who is arthur lithgow
Arthur Lithgow. Arthur Washington Lithgow III (September 9, 1915 â March 24, 2004) was an American actor and director. Lithgow, the father of actor John Lithgow, helped pioneer the regional theater movement and founded two Shakespeare festivals. Life and career. Lithgow was born in Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic, the son of Ina Berenice (nÃ©e Robinson), a nurse, and Arthur Washington Lithgow II, an entrepreneur. His parents were of American descent. He first appeared onstage in December 1920 at age 5 as a cherub in a Christmas pageant at the Unitarian Church in Melrose, Mass.