[2] On 6 June 1848, Scharf performed with the Amateurs in Birmingham as Master Matthew in Every Man in his Humour.
The original actor scheduled to play the role was Charles Dickens' friend, the artist John Leech, who was unable to be there because of the serious illness of his only child.
[3] At some point, Scharf moved to the United States and settled in New York, for on 19 August 1850, he played Moses in The School for Scandal in New York city,[4][5] Henry Scharf left the stage in 1852 and became a professor of elocution and anatomical drawing at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and remained employed in Virginia for twenty five years.
This following entry regarding Scharf's drawings was made in a history of the University of Virginia: These colored drawings for the Medical Department were executed by an accomplished artist, Mr. Henry Scharf, who labored for six years, and "accumulated an unequalled collection of plates, executed with an exquisite truth to nature, making them invaluable."
[7] Scharf returned to the stage from 5 May through 10 May 1884, at the National Theatre (Washington, D.C.), where he was cast in Dewdrop, a romantic comedy by Con.T.