Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT : 1947 - 1954), Friday 19 October 1951, page 7


STARS OF THE AIR

BELONGS TO FAMOUS THEATRICAL FAMILY

REG. GOLDSWORTHY, who plays the male character part in the A.B.C.'s "Gently, Bent-ley" (starring Dick Bentley, Fri-

days, 7.15 p.m. E.S.T., A.B.C. Regionals), is descended from a famous American theatrical fam-ily, the Booths. ''I'm not quite sure who was the best-known of them," says Reg. "It's a toss-up between the most distinguished actor of the

family, Edwin Thomas Booth and his notor-ious brother, John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Ab-raham Lin-coln." Reg is a

Reg. Goldsworthy

South Australian, who "migrat-ed" to the Eastern States after he was invalided from the R.A.A.F. in 1943. With his discharge he was given a rail ticket to Sydney. There were no sleepers in the

crowded war-time trains, so he decided to get off at Melbourne. The next day he was offered, and accepted, a radio engage-ment, with the result that he stopped in Melbourne for five years. It was during this time that he first acted with Dick Bcntley, and appeared in some editions of "The Dick Bentley After-Dinner Show", when it was broadcast from Melbourne. In 1948 Reg. Goldsworthy continued his trip to Sydney, where he again entered the act-ing world. Until recently he has restricted himself to radio work in dramatic plays and serials. He is frequently heard in A.B.C. plays, and serial fans will place him as Beau Sinclair in the A.B.C. serial, "Stranger Come In". He recently returned to A.B.C. Variety, with parts in "Open the Door. Ritchard" and "Look Up and Laugh". And now he is one of the featured players in "Gent-ly, Bentley".