David Worth(1905-1944)

David Worth was born Leon Andrews Wiglesworth in Lexington, Kentucky in 1905. His parents were Thomas Garnett Wiglesworth and Nona Ming. When Leon was 7 years old, his father died, and his mother later remarried. Leon graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1929. In addition to his studies he was active in theater work, and participated in many plays. In 1930 he came to Hollywood, and acted in several films in the thirties, including a Charlie Chan movie. It was as a movie-actor he used the name David Worth. After a few years in Hollywood, he returned to Kentucky, where he worked as a farmer, only interrupted by military service in 1942/43. He died suddenly in the fall of 1944, survived by his three sisters and their families.