Staats Cotsworth

Short Biography

Staats Cotsworth was born on February 17, 1908 in Oak Park, Illinois as Staats Jennings Cotsworth Jr. He was an actor, known for As the World Turns (1956), Peyton Place (1957) and The Edge of Night (1956). He was married to Josephine Hutchinson and Muriel Kirkland. He died on April 9, 1979 in New York City, New York.Was skilled as a photographer.His acting career began in New York in 1932, when he joined Eva Le Galienne's Civic Repertory and Apprentice Group.Former president of the Episcopal Actor's Guild of America.His parents wanted him to become a lawyer, whereas he wanted to become an actor or a painter. In the end, he achieved both of his career objectives: he became an actor of stage, radio and television, a noted interpreter of Shakespearean roles, both on and off Broadway. He also graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art on a scholarship and later became an accomplished painter of oils and watercolours, many of which have found their way into galleries, museums and private collections. At the time of his death in 1979, he was listed in the 'Who's Who in American Art'.