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name: "Henry Wadsworth"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1903"
died: "5 December 1974"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Henry Wadsworth

Actor. Born 18 June 1903 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. Died 5 December 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1903, Maysville, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 5 December 1974
- **Also known as:** Joseph Henry Wadsworth
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26720173, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32433

## Biography

Henry Wadsworth, also credited as Joseph Henry Wadsworth, was an American actor. Born in Maysville, Kentucky, he attended the University of Kentucky and trained at the drama school of the Carnegie Institute of Technology before beginning his career on stage.

He made his Broadway debut in the title role of *Tommy* in 1927 and appeared in early sound films including *Applause* (1929). Wadsworth is known for supporting roles in *The Thin Man* (1934) as Tommy and *Mark of the Vampire* (1935) as Fedor Vincente, among more than twenty films through the 1930s.

After serving in the US Navy during the Second World War and entertaining troops with the USO, he left acting and became a union administrator, serving as president of the AFL's Film Council.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Thin Man* (1934), Fi1m 84, as Tommy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Silver Skates* (1943), as Tom
- *Dr. Kildare Goes Home* (1940), as Collins
- *Doctor Rhythm* (1938), as Otis Eaton (The Drunk)
- *Sitting on the Moon* (1936), as Charlie Lane
- *The Voice of Bugle Ann* (1936), as Bake Royster
- *Ceiling Zero* (1936), as Tay Lawson
- *The Big Broadcast of 1936* (1935), as Smiley Goodwin
- *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), as Fedor Vincente
- *West Point of the Air* (1935), as Lt. Pettis
- *Dangerous Corner* (1934), as Whitehouse
- *Evelyn Prentice* (1934), as Chester Wylie
- *Operator 13* (1934), as John Pelham
- *The Thin Man* (1934), as Tommy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *The Show-Off* (1934), as Joe Fisher
- *This Side of Heaven* (1934), as Hal
- *Hold the Press* (1933), as Frankie White
- *Soldiers of the Storm* (1933), as Dodie
- *Luxury Liner* (1933), as Fritz
- *Fast and Loose* (1930), as Bertie Lenox
- *Slightly Scarlet* (1930), as Sandy Weyman
- *Applause* (1929), as Tony

## Gallery

- ![Henry Wadsworth](https://film.one/media/person/1227455/gallery-c60c9c9f28af.jpg) Henry Wadsworth — Clarence Sinclair Bull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Henry_Wadsworth_%281934_MGM_press_photo%29_%283-4_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Henry Wadsworth in the film Sitting on the Moon (1936) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/1227455/gallery-386ea6fdba42.jpg) Henry Wadsworth in the film Sitting on the Moon (1936) - cropped screenshot — film screenshot (Republic Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Henry_Wadsworth_in_Sitting_on_the_Moon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Applause. From the back: "The screen's most charming young lovers. Introducting Henry Wadsworth and Joan Peers, who made their screen debut in the Paramount pro (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1227455/gallery-e2ed8d14ea20.jpg) Applause. From the back: "The screen's most charming young lovers. Introducting Henry Wadsworth and Joan Peers, who made their screen debut in the Paramount pro (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Applause_%28SAYRE_14608%29.jpg/1280px-Applause_%28SAYRE_14608%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Applause Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1227455/gallery-0f15d02c7143.jpg) Applause Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Applause_%28SAYRE_15546%29.jpg/1280px-Applause_%28SAYRE_15546%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Henry Wadsworth](https://film.one/media/person/1227455/gallery-679e9761c97c.jpg) Henry Wadsworth — Image via TMDB

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