Born in Macon, Missouri and
raised in Monroe City, MO, actor Henderson
Forsythe received his MFA degree at the State University of
Iowa, where he subsequently joined the faculty. After four years'
Army service during and after World War II, Forsythe headed to
New York to put his acting training to practical use. He spent the
next two decades commuting between New York and London, appearing
in such stage productions as The Iceman Cometh, The Collection,
Miss Lonelyhearts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and A Delicate
Balance. The actor won a Tony award for his performance in the
robust musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, working in
both the Broadway and London companies. Since seemingly the
beginning of time, Henderson
Forsythe played the role of Dr. David Stewart on the
never-ending TV soap opera As the World Turns; he made additional
regular TV appearances on The
Brighter Day (1958), Eisenhower & Lutz (1988) and Nearly
Departed (1989).
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