# Bobby Wright, McHale’s Navy actor and country singer, dies aged 84

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bobby-wright-mchales-navy-actor-singer-and-son-of-kitty-wells-dies-at-84/
- Published: 2026-10-30T19:08:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T19:13:19+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bobby-wright-dead-mchales-navy-kitty-wells-1236743539/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Bobby Wright died at 84 at his home in Tennessee.
- He appeared in all 138 episodes of *McHale’s Navy*.
- His 21 country chart singles included a No. 13 hit.

## Summary

The newly added coverage confirms that Bobby Wright died at his home in Madison, Tennessee, aged 84, with his family announcing his death. His career spanned television and country music, linking his role in the comedy *McHale’s Navy* with his family’s place in Nashville music.

Wright played radio operator Willy Moss in all 138 episodes of the show, which ran from 1962 to 1966, and appeared in two films with its cast. He charted 21 singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart; “Here I Go Again” reached No. 13 in 1971. The son of Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright, he began performing with his parents as a child and toured with them until they retired in 2007.

## Coverage

- [The Hollywood Reporter: Bobby Wright, McHale’s Navy actor and country singer, dies aged 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bobby-wright-dead-mchales-navy-kitty-wells-1236743539/)
- [Deadline: John “Bobby” Wright Dies: ‘McHale’s Navy’ Actor, Singer & Son Of Country Icon Kitty Wells Was 84](https://deadline.com/2026/10/john-bobby-wright-dead-mchales-navy-1237209598/)

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