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).