Unearthing The Undead 04 - DON WADSWORTH
Don played a posse member in Night of the Living Dead, and can be seen in the shots of the line of posse members
walking across the field, on the street during the TV broadcast, as well as in the background when Bill Cardille
hands his coffee over to Sheriff McClelland.
John Amplas had worked with Don as well as being directed by him in various plays at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.
John had said he was one of the best actors he's ever worked with.
Don was a graduate of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, after it merged with Point Park University. He has
taught voice and speech techniques for more than twenty years in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of
Drama. He has directed main stage productions, led the New York and Los Angeles showcases in highly successful
showings and created a course called The Business of Acting for the fourth year actors. During his tenure he
lead the Acting and Music Theater option of nearly one hundred students and twenty faculty members.
Don has coached such Oscar-nominated actors as Bob Hoskins, Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Tom Hulce, Dianne
Ladd and Danny Aiello. He has coached numerous dialects for landmark regional theater productions including
Australian for Marshall Mason’s production The Sum of Us, New England for Robert Ackerman’s Our Town, Welsh
for the StageWest production of Night Must Fall and South African for a national tour of Master Harold and
the Boys.
Don is the solo voice for Watchword Production recording of the New Testament available world-wide on
DVD and was a voice actor for the video game, FALLOUT 76.
Donald H Wadsworth: Aug 9, 1947
https://drama.cmu.edu/person/don-wadsworth/
Researched and compiled by John Vullo
Text and photos © Image Ten, Inc.
If you know of any family, friends or acquaintances that appeared as extras in the original Night of the Living Dead, please contact John Vullo at jmv3683@gmail.com
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