While many people recognize DeVito as Matilda's money-hungry father, Harry Wormwood, in the film, he also held another important title: director. But he didn't stop there.

While Zinnia's biggest parental sin is that of absenteeism, Matilda's father, Harry Wormwood, takes things much further -- particularly when he deliberately destroys one of his daughter's books to ...

Harry Wormwood's Thrifty Tactics Might Have Gotten People Killed . The reason Harry Wormwood is under surveillance by the authorities is for his illegal business practices as a car salesman.

Now, The Fantastic Mr. Fox is unusual for a Roald Dahl story because its about animals, not children. As NPRs Elizabeth Blair reports, some of the best movie adaptations are made by filmmakers who ...

Of course, Matilda is admittedly rife with problematic conceptions of class and gender, and the film takes a one-dimensional approach to most of its main characters, with Harry Wormwood (Danny ...

DeVito played Harry Wormwood in 1996's "Matilda" and directed the film. Above, Danny DeVito appears at the SiriusXM Studio on September 6, 2022, in New York City. Santiago Felipe/Getty Images ...

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood in "Matilda," the 1996 film he directed, narrated and produced. He's narrating the movie live at "Matilda in Concert," which promises appearances from his co-stars ...

DeVito played Harry Wormwood, Matilda's father and a used-car dealer using some shady methods to make sales. DeVito starred in dozens of movies and TV shows before appearing in and directing ...

If you go back to the halcyon days of VHS tapes, there’s a scene in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” where used car salesman Harry Wormwood, played by Danny DeVito, shoddily ...

Meanwhile, Stephen Graham has the nearly impossible task of taking on Danny DeVito's famous rendition of Harry Wormwood, Matilda's no-good father. But he channels his own ridiculous, ...