Joe Haworth

• Date of Birth:

  2 July 1914 Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Joe Haworth comes from a theatrical family. His father William Haworth was a famous playwrite; his uncle, Joe Haworth, was a top actor of the American stage in the last century, working with such greats as Edwin Booth. His brother-in-law was character actor Wallace Ford; and a brother, Ted Haworth, was an Academy Award winning Art Director. Joe made his first stage appearance as "Tiny Tim" in his grammar school play of "A Christmas Carol", and later appeared on the New York stage, as... more

Joe Haworth comes from a theatrical family. His father William Haworth was a famous playwrite; his uncle, Joe Haworth, was a top actor of the American stage in the last century, working with such greats as Edwin Booth. His brother-in-law was character actor Wallace Ford; and a brother, Ted Haworth, was an Academy Award winning Art Director. Joe made his first stage appearance as "Tiny Tim" in his grammar school play of "A Christmas Carol", and later appeared on the New York stage, as well as operating his own theatre in Nyack, New York. He came to Hollywood and made his film debut in "Gung Ho!" When actor Jack Randall was killed on the first day of filming "The Royal Mounted Rides Again" it was Joe who replaced him. In addition to his acting, Joe was a noted photographer in Hollywood for publicity shots of both the stars and for the movies. He is now (1999) living in retirement.