Everyone Thought He Was a Late Bloomer
By the time he finished high school, Henry had shot up to over six feet tall, but he was still shy. He headed off to the University of Minnesota, hoping to become a journalist, but he didn’t quite make it to graduation. So, instead, he ended up working part-time at his dad’s printing press, dreaming of being in a newsroom.
But then something unexpected happened… When Henry was 20, Marlon Brando’s mom, Dodie Brando, pushed him onto the stage. She thought he’d be good in a play and was right! He got the part of Ricky and started hanging out at the Omaha Community Playhouse. There, he learned everything about acting, from how to speak dramatically to how to design sets. Little did he know that random meetings would change his life forever.