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William Wadsworth(1874-1950)

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William Wadsworth
William Wadsworth was born on 7 June 1874 in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kidnapped (1917), Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917) and Vanity Fair (1915). He died on 6 June 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
BornJune 7, 1874
DiedJune 6, 1950(75)
BornJune 7, 1874
DiedJune 6, 1950(75)
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Known for

Kidnapped (1917)
Kidnapped
6.7
  • Angus Rankeillor
  • 1917
Thomas Carnahan Jr. in Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917)
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
  • The Genie
  • 1917
Vanity Fair (1915)
Vanity Fair
5.7
  • Joseph Sedley
  • 1915
Mr. Pickwick's Predicament
Short
  • Mr. Pickwick
  • 1912

Credits

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  • White Mice (1926)
    White Mice
    3.3
    • Sylvanus Codman
    • 1926
  • Charles Frohman Everett in Young America (1918)
    Young America
    • Joe, the Grouch
    • 1918
  • George Backus and Marguerite Clark in Rich Man, Poor Man (1918)
    Rich Man, Poor Man
    6.2
    • Henry Evans
    • 1918
  • Barnaby Lee
    • Gunner Kieger
    • 1917
  • Holbrook Blinn, George LeGuere, Shirley Mason, Anna Murdock, Nance O'Neil, Charlotte Walker, and H.B. Warner in Seven Deadly Sins (1917)
    Seven Deadly Sins
    • Eve's Foster Father (Envy)
    • 1917
  • Claire Adams and Chester Barnett in Salt of the Earth (1917)
    Salt of the Earth
    • Snowshoe
    • 1917
  • The Courage of the Common Place (1917)
    The Courage of the Common Place
    • Brady
    • 1917
  • Shirley Mason in Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917)
    Cy Whittaker's Ward
    • Captain Cy Whittaker
    • 1917
  • Juanita Fletcher in Friends, Romans and Leo (1917)
    Friends, Romans and Leo
    4.9
    Short
    • Emperor Mulius Caesar
    • 1917
  • Shirley Mason in The Apple-Tree Girl (1917)
    The Apple-Tree Girl
    7.1
    • Philip Pennington
    • 1917
  • Putting the Bee in Herbert
    • The Mayor
    • 1917
  • The Story That the Keg Told Me (1917)
    The Story That the Keg Told Me
    Short
    • 1917
  • Gallegher
    Short
    • Dwyer
    • 1917
  • The Little Chevalier
    • Dominick
    • 1917
  • In Love's Laboratory
    Short
    • Jimmy Burton
    • 1917

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Mr. Wadsworth
  • Born
    • June 7, 1874
    • Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • June 6, 1950
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Other works
    He acted in Thornton Wilder's play, "Our Town," at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Frank Craven (stage manager); James Spottswood (Dr. Gibbs); Evelyn Varden (Mrs. Gibbs); Thomas W. Ross (Mr. Webb); Helen Carew (Mrs. Webb); John Craven (George Gibbs); Dorothy McGuire (Emily Webb); Patricia Roe (Rebecca Gibbs); Raymond Rose; Tom Fadden; Charles Wiley Jr.; Walter O. Hill; Milton Parsons; Dora Merande; E. Irving Locke; Billy Redfield and Edward P. Goodnow in the cast.
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    Prolific silent screen character actor with the Edison company.

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