's Stomach
- 1999-2001: The Norm Show as Max Denby
- 2003: A Minute With Stan Hooper as The Mayor