Richard Henzel
Encyclopedia
Richard Henzel is a Chicago
-based stage, film, TV, and voice-over
actor
. Voice Samples
He is best known as one of the two DJ voices on the clock radio in the movie "Groundhog Day
". He appeared in Steppenwolf Theater production Of Mice and Men
, and the South Florida production of The Count.
Also among his credits is his one man stage show "Mark Twain
In Person" in which he has been appearing since 1967 in forty states, Canada
, Great Britain
, on the Mississippi River
aboard the Steamboat
Delta Queen, and aboard the Royal Viking Sea in a cruise that ran from New York
to Montreal
and back in 1985. His self-published audiobooks Pudd'nhead Wilson
, Those Extraordinary Twins, A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
and "The Best of Mark Twain In Person" are sold on audible.com and numerous other download sites.
He was with Hal Holbrook
at a Mark Twain conference, August 2009.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based stage, film, TV, and voice-over
Voice-over
Voice-over is a production technique where a voice which is not part of the narrative is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Voice Samples
He is best known as one of the two DJ voices on the clock radio in the movie "Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter-like weather will soon end...
". He appeared in Steppenwolf Theater production Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....
, and the South Florida production of The Count.
Also among his credits is his one man stage show "Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
In Person" in which he has been appearing since 1967 in forty states, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, on the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
aboard the Steamboat
Steamboat
A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...
Delta Queen, and aboard the Royal Viking Sea in a cruise that ran from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and back in 1985. His self-published audiobooks Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain. It was serialized in The Century Magazine , before being published as a novel in 1894.-Plot:...
, Those Extraordinary Twins, A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by...
and "The Best of Mark Twain In Person" are sold on audible.com and numerous other download sites.
He was with Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for...
at a Mark Twain conference, August 2009.
Video
- Richard Henzel as Mark Twain: "On Slavery" filmed at the Mark Twain Home in Hartford, CT 1988
- Richard Henzel as Mark Twain: "The Amazon" filmed at the Mark Twain Home in Hartford, CT 1988
- Richard Henzel as Mark Twain: "A Steamboatman" filmed at the Mark Twain Home in Hartford, CT 1988
- Richard Henzel recreates Buckley's "Murder" monologue accompanied by Jonathan Menchin, in a scene from "Return of the Hip Messiah" by Charles Pike, at Second City Skybox Theatre, Chicago 1999
- Richard Henzel recreates Buckley's "The Nazz" monologue accompanied by Jonathan Menchin, in a scene from "Return of the Hip Messiah" by Charles Pike, at Second City Skybox Theatre, Chicago 1999