Fairfield Resident Lands Starring Role in New TV Show

FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield resident Ward Horton has landed his first starring role on television, playing a doctor with some “mystery” on the new CBS prime-time medical drama “Pure Genius,” according to the Connecticut Post.

"Pure Genius" is “all about pushing the boundaries of modern medicine, while also exploring the human desire to help improve the world,” according to its description on the CBS website.

“The series follows Dr. Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney), a disgraced but brilliant surgeon who is recruited by a young tech titan, James Bell (Augustus Prew), to help run his state-of-the-art treatment center, Bunker Hill,” via CBS.com. “However, Wallace soon finds out that Bell is harboring a secret, and the good doctor begins to question just what the young founder is really trying to achieve.”

Horton plays Dr. Scott Strauss, who appears in group scenes in the first episode but has a “reveal” a couple of episodes in, according to the Connecticut Post.

Horton told the Post that the reveal sheds light on a four-year period during which no one knows what Strauss was doing.

Horton had parts on several TV shows, including "Law & Order," "One Live to Live" and "All My Children" and appeared in movies, including "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to IMDb.com. His first leading role in a movie came in the 2014 horror film "Annabelle."

"Pure Genius" premieres on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

Read more about Horton’s acting background and decision to move to Fairfield at the Connecticut Post here.

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