Frank Worthing
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Frank Worthing was a Scottish born American stage actor. He was well respected on the Broadway stage and his early death at 44 brought considerable mourning from his fellow actors and costars. He worked for producers Charles Dillingham, William A. Brady
and David Belasco
and starred opposite Amelia Bingham
and Clara Bloodgood
in The Climbers by Clyde Fitch
.
He was born Frank George Pentland in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Detroit, Michigan. A year after his death he was the subject of a biography titled In Memory of Frank Worthing, actor by Harvard theatre critic William Winter
.
William A. Brady
William Aloysius Brady, Sr. was an American theatre actor, producer, and sports promoter.-Biography:Brady was born to a newspaperman in 1863. His father kidnapped him from San Francisco and brought him to New York City, where his father worked as a writer while William was forced to sell...
and David Belasco
David Belasco
David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright.-Biography:Born in San Francisco, California, where his Sephardic Jewish parents had moved from London, England, during the Gold Rush, he began working in a San Francisco theatre doing a variety of routine jobs,...
and starred opposite Amelia Bingham
Amelia Bingham
Amelia Swilley Kingham' was an Australian dancer from Hicksville, Ohio. Her Broadway career extended from ....
and Clara Bloodgood
Clara Bloodgood
Clara Bloodgood Clara Bloodgood Clara Bloodgood (August 23, 1870 - December 5, 1907 was an American socialite who became a successful Broadway stage actress.-Early Life:Clara Stephens was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the daughter of Edward and Annie (née Sutton) Stephens. Her father, a...
in The Climbers by Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitch was an American dramatist.-Biography:Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas.As the only child to live to adulthood, his father, Captain William G...
.
He was born Frank George Pentland in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Detroit, Michigan. A year after his death he was the subject of a biography titled In Memory of Frank Worthing, actor by Harvard theatre critic William Winter
William Winter (author)
William Winter was an American dramatic critic and author.-Biography:Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Winter graduated from Harvard Law School in 1857...
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External links
- Frank Worthing at IBDb.com database
- portrait gallery ; Frank Worthing(NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)