Wright, Max 1943(?)–

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Wright, Max 1943(?)-

PERSONAL

Original name, George Wright; born August 2, 1943 (some sources cite 1942), in Detroit, MI; son of George Herman Wright; married, wife's name, Linda, 1965; children: Ben, Daisy. Education—Attended Wabash College and Wayne State University; studied drama at National Theatre School, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Avocational Interests: Gardening.

Career:

Actor. Member of company at Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1969-70, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1969-70, 1971-72, and Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1970-72; also appeared in productions at Cherry County Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Olney Theatre, Pennsylvania State Festival, Purchase College Summerfest, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Appeared in commercials.

Awards, Honors:

Theatre World Award, 1979, for Once in a Lifetime; Joe A. Callaway Award, Actors' Equity Association, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, both best actor, 1991, and Drama Desk Award nomination, all for Ivanov.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Movies:

Etienne, In Fashion, 1974.

Red Alert, 1977.

Dr. Mengele, Playing for Time, CBS, 1980.

Shakespeare director, For Ladies Only, NBC, 1981.

Dr. Boone, Dangerous Company, CBS, 1982.

Secretary, The Boy Who Loved Trolls, 1984.

Code Name: Foxfire (also known as Slay It Again, Sam), 1985.

Stan Clark, Scandal Sheet (also known as The Devil's Bed), ABC, 1985.

Dr. Al Monford, Konrad, 1985.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Liberty, NBC, 1986.

Howard Haldane, Going to the Chapel (also known as Wedding Day and Wedding Day Blues), NBC, 1988.

Bill Spencer, White Mile, HBO, 1994.

Herman Mandelbrot, A Mother's Gift (also known as A Lantern in Her Hand), CBS, 1995.

Dr. Jonas Reilly, Dead by Midnight, ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Series:

Richard "Dick" Stetmeyer, Misfits of Science, ABC, 1985-86.

Willie Tanner, ALF, NBC, 1986-94.

Paul, Dudley, CBS, 1992-93.

Max Denby, The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 1999-2001.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Scientist, Space (also known as James A. Michener's "Space"), CBS, 1985.

Herbert Denninger, The Stand (also known as Stephen King's "The Stand"), ABC, 1994.

Guenter Wendt, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Judge Rhodes, You Are the Jury, NBC, 1987.

Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, or What You Will (also known as Twelfth Night), PBS, 1998.

(In archive footage) Brilliant but Cancelled, Trio, 2002.

Willie Tanner, "Original Un-aired Pilot," ALF, 2004.

Norm's uncle, Back to Norm, Comedy Central, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Jimbo, I Gave at the Office, NBC, 1984.

Dick Stetmeyer, Misfits of Science, 1985.

Leon Pakulski, The Faculty, ABC, 1986.

Darby, The Watcher, UPN, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mr. Ambrose, "The Road Not Taken: Part 2," Taxi, 1982.

Frank Bartman, "Pills," WKRP in Cincinnati, 1982.

Frank Bartman, "Circumstantial Evidence," WKRP in Cincinnati, 1982.

Dr. Robert Chase, "Hart of Diamonds," Hart to Hart, 1982.

Mr. Bundle, "Trick or Treat," Tales from the Dark Side, syndicated, 1983.

Karl Shub, "Jerry Lewis Week," Buffalo Bill, NBC, 1984.

Karl Shub, "Company Ink," Buffalo Bill, NBC, 1984.

Karl Shub, "The Tap Dancer," Buffalo Bill, NBC, 1984.

"Less Miserables," After MASH, 1984.

Marvin Brock, "Mr. Fix-it," E/R, 1984.

Bernard, "Midlife Cowboy," Benson, 1985.

Jim Fleener, "Strange Bedfellows: Parts 1 & 2," Cheers, 1986.

Prince Heinrick, "The Dancing Princesses," Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's "Faerie Tale Theatre"), 1987.

Gerald Yelverton, "The Taxman Cometh," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1991.

Mr. Brinker, "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store: Part 1," Ghostwriter, PBS, 1992.

Doc Kinman, "Trilogy, Part 1: One Little Heart—August 8, 1955," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1992.

Justice Reynolds, "Sophie's Big Decision," The Powers That Be, 1992.

Marshall Corwin, "All the Life that's Fit to Print," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1993.

Mr. Cole, "Shove It up Your Aspirin," Roc (also known as Roc Live), Fox, 1993.

Terry, "The One Where Underdog Gets Away," Friends, NBC, 1994.

Terry, "The One with the Baby on the Bus," Friends, NBC, 1995.

Jackson Bishop, "Some Call Them Beasts," The John Larroquette Show (also known as Larroquette), NBC, 1996.

Mayor Mike Garfield, "Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog," Early Edition, CBS, 1996.

Herman Gass, "Change Partners," High Incident, ABC, 1997.

Elevator man, "Season Opener," Mad About You, NBC, 1998.

Emile Janasek, "Protecting the Source," LateLine, ABC, 1999.

Drew's stomach, "Drew's Stomachache," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1999.

Mayor Bud Griffin, "Stan Hooper Goes to Washington," A Minute with Stan Hooper, Fox, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Mr. Coates, German officer, and reporter, The Great White Hope, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1968-70.

Murderer, Public Prosecutor Is Sick of It All, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1972.

Tom, Arena Stage, 1973-74.

Inherit the Wind, Arena Stage, 1973-74.

Long Day's Journey Into Night, Arena Stage, 1975.

The Recruiting Officer, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1977.

The Ghost Sonata, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1977.

Terra Nova, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1977.

Parker, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1977.

Yepikhodor and Semyon Panteleyevich, The Cherry Orchard, New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1977.

Lawrence Vail, Once in a Lifetime, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1978.

Arnold Glickman, father, Jack, and trooper, Stages, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, The Inspector General, American Repertory Theatre, Circle in the Square, 1978-79.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1979.

Happy End, American Repertory Theatre, 1979.

Alderman, bearer, citizen, lord, soldier, and second murderer, King Richard III, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Leo, Lunch Hour, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1980-81.

Owen Glendower, Henry IV, Part One, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1981.

The Front Page, Long Wharf Theatre, 1981.

Second man, For No Good Reason/Childhood, Samuel Beckett Theatre, then Harold Clurman Theatre, both New York City, 1985.

Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1998.

Pavel Lebedev, Ivanov, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1998.

Christopher Sly, The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1999.

Film Appearances:

Joshua Penn, All That Jazz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979.

Second commuter, Last Embrace, United Artists, 1979.

Leon Hundertwasser, Simon, Orion, 1980.

Floyd Dell, Reds, Paramount, 1981.

Floor manager, The Sting II, Universal, 1983.

Millard Tvedt, Fraternity Vacation, New World, 1985.

Dr. Aronson, Soul Man (also known as The Imposter), New World, 1986.

Lester, Touch and Go, TriStar, 1986.

Berger, The Shadow, Universal, 1994.

County health inspector, Grumpier Old Men (also known as Grumpy Old Men 2), 1995.

Horace Whaley, Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1999.

Robin Starveling, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Sogno di una notte di mezza estate), Fox Searchlight, 1999.

Zaddock Pratt, Easter, Anima Sola Productions/G-Force Productions/Off Line Entertainment Group, 2000.