Editing Max Wright (section)

==Career==
===Film and television===
Wright made supporting appearances on [[television show]]s such as ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]],''<ref name="Max Wright, 'Alf' Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75" /> and was a regular cast member on ''[[Misfits of Science]]'',<ref name="Max Wright, who played Willie Tanner on TV's 'ALF', dies at 75">{{cite web |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |date=June 27, 2019 |title=Max Wright, who played Willie Tanner on TV's 'ALF', dies at 75 |website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/06/27/max-wright-willie-tanner-alf-dies-after-cancer-battle-75/1578386001/ |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref> ''[[AfterMASH]]'',<ref name="ALF star Max Wright dead at 75: Cause of death linked to cancer">{{cite web |last=Didymus |first=John Thomas |date=June 27, 2019 |title=ALF star Max Wright dead at 75: Cause of death linked to cancer |website=Monsters & Critics |url=https://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/alf-star-max-wright-dead-at-75-cause-of-death-linked-to-cancer/ |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]'',<ref name=BBC_obit /> and ''[[The Norm Show]]'',<ref name="Max Wright, who played Willie Tanner on TV's 'ALF', dies at 75" /> and the made-for-TV [[The Stand (1994 miniseries)|adaptation]] of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]''.<ref name="ALF Star Max Wright Has Passed Away">{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Anne Victoria |date=June 26, 2019 |title=ALF Star Max Wright Has Passed Away |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/alf-star-max-wright-has-passed-away.html |access-date=July 2, 2019 |website=Vulture}}</ref> He appeared in the first and second seasons of the sitcom ''[[Friends]]'' as Terry, the manager of [[Central Perk]].<ref name=BBC_obit /> He played [[Günter Wendt]] in the 1998 [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''<ref name="Max Wright - TV Guide">{{cite web |title=Max Wright |website=[[TV Guide]] |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/max-wright/credits/190550/ |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref> and Dr. [[Josef Mengele]] in ''[[Playing for Time (film)|Playing for Time]]''.<ref name="Playing for Time - Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Playing for Time |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/playing_for_time_1980 |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref>

====''ALF''====
From 1986 to 1990, Wright appeared in the sitcom ''ALF'' as Willie Tanner, a typical father of a middle-class family, who finds an alien who has crash-landed on Earth. Despite becoming his best-known performance, the actor despised the role due to its huge technical demands and the fact that he, a human, played a supporting character for an "inanimate object". "It was hard work and very grim", he stated in a 2000 interview to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.<ref name="Alf: 1986-1990">{{cite web |title=Alf: 1986–1990 |website=People |url=https://people.com/archive/alf-1986-1990-vol-53-no-25/ |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> He was also, reportedly, very happy when the show was canceled in 1990. "I was hugely eager to have it over with", he said in the same interview. According to his co-star in the show, [[Anne Schedeen]], "there was one take, and Max walked off the set, went to his dressing room, got his bags, went to his car, and disappeared. Nobody had to say, 'Wrap,' and there were no goodbyes". However, Wright later admitted that as the years passed he looked back at ''ALF'' with less animosity and conceded that "It doesn't matter what I felt or what the days were like, ''ALF'' brought people a lot of joy."<ref name="Alf: 1986-1990" />

===Stage===
Wright also had a stage career. In 1968, he appeared in the original production of ''[[The Great White Hope]]'' at the [[Arena Stage]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Max Wright, 'Alf' Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75">{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=June 27, 2019 |title=Max Wright, 'Alf' Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/max-wright-alf-star-actor-dead-at-75-852869/ |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref> In 1998, he appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[Ivanov (play)|Ivanov]]'', which garnered him a [[Tony Award|Tony]] nomination,<ref name="Max Wright, 'Alf' Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75" /> and played Sir Andrew in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' at [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref name="Max Wright, Tony Nominee and Dad on TV's Alf, Dies at 75">{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=June 27, 2019 |title=Max Wright, Tony Nominee and Dad on TV's Alf, Dies at 75 |website=[[Playbill]] |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/max-wright-tony-nominee-and-dad-on-tvs-alf-dies-at-75 |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref> In 2007, he acted at the JET (Jewish Ensemble Theatre) in Detroit<ref name="JET">{{cite web |title=A beautiful production opens JET season |work=pridesource.com |url=http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=27447 |access-date=August 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929220911/http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=27447 |archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> and in the production of ''No Man's Land'' at the [[American Repertory Theater]].<ref name="A.R.T.">{{cite web |title=No Man's Land |work=americanrepertorytheater.org |url=http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/no-mans-land}}</ref> He also appeared in [[The Public Theater]]'s 2010 production of ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' and ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' at [[Shakespeare in the Park festivals]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 22, 2006 |title=The Public Theater's website|publisher=Publictheater.org |url=http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/126/219 |access-date=December 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121040328/http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/126/219 |archive-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref>