Ted Widdicombe — A Child Is Waiting Character Profile

About Ted Widdicombe

Reuben's father. Arrives at the school intending to transfer his son but changes his mind after hearing him recite a poem, finally breaking a two-year silence to speak with him.

Character Facts

Played by

Steven Hill

Appears in

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Role

Supporting

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• Jean Hansen (Judy Garland)
• Sophie Widdicombe Benham (Gena Rowlands)
• Miss Fogarty (Elizabeth Wilson)
• Goodman (Paul Stewart)
• Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) (Juanita Moore)
• Jim (uncredited) (James Rawley)
• Concerned Father (uncredited) (Noam Pitlik)
• Mattie (Gloria McGehee)
• Lewis (uncredited) (Brian Corcoran)
• Miss Brown (uncredited) (Barbara Pepper)
• Mrs. McDonald (uncredited) (June Walker)