Warren Beatty a Hollywood star, he decided to work as a stagehand at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. during the summer before his senior year. After graduation, he was reportedly offered ten football scholarships to college, but turned them down to study liberal arts at Northwestern University (1954–55), where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. After his first year, he left college to move to New York City, where he studied acting under Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Fearing that his acting career would be interrupted by being drafted, Beatty used a well-thought-out scheme to resolve the
William Beatty (surgeon) by the 1805 Club, a society dedicated to maintaining the memory of the men of Trafalgar. Beatty was portrayed by Francis Magee in the 2005 Channel 4 documentary "Trafalgar: Battle Surgeon", which focused on his actions during that battle. Beatty's instrument case can be seen at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. William Beatty (surgeon) Sir William Beatty (April 1773–25 March 1842) was an Irish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. Born in Derry, Ireland, he joined as a surgeon's mate in 1791 at the age of 18. He is best known as the Ship's Surgeon