
Michael Townsend Wright
Acting
Biography
Has acted in film, television, theater, nightclubs, cabaret and a medicine show.
Place of Birth: Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Known For

Jazzy for Joe
Talk show legend Joe Franklin discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep.

Pizza with Bullets
A sickly Mob Don's obsession that a pizza parlor owner is his missing long lost son.

The Rat Pack
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is gaining exposure as an opening act for the other three. The Pack becomes complete when Sinatra reconciles with actor Peter Lawford, who has been ostracized since being seen out publicly with Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner.

Funny Pages
A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

Lansky
Organized crime boss Meyer Lansky remembers his life as he is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the USA have put out an extradition order for him.

Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell
Deranged projectionist Mad Ron shows a movie theater full of rowdy zombies a diverse assortment of horror and exploitation film trailers from his private collection while ventriloquist Nick Pawlow and his foul-mouthed zombie dummy Happy Goldsplatt provide lowbrow comic relief.

Fior Di Latte
In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer vacation. As he grows increasingly obsessed with chasing the high of the past, his present life unravels.

The Life and Times of Charlie Putz
Faux-vaudeville comedy

The Brothers Clifton
A simmering 40-year showbiz rivalry boils over in an Italian restaurant in New Jersey.
Filmography
as Ice Cream Man
as Barry
as Allen
as Himself
as The Undertaker
as Jake Lansky
as Walter Winchell
as Zombie