Scott Wentworth (born 1955) is an American actor and director who immigrated to Canada in 1986.
Early life
Wentworth was born in
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...
,
Maryland, in 1955.
Career
After starting his career in
New York City, he began a long association with the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson (theatre producer), Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was fo ...
in the 1985 production of ''
The Glass Menagerie''. He would later perform in a wide variety of roles at Stratford, such as Cliff in
''Cabaret'', the title role in ''
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'', Sky Masterson in ''
Guys and Dolls'', Shylock in ''
Merchant of Venice'' and Tevye in ''
Fiddler on the Roof
''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...
''. He also directed ''
Henry IV, Part 1
''Henry IV, Part 1'' (often written as ''1 Henry IV'') is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. The play dramatises part of the reign of King Henry IV of England, beginning with the battle at ...
'' and ''
Henry IV, Part 2'' in 2001 and ''The Adventures of Pericles'' in 2015.
He returned to New York in 1989 to appear in ''
Welcome to the Club'', and received a
Tony nomination (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical). As a director, he has worked at the
Indiana Repertory Theatre, the
Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, and the
Hillberry Theatre in
Detroit.
Wentworth has co-written musicals with his wife Marion Adler and composer,
Craig Bohmler. Their first collaboration, ''Gunmetal Blues'', has been performed at the
George Street Playhouse in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, w ...]
. Their second collaboration, ''
Enter the Guardsman'', based on the
Ferenc Molnár play ''
The Guardsman'', was nominated for a
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...
(Best Musical) in 1997.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
American male film actors
Male actors from Baltimore
American male Shakespearean actors
American male stage actors
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