Widdoes starred as senior student and Fraternity President "Robert Hoover", alongside 'John Belushi' . He then began performing on New York stages in productions such as the 1977 Equity Library Theatre revival of "Wonderful Town" and the 1982 Broadway musical, "Is There Life After High School?", for which he won a Theatre World Award. In addition to being on The Loomis Chaffee School's board, Widdoes is also active in many other community-oriented programs. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Turning Point School; and has been on the Board of Trustees for the California Association of Independent Schools; the Board of Directors/Executive Committee for Camp Dudley-YMCA; and the Executive Advisory Board of The Gordie Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas that "provides today's young people with the skills to navigate the dangers of alcohol, binge drinking, peer pressure and hazing". The organization was founded in memory of Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. Widdoes is married to Brooks Hendrie, and has two sons, Charles Landauer and Sumner Dickinson, and a daughter, Margaret Hendrie.
Sons Charles Landauer and Sumner Dickinson; daughter Margaret Hendrie.
