Scott Wentworth (born 1955) is an American actor and director who immigrated to Canada in 1986.

Early life

Wentworth was born in

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, in 1955.

Career

After starting his career in

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, he began a long association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the 1985 production of ''

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''. He would later perform in a wide variety of roles at Stratford, such as Cliff in ''Cabaret'', the title role in '' Macbeth'', Sky Masterson in ''

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...

'', Shylock in ''

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'' and Tevye in '' Fiddler on the Roof''. He also directed '' Henry IV, Part 1'' 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

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, the

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in Edmonton, and the

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. Wentworth has co-written musicals with his wife Marion Adler and composer,

Craig Bohmler Craig Bohmler (born April 7, 1956)Hansen, Niels-Henning."En tilgang til den klassiske Musik" NielsHenning.dk. p. 145. Retrieved August 12, 2019. is an American composer who specializes in opera and musical theater. His musicals include ''Gunmetal B ...

. Their first collaboration, ''Gunmetal Blues'', has been performed at the

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in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. Their second collaboration, ''

Enter the Guardsman ''Enter the Guardsman ''is a musical based on Ferenc Molnár's play ''The Guardsman'', with music by Craig Bohmler, lyrics by Marion Adler and a book by Scott Wentworth. The story concerns an actor who tests his actress wife's love by sending her ...

'', based on the

Ferenc Molnár Ferenc Molnár ( , ; born Ferenc Neumann; 12 January 18781 April 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial play ...

play ''

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'', was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award (Best Musical) in 1997.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * 1955 births Living people American male film actors Male actors from Baltimore American male Shakespearean actors American male stage actors {{US-film-actor-1950s-stub