Henry Wadsworth

Henry Wadsworth was an American actor who began his film career in the late 1920s after studying at the Carnegie Institute of Technology's drama school. Raised in Maysville, Kentucky, he took the title part in Howard Lindsay's Tommy in late 1927, then appeared in Applause (1929), a Paramount release that also introduced Helen Morgan. Smaller turns in Operator 13 and Fast and Loose came before a supporting role in W.S. Van Dyke's The Thin Man (1934). He also appeared in The Voice of Bugle Ann and This Side of Heaven, played in Mark of the Vampire (1935), and later turned up in Sitting on the Moon and Dr. Kildare Goes Home. He was cast in The Big Broadcast of 1936, served in the Navy during World War II, then stepped away from the screen by the end of the 1950s; his last part was in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Happy Time, with Leora Dana and Eva Gabor.