He is best known as one of the two DJ voices on the clock radio in the movie "Groundhog Day". Notable stage roles include Grandpa in the world premiere of "The Magic Victrola," at The Chicago Lyric Opera and the world premiere of "The Christians" by Lucas Hnath and directed by Les Waters. he played Norman in "On Golden Pond" at Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan; George Bernard Shaw in "Dear Liar," Verner/Hugo in "Noel Coward In Two Keys," and "Mark Twain In Person," all for Shaw Chicago Theatre; Henri in "Heroes" at The Stormfield Theatre in Lansing, MI, directed by Kristine Thatcher and also starring Gary Houston and Richard Marlatt; Mark Van Doren in "Night And Her Stars" for The Gift Theatre, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton; and Boss Finley in "Sweet Bird of Youth" at The Artistic Home Theatre directed by Dale Calandra.
Also among his credits is his one-man stage show "Mark Twain In Person" in which he has appeared over a thousand times since 1967, in forty states, Canada, Great Britain, on the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Delta Queen, and aboard the Royal Viking Sea on a cruise that ran from New York City to Montreal and back in 1985.
Mark Twain on the Amazon
Awards
1978 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Principal Role
1988 Chicago Emmy Award Nomination for Best New Work, "Mark Twain's Carnival of Crime," as Mark Twain
1989 CINE Award for "How I Got into the Literary Profession," as Mark Twain
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 on YouTube 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 on YouTube accompanied by Jonathan Menchin, in a scene from "Return of the Hip Messiah" by Charles Pike, at Second City Skybox Theatre, Chicago 1999
Audiobooks
Mark Twain's Book for Bad Boys and Girls (unabridged), written by R. Kent Rasmussen, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Chapters From My Autobiography (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Pudd'nhead Wilson (unabridged) written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (unabridged) written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
"The Turning Point In My Life" (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The American Claimant (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Mark Twain's Views Of Religion (unabridged), written by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Roughing It (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The War Prayer, written by Mark Twain, adapted, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Those Extraordinary Twins (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
To the Person Sitting in Darkness (unabridged),written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Extracts from Capt. Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The Best of Mark Twain In Person Vol. 1, written by Mark Twain, adapted, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
The Best of Mark Twain In Person Vol. 2, written by Mark Twain, adapted, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Is Shakespeare Dead? (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
"Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism," written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
What Is Man? (unabridged), written by Mark Twain, narrated and published by Richard Henzel
Criticism
"Randy Newman's Faust", Center Stage, May 05, 2001
